JJDPA Matters

20
Mar

Juvenile Justice Talk on The Hill

By Abby McNeal, intern Campaign for Youth Justice, and Ellen Richet, intern Coalition for Juvenile Justice
 

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11
Jan

10 Ways a Reauthorized JJDPA Would Improve Young Lives, Communities

Congress is long overdue to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). This critical law represents a partnership between the federal government and the states to protect children and youth in the justice system, effectively address high-risk behavior and improve community safety.

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02
Mar

Its Budget Season!

For years, the Act-4-JJ Campaign has called for budget recommendations that would more accurately represent how important the federal investments in state juvenile justice efforts are to protecting youth and promoting community safety. Federal JJDPA funding has declined more than 50 percent, including an 80 percent decrease in Title V funding—the only federal program that provides delinquency prevention funding at a local level. These funds support state systems that protect children from the dangers of adult jails and lockups; keep status offenders out of locked custody; and address the racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system. In addition, we made recommendations to the Administration to fund delinquency prevention, juvenile accountability, and community-based violence prevention efforts.

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22
Apr

How the JJDPA Helps to Improve Outcomes for Youth of Color

By Anna Wong, Policy and Research Associate, W. Haywood Burns Institute

“States are required to assess and address the disproportionate contact of youth of color at all points in the justice system - from arrest to detention to confinement.” This is one of four core requirements of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act (JJDPA), the federal law that sets standards for the care and custody of youth involved in the juvenile justice system and provides critical funding for the administration of juvenile justice around the country.

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