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American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center
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The Juvenile Justice Center provides training and technical assistance to the juvenile justice community. The Juvenile Justice Center is a program of the ABA Criminal Justice Section.
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Building Blocks for Youth
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The Building Blocks for Youth initiative is an alliance of children and youth advocates, researchers, law enforcement professionals and community organizers that seeks to:
1. Reduce overrepresentation and disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice system;
2. Promote fair, rational and effective juvenile justice policies.
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Chapin Hall Releases a New Report on Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice Programs
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This issue brief examines how juvenile justice agencies might draw from the growing body of evidence on positive youth development to improve services for youthful offenders.
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Child Welfare League of America, Juvenile Justice Division
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The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. CWLA is committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm.
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Connecticut Association for Human Services
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CAHS is an independent, not-for-profit organization that champions important issues through research, advocacy, policy development and outreach. They focus on the critical areas of hunger, healthcare, childcare, education, employment, financial security and community strengthening.
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Connecticut Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents
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The Connecticut Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents, Inc. is a non profit organization that is committed to strengthening Foster and Adoptive Families and Relative Caregivers through support, training, and advocacy with the aim of nurturing child safety, well being and stability in partnership with child welfare professionals and the entire community.
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Connecticut Commission on Children
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The Connecticut Commission on Children was created in 1985 by a joint act of the Connecticut Legislature. This non-partisan Commission brings 25 representatives from the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government together with the private sector to promote public policies in children's best interest.
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Connecticut Department of Children and Families
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The mission of the Department of Children and Families is to protect children, improve child and family well-being and support and preserve families.
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Connecticut for Community Youth Development
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Connecticut for Community Youth Development (CCYD) is a statewide project that stimulates state and local commitment to positive youth development as an essential prerequisite for healthy communities. Its aim is to increase the number of young citizens who are contributing members of their communities.
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Connecticut General Assembly
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Connecticut Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
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The Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (JJAC) is responsible for overseeing the distribution and use of federal juvenile justice funds to support youth development programs and improvements to Connecticut's juvenile justice system.
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Connecticut Juvenile Matters Directory
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Directory of personnel for the State of Connecticut's Juvenile Matters of the Judicial Branch.
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Connecticut State Department of Education
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Connecticut Voices for Children
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Connecticut Voices for Children is dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth through high-quality research and public policy analysis, an active communication program, a commitment to promoting youth leadership and youth voice, and effective citizen mobilization and organizational collaboration.
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Connecticut's Justice Information System
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CJIS -- Connecticut's Justice Information System -- the umbrella term for the information system activity among the agencies with justice responsibilities in Connecticut.
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Criminal Justice Information Records Improvement Program
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This federally funded program, the 5% Set Aside Program or Byrne Memorial Program (5% of the Drug Control System Improvement (DCSI) Formula Grant Program), provides funding for a range of activities to upgrade or establish better data sharing and management of criminal history data.
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Girls Justice Initiative
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The Girls' Justice Initiative is a national collaboration of organizations and individuals dedicated to promoting equity and justice for girls involved in the juvenile justice and related systems. Through research, public education, and advocacy the Girls' Justice Initiative identifies areas for reform, develops policy recommendations and promotes gender responsive policies and practices so that fewer girls enter the justice system and those in the system receive just treatment which is responsive to their needs and nurtures their strengths.
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Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
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To demonstrate that jurisdictions can establish more effective and efficient systems to accomplish the purposes of juvenile detention, the Annie E. Casey Foundation established the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) in 1992. The objectives of JDAI are to reduce the number of children unnecessarily or inappropriately detained; to minimize the number of youth who fail to appear in court or reoffend pending adjudication; to redirect public funds toward successful reform strategies; and to improve conditions of confinement.
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Juvenile Law Center
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Founded in 1975 as a non-profit legal service, Juvenile Law Center (JLC) is one of the oldest children's rights organizations in the United States. JLC works on behalf of children who have come within the purview of public agencies– for example, abused or neglected children placed in foster homes, delinquent youth sent to residential treatment facilities or adult prisons, or children in placement with specialized services needs.
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KidsCounsel: The Center for Children's Advocacy
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The Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc. is a non-profit organization located at the University of Connecticut School of Law whose mission is to promote and protect the legal rights and interests of poor children dependent upon the judicial, child welfare, health and mental health, education, and juvenile justice systems for their care.
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National Center for Juvenile Justice
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The National Center for Juvenile Justice (the Center) is a private, non-profit organization.
Since its inception in 1973, the Center has been a resource for independent and original research on topics related directly and indirectly to the field of juvenile justice.
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New England Juvenile Defender Center
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The New England Juvenile Defender Center was created to ensure excellence in juvenile defense and promote justice for all children. A separate area of the site includes information and research about juvenile justice in Connecticut.
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.
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Office of the Child Advocate, State of Connecticut
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The mission of the Office of the Child Advocate is to oversee the protection and care of children and to advocate for their well-being.
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The Tow Foundation
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The Tow Foundation’s mission is to promote and support effective non-profit programs and to encourage the development of initiatives that are based on sound research. The foundation seeks to leverage funding from various sources to ensure the long-term quality of services and is committed to finding ways to fill some of the gaps left by other funders.
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The W. Haywood Burns Institute
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The W. Haywood Burns Institute is a leading national organization working to reduce the overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system.
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Vera Institute of Justice
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The Vera Institute of Justice works closely with leaders in government and civil society to improve the services people rely on for safety and justice. Vera develops innovative, affordable programs that often grow into self-sustaining organizations, studies social problems and current responses, and provides practical advice and assistance to government officials in New York and around the world.
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Youth Law Center
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The Youth Law Center is a non-profit, public interest law office that has worked to protect abused and at-risk children since 1978. With offices in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., the Center works nationally to serve children, focusing particularly upon the problems of children living apart from their families in child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The goal of the Youth Law Center's work is to ensure that vulnerable children are provided with the conditions and services they need to grow into healthy, productive adults.
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Youth Law Center Releases New Report on Pennsylvania’s Reform Efforts.
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According to “Keystones for Reform,” a new report released today by the Youth Law Center and other organizations working on Models for Change, the strong partnerships among Pennsylvania’s stakeholders and considerable consensus about the strengths and weaknesses of the state’s juvenile justice system have created a context where good public policy can flourish.
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