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Pennsylvania and MacArthur's Models for Change: The Story of a Successful Public-Private Partnership: May 3, 2013, Robert G. Schwartz; At the heart of the Models for Change story in Pennsylvania is the partnership between the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee…
A Family Guide to Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System: Nov 7, 2012, Doreen Barkowitz; If your child is in the juvenile justice system in Pennsylvania, this guide is for you! This guide was developed by the Family Involvement Committee of the Pa Council of Chief Juvenile Probation…
Using Language in Court That Youth Can Understand: the Washington Judicial Colloquies: Oct 31, 2012, TeamChild; When youth end up in court, they are often confused and uncertain about the purpose of the proceedings, and what's expected of them when they leave. Why? Because much of the language used there by…
Measurable Progress: A Summary of Illinois Juvenile Justice Reforms: Oct 1, 2012, Various; This report summarizes some of the key changes in juvenile justice law, policy and practice that have taken place in Illinois during the period 2005 – 2012. These changes have accelerated over…
Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Youth in Illinois' Juvenile Justice System: May 2, 2012, Tiana Davis; This booklet provides instruction and guidance to juvenile justice practitioners, including members of state and local law enforcement, juvenile courts, probation departments, and correctional…
Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System Enhancement Strategy: Apr 2, 2012, Juvenile Court Judges Commission; The goals of Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System Enhancement Strategy (JJSES) align with those of Balanced and Restorative Justice. JJSES seeks to reduce harm by applying the best-known…
Counting Latino Youth in the Illinois Juvenile Justice System: Dec 9, 2011, National Council of La Raza; The report details the inadequacy of information on Hispanic youth, who constitute one of the fastest-growing segments of the population, and highlights this lack of data as a major barrier to…
Men in Motion in the Community and the Philadelphia Latino Juvenile Justice Network: Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact, Strengthening Reentry, and Building Community: Dec 8, 2011, National Council of La Raza; In Philadelphia and across the nation, Latino youth are disproportionately overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. Over the past five years, MIMIC and the Latino Juvenile Justice Network…
Juvenile Justice Guide Book for Legislators: Dec 5, 2011, National Conference of State Legislators; Under a partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, NCSL has published a juvenile justice guidebook addressing the most important juvenile justice policy issues of the day. …
Innovation Brief: Using Diversion Fairly, Consistently, and Effectively: Dec 1, 2011, Juvenile Law Center; Juvenile justice leaders in Pennsylvania wanted to create a model system to channel youths away from formal processing. The idea was to hold young offenders accountable withless costly and more…
Innovation Brief: Raising the Standards of Juvenile Indigent Defense: Dec 1, 2011, Juvenile Law Center; Pennsylvania’s county-based approach to juvenile defense created a patchwork system in which children in some counties received excellent representation while those in other locations did not,…
Knowledge Brief: Can Risk Assessment Improve Juvenile Justice Practices?: Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative; A growing number of juvenile justice experts are suggesting a new, potentially more effective approach to reducing recidivism: first identify a youth’s risk of re-offending; then match services…
Knowledge Brief: Are Minority Youths Treated Differently in Juvenile Probation?: Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative; While many studies have examined disproportionate minority contact at the front endof the juvenile justice system, few have examined disparities deep within the system—in particular,…
Knowledge Brief: Mental Health Services in Juvenile Justice: Who pays? What gets paid for? And who gets to decide?: Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative; Providing effective mental health services for youths in the juvenile justice system raisescomplex policy questions, including: Who pays? What services get paid for? And who getsto decide? The…
Knowledge Brief: Is There a Link between Child Welfare and Disproportionate Minority Contact in Juvenile Justice?: Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative; African-American children are represented in foster care and other child welfare placements at a rate more than twice their representation in the U.S. child population. Like others in the child…
Knowledge Brief: How Well Is the Child Welfare System Serving Youths with Behavioral Problems?: Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative; Child welfare systems were designed with a focus on ensuring the safety and stability of abused and neglected children. Today, though, these systems also serve as an alternative to secure confinement…
Knowledge Brief: Harnessing the Capacity for Change: Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative; Organizational change requires more than good ideas. Organizations must also have thecapacity and resources necessary to reach the desired goals. In this project, the researchersinterviewed and…
Knowledge Brief: How Can We Know If Juvenile Justice Reforms Are Worth the Cost?: Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative; With governments at every level facing grim budget forecasts, policymakers need to knowas much as possible about what juvenile justice activities yield the greatest social good fora given level of…
An Executive Summary: Rethinking Juvenile Justice: Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative; Elizabeth S. Scott and Laurence Steinberg, leading figures in juvenile law and adolescentdevelopmental psychology, have brought their disciplines together to define a newapproach to juvenile crime.…
Illinois Juvenile Defender Practice Notebook: Nov 10, 2011, Rey Cheatham Banks; The Illinois Juvenile Defender Practice Notebook assists defenders who practice in one of the most rewarding and yet most challenging areas of law – juvenile defense.
The Pennsylvania Juvenile Defense Notebook: Oct 3, 2011, PA JIDAN Team; The Pennsylvania Juvenile Defense Notebook is a comprehensive training tool for both new and experienced attorneys who defend children accused of delinquent offenses. The Notebook includes caselaw,…
Doorways to Delinquency: Multi-System Involvement of Delinquent Youth in King County (Seattle, WA): Sep 23, 2011, Gregory Halemba and Gene Siegel; This report highlights findings from a study conducted by NCJJ that examines the prevalence of multi-system involvement among youth referred to the King County Juvenile Court on delinquency matters…
State Trends: Legislative Victories from 2005 to 2010 Removing Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System: Mar 16, 2011, Neelum Arya; Neelum Arya, National Research and Policy Director at the Campaign for Youth Justice, recently authored the report, State Trends: Legislative Changes from 2005 to 2010 Removing Youth from the Adult…
Models for Change Innovations in Practice: Nov 30, 2010, Patrick Griffin; This report briefly summarizes four promising practice innovations that have emerged from Models for Change funding and technical assistance in four key partner states, Pennsylvania, Illinois,…
Guide to Developing Pre-Adjudication Diversion Policy and Practice in Pennsylvania: Sep 1, 2010, Diversion Subcommittee of the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice state work group of the Models for Change Initiative in Pennsylvania; In 2006, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued a Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Joint Policy Statement (the “Joint Policy Statement”)1 as a blueprint for creating a model system that…
Report on the Behavioral Health Program for Youth Committed to Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice: Jul 29, 2010, Illinois Models for Change Behavioral Health Assessment Team; In response to a request for technical assistance from the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the Illinois Models for Change initiative assembled a team of mental health and corrections…
Mental Health Issues in California’s Juvenile Justice System: May 26, 2010, Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice; Young delinquents diagnosed with mental illness have been incarcerated at steadily higher rates in California's juvenile justice system for nearly a decade. Yet these young offenders rarely receive…
Pennsylvania Juvenile Collateral Consequences Checklist: May 24, 2010, This publication was cooperative effort on the part of numerous Models for Change partners across Pennsylvania. A complete list of contributing authors is available on the last page of the publication.; The purpose of the Pennsylvania Juvenile Collateral Consequences Checklist is to provide attorneys, judges and other juvenile justice professionals with the most up to date information available on…
Pennsylvania Juvenile Collateral Consequences Checklist: May 24, 2010, This poster was made possible through the collaborative work of many Models for Change partners across Pennsylvania. Please see the Checklist publication for a complete list of contributing authors.; The purpose of the Pennsylvania Juvenile Collateral Consequences Checklist is to provide attorneys, judges and other juvenile justice professionals with the most up to date information available on…
Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice Report on Luzerne County: May 1, 2010, Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice; The Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice was created in 2009 by an act of the General Assembly with the support of the Governor and the Supreme Court. Its purpose was to investigate…
Florida Supreme Court Drastically Limits Shackling - In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure: Dec 17, 2009, Provided by National Juvenile Defender Center; Attached is the Florida Supreme Court's opinion authorizing changes to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure. The most important change is the Court's finding that indiscriminate shackling of…
Models for Change 2009 Update: Core State Progress: Nov 2, 2009, Patrick Griffin; Central to the Models for Change strategy is its long-termpartnership with four key states: Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana,and Washington. By supporting comprehensive reformsin these core states,…
Family Involvement in Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System: Nov 1, 2009, Wendy Luckenbill & Clay Yeager; When children are involved with juvenile justice, the involvement of families is critical to a successful outcome. Yet, family involvement is frequently associated with negative rather than positive…
Union County DMC News - May Newsletter: Oct 23, 2009, Union County DMC Advisory Board; Karen Tucker and Becky Smith of Union County, North Carolina, have released their first newsletter addressing DMC reduction efforts and accomplishments in that jurisdiction. Union County is a…
Multi-Agency Grant Awarded to Aid in Correlating Delinquent Behavior and Brain Injury: Sep 29, 2009, N/A; Multi-Agency Grant Awarded to Aid in Correlating Delinquent Behavior and Brain Injury The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services has awarded Texas a $1 million four-year grant to help identify…
Juvenile Justice Bill Tracking Database: Sep 1, 2009, Sarah Hammond; Juvenile Justice Database Under the National Conference of State Legislature's partnership with the MacArthur Foundation, a Juvenile Justice Bill Tracking Database was developed to bring you…
Strategies: Chicago Urban League Newsletter Summer 2009 Vol. 1 No. 5: Jul 6, 2009, Chicago Urban League; Chicago Urban League's Newsletter with special focus on disproportionate contact of minority youth with the juvenile justice system. The Newsletter features an interview with James Bell, Founder and…
Redeploy Illinois Annual Report Impact and Implementation 2008: Apr 14, 2009, Redepoly Illinois Oversight Board (RIOB); Documents how four Redeploy Illinois pilot programs reduced commitments to Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice by 51 percent, or 400 fewer youth in the first three years, and mobilized…
Collecting and Analyzing Data on Racial and Ethnic Disparities: The Peoria Pilot Project: Apr 1, 2009, James Bell; The W. Haywood Burns Institute (BI) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation collaborated to develop and pilot a data template that enables local jurisdictions to strategically gather…
The Second Century: Juvenile Justice Reform in Illinois: Dec 1, 2008, Center for Children's Law and Policy; Describes a number of promising juvenile justice policies and practices in Illinois that provide a solid base for further reform efforts. The report shares information about these efforts in the hope…
The Illinois Juvenile Defender Practice Notebook: Dec 1, 2008, Children and Family Justice National Juvenile Defender Center and Center of the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern School of Law; Note, the download link above provides a cover image—at this time the Notebook is only available to registered users of the Illinois Juvenile Defender Resource Institute website. In December…
The Second Century: Juvenile Justice Reform in Illinois: Dec 1, 2008, Mark Soler; This report illustrates significant achievements with policies and practices in Illinois' juvenile justice system. The report includes information on efforts to utilize data and public education to…
Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Youth in Illinois’ Juvenile Justice System: Nov 24, 2008, Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission; The Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission and the Illinois Models for Change Initiative strongly encourage agencies, organizations and practitioners at all stages of the juvenile justice system to…
Pennsylvania Progress: Doing Something About DMC: Nov 1, 2008, Patrick Griffin; This issue of Pennsylvania Progress focuses on the states leadership in the national effort to understand and address minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system. Pennsylvania…
An Overview of Illinois Medicaid and SCHIP Programs: Aug 1, 2008, National Academy for State Health Policy; Intended to assist professionals who work in systems serving children, such as juvenile justice and child welfare. For more information about Medicaid and its key concepts as they relate to the…
An Overview of Louisiana’s Medicaid and SCHIP Programs: Aug 1, 2008, National Academy for State Health Policy; Intended to assist professionals who work in systems serving children, such as juvenile justice and child welfare. For more information about Medicaid and its key concepts as they relate to the…
An Overview of Pennsylvania’s Publicly Funded Insurance Programs: Aug 1, 2008, National Academy for State Health Policy; Intended to assist professionals who work in systems serving children, such as juvenile justice and child welfare. For more information about Medicaid and its key concepts as they relate to the…
An Overview of Washington's Publicly Funded Insurance Programs: Aug 1, 2008, National Academy for State Health Policy; Intended to assist professionals who work in systems serving children, such as juvenile justice and child welfare. For more information about Medicaid and its key concepts as they relate to the…
Pennsylvania Progress: Addressing the Behavioral Health Needs of Court-Involved Youth: Aug 1, 2008, Susanna Zawacki; This issue of Pennsylvania Progress focuses on efforts to create a comprehensive model for addressing the needs of youth with behavioral health disorders in the juvenile justice system. Pennsylvania…
Changing Course: A Review of the First Two Years of Drug Transfer Reform in Illinois: May 31, 2008, Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative; Details the reform efforts that led to passage of PA 94-0574, which reversed the automatic transfer of juvenile drug cases to adult court, and the impact the law has had in the two years after it…
Building Pennsylvania’s Comprehensive Aftercare Model: Probation Case Management Essentials for Youth in Placement: Mar 31, 2008, Patricia M. Torbet; Describes the development of a structured and thoughtful approach for implementing the probation-related goals of Pennsylvania's Joint Policy Statement on Aftercare, resulting in a model for…
Pennsylvania Progress: Preparing Youth for Productive Futures: Jan 18, 2008, Patrick Griffin and Mary Humninen; This issue of Pennsylvania Progress focuses on efforts to ensure that delinquent youth are educated, trained and connected with school and work opportunities. Pennsylvania Progress: A Juvenile…
Potential for Change: Louisiana Executive Summary: Nov 1, 2007, Center for Children's Law and Policy; Presents Louisiana-specific results of public opinion poll conducted in 2007 by Center for Children's Law and Policy (with research firm Belden Russonello and Stewart) to survey public attitudes on…
Potential for Change: Pennsylvania Executive Summary: Nov 1, 2007, Center for Children's Law and Policy; Presents Pennsylvania-specific results of public opinion poll conducted in 2007 by Center for Children's Law and Policy (with research firm Belden Russonello and Stewart) to survey public attitudes…
Potential for Change: Washington Executive Summary: Nov 1, 2007, Center for Children's Law and Policy; Presents Washington-specific results of public opinion poll conducted in 2007 by Center for Children's Law and Policy (with research firm Belden Russonello and Stewart) to survey public attitudes on…
Potential for Change: Illinois Executive Summary: Nov 1, 2007, Center for Children's Law and Policy; Presents Illinois-specific results of public opinion poll conducted in 2007 by Center for Children's Law and Policy (with research firm Belden Russonello and Stewart) to survey public attitudes on…
Rehabilitation Versus Incarceration of Juvenile Offenders: Public Preferences in Four Models for Change States: Nov 1, 2007, Alex R. Piquero; Presents the results of a poll measuring respondents’ willingness to pay for alternative policy proposals for juvenile offenders. Telephone interviews were conducted with a random sample of…
Potential for Change: Public Attitudes and Policy Preferences for Juvenile Justice Systems Reform: Nov 1, 2007, Center for Children's Law and Policy; Summary of findings from a public opinion poll that included over-sampling in the four Models for Change states to determine attitudes held by the public there. Americans' attitudes about youth, race…
Models for Change: Illinois Workplan: Oct 31, 2007, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Outlines reform efforts in the second Model state, Illinois, which focusing on bringing about change in three areas identified as already ripe for improvement: juvenile court jurisdiction;…
Models for Change: Louisiana Workplan: Oct 31, 2007, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Outlines reform efforts in the third Model state, Louisiana, which focusing on bringing about change in three areas identified as already ripe for improvement: alternatives to formal processing and…
Models for Change: Pennsylvania Workplan: Oct 31, 2007, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Outlines reform efforts in the first Model state, Pennsylvania, which focusing on bringing about change in three areas identified as already ripe for improvement: mental health and juvenile justice…
Models for Change: Washington Workplan: Oct 31, 2007, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Outlines reform efforts in the fourth Model state, Washington, which focusing on bringing about change in three areas identified as already ripe for improvement: alternatives to formal processing and…
Illinois: An Assessment of Access to Counsel & Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings: Sep 13, 2007, Children and Family Justice Center; Forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision: In In re Gault, the Court ruled that children accused of delinquent acts are entitled to the protections of due process of law,…
Redeploy Illinois Annual Report Implementation and Impact 2007: May 24, 2007, Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board (RIOB); Documents how four Redeploy Illinois pilot programs reduced commitments to Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice on average by 44%, or 226 fewer youth in the first two years, thereby saving the…
Improving and Coordinating Access to Mental Health Services for Youth in Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System: Apr 10, 2007, Models for Change; Outlines approaches and opportunities for the juvenile justice and mental health systems to better respond to the needs of the large number (over 70%) of youth with mental health needs who come into…
Pennsylvania Models for Change Monthly Newsletter: February 2007 Issue: Mar 8, 2007, Juvenile Law Center; February 2007 issue of the Pennsylvania Models for Change newsletter features updates on target area of improvement, information exchange, upcoming events, national news etc.
Pennsylvania Models for Change Organizational Chart: Feb 13, 2007, Juvenile Law Center; Organizational chart showing lead entity, local partners, and National Resource Bank in relation to three target areas for improvement in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Progress: Aftercare Reality and Reform: Jan 23, 2007, Patrick Griffin; This issue of Pennsylvania Progress focuses on aftercare successes and areas for improvement. Pennsylvania Progress: A Juvenile Justice Research, Practice and Policy Series is a publication of the…
National Statistics: System Snapshot: Dec 31, 2006, Models for Change; Provides an overview of national trends in juvenile arrests, juvenile court cases received and the court's response to those cases. Statistics presented highlight important differences in offense,…
Washington State Models for Change Initiative: Selected County Highlights: Dec 31, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Provides statistics on intake, demographics, mental health diversion/treatment programs for Benton, Franklin, Clark, King, Pierce and Spokane Counties in Washington.
Illinois: System Snapshot: Dec 10, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Provides information on the juvenile justice system in Illinois including key agencies, demographics, framework, statistics, etc.
Louisiana System Snapshot: Dec 10, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Provides information on the juvenile justice system in Louisiana including key agencies, demographics, framework, statistics, etc.
Pennsylvania: System Snapshot: Dec 10, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Provides information on the juvenile justice system in Pennsylvania including key agencies, demographics, framework, statistics, etc.
Washington: System Snapshot: Dec 10, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Provides information on the juvenile justice system in the state of Washington including key agencies, demographics, framework, statistics, etc.
Louisiana Models for Change Initiative: Selected Parish/Judicial District Highlights: Oct 1, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Provides statistics on intake, demographics, mental health diversion/treatment programs for Caddom Calcasieu, Jefferson, Rapides Parish, and 16th Judicial District parishes in Louisiana.
Pennsylvania Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Juvenile in Conjunction with Juvenile Delinquency Disposition Reporting to the Juvenile court Judges' Commission: Oct 1, 2006, Tiana Davis; This booklet provides instruction and guidance to local juvenile courts and probation departments on accurate racial and ethnic data collections for juveniles, particularly with respect to Hispanic…
Washington Models for Change Initiative Background Summary: Sep 30, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Contains a broad spectrum of historical and more recent information regarding Washington State's juvenile justice system as well as a wide range of statistics to support the strategic planning…
Joint Policy Statement on Mental Health/Juvenile Justice: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Aug 31, 2006, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Joint statement by The Mental Health/Juvenile Justice (MH/JJ) Work Group (comprised of representatives from the juvenile justice, mental health, child welfare, drug and alcohol, and education systems…
Summary of Aftercare Practices in Pennsylvania: May 2, 2006, Richard D. Steele; Provides brief overview of current county level aftercare practices in Pennsylvania, developed from information gathered during site visits to each of the state's 67 county juvenile probation…
Louisiana Models for Change Initiative Background Summary: Mar 22, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Contains a broad spectrum of historical and more recent information regarding Louisiana's juvenile justice system as well as a wide range of statistics to support the strategic planning required at…
Illinois: Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact Promoting Accountability and Fairness in Juvenile Justice: Oct 13, 2005, Civitas ChildLaw Center; Provides statistics on disproportionate minority contact with the Illinois juvenile justice system, including along with brief information on efforts underway to improve racial fairness.
Keystones for Reform: Promising Juvenile Justice Policies and Practices in Pennsylvania: Oct 12, 2005, Juvenile Law Center; The first state report for the Models for Change initiative, this report describes promising juvenile justice policies and practices in Pennsylvania that provide a solid base for further reform…
Keystones for Reform: Promising Juvenile Justice Policies and Practices in Pennsylvania: Oct 1, 2005, Dana Shoenberg; This report describes a number of key reforms in juvenile justice in Pennsylvania, including needs-based budgeting, strong state leadership, community-based alternatives to incarceration, and the use…
Thinking About Pennsylvania's Vital Signs: May 24, 2005, National Center for Juvenile Justice; The Models For Change initiative supports efforts to assemble, merge and reconfigure data to build a set of standard measures or "vital signs" that could serve as broad indicators of overall system…
Joint Policy Statement on Aftercare: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Dec 31, 2004, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Joint statement by stakeholders in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system to collaborate efforts to support counties in developing a comprehensive aftercare system by 2010.
Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders: New York State's Efforts to Support Troubled Teens: Dec 1, 2004, Tina Chiu & Sara Mogulescu; In December 2004, the Vera Institute of Justice released an 'Issue in Brief' discussing the work of child welfare and probation leaders in New York State to reform the PINS (Persons in Need of…
Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings in Pennsylvania: Oct 1, 2003, Juvenile Law Center and American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center; This report is an assessment of children’s access to counsel and the quality of representation they receive in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system. The report's findings are based on…

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