Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
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More coordination needed between child welfare and juvenile justice systems
First Focus Campaign for Children, Mattilyn Karst | May 19, 2016 |
By Mattilyn H. Karst Of the 415,000 youth in foster care in America, half have been arrested at least once and a third have …
Much needed reform comes in new juvenile justice bill
Alton Pitre, Benjamin James, First Focus Campaign for Children | July 27, 2015 |
Today, there are over 60,000 young people in juvenile detention centers all across America. These youth are disproportionately Black and Latino, and their experience …