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E-Newsletter: Maryland Passes Positive Legislation | May 6, 2014
News Articles May 7, 2014
Download our most recent e-newsletter here (PDF). Here's what's inside: Maryland passes bill that expands judicial discretion to transfer youth from adult court to juvenile court; New NJJN ...
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Webinar | School-Based Diversion for Youth With Mental Health Needs
News Articles May 6, 2014
Recorded May 29, 2014 This webinar profiled Connecticut’s school-based diversion programs, developed with help from the MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change initiative and technic...
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Youth Justice Reform Roundup | April 2014
News Articles April 30, 2014
Education in youth confinement facilities is woefully substandard--an issue that the Southern Education Foundation's recent report, "Just Learning: The Imperative to Transform Juvenile Justice ...
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Youth Justice Job Announcements | April 30, 2014
News Articles April 30, 2014
New York, NY The Vera Institute of Justice is searching for the next director of its Center on Youth Justice. View the position description and application information. The Innocence Project in ...
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Webinar | Using Social Impact Bonds to Improve Juvenile Justice Outcomes
News Articles April 30, 2014
Recorded May 27, 2014 You may have heard about social impact bonds -- a new way of using private investment to address tough social problems. But how do they work? And now that communities in Britain...
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Webinar | Common Cause for Youth Justice and Victims Rights Advocates
News Articles April 14, 2014
Recorded April 21, 2014 A new paradigm is emerging in the field of juvenile justice reform. The current system fails both youth who break the law and people harmed by crime. To arrive at a system tha...
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Youth Justice Reform Roundup | April 11, 2014
News Articles April 11, 2014
Marie Williams, executive director of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (an NJJN partner), recently penned a blog entry for Act-4-JJ's JJDPA Matters 40th Anniversary blog project. In the article, W...
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Meet the Members: American Civil Liberties Union - Nevada
News Articles April 10, 2014
This week we spoke with Vanessa Spinazola and Deisy Hernandez about their work in youth justice reform at the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (ACLU-NV), NJJN's newest member. What kind of wo...
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Youth Justice Job Announcements | April 2014
News Articles April 7, 2014
Minnesota: The Juvenile Justice Coalition of Minnesota (an NJJN member) is accepting applications for a new director. Deadline for applications is April 18. Download the position description here.&n...
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E-Newsletter: New NJJN Member - Nevada ACLU | March 27, 2014
News Articles April 2, 2014
Download our most recent e-newsletter, published on March 27, 2014 here (PDF). Here's what's inside: New NJJN member: Nevada ACLU Meet the Fellows: Interview with Youth Justice Leadership I...
