The Campaign for Youth Justice is circulating a sign-on letter calling on governors to implement new legislation protecting youth in adult prisons (PREA). Contact ...
With a fiscal cliff looming in the not-so-distant future, it's important to keep one thing in mind: what we do now will impact our children for decades to come.
In June 2012, the U.S. Senate will take up S. 2323, its version of the Commerce, Justice Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill which, among ...
As early Tuesday, April 17, 2012 the House and Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittees are expected to consider the fiscal year 2013 (FY13) juvenile justice ...
On Tuesday, November 15 or Wednesday, November 16, the Conference Committee on H.R. 2112 will consider, among other things, funding for federal fiscal year 2012 ...
Congress is considering cutting 60 to 90 percent of funding for programs for critical programs that prevent delinquency, protect children from the dangers ...
Over the last decade, federal spending for proven intervention programs has dropped and the costs of incarceration have risen, with negative consequences for ...
There are at least 2,570 people in the United States serving Juvenile Life Without the Possibility of Parole (JLWOP) for crimes they allegedly committed before they ...
Deficit reduction deals should take cuts to programs for low- and moderate-income people off the table. President Obama is scheduled to meet with Senate leaders today ...
Deficit reduction deals should take cuts to programs for low- and moderate-income people off the table. President Obama is scheduled to meet with Senate leaders to ...
Would you want to speak out if you knew that budget cuts were being considered in Washington that would deny tens of millions of the most vulnerable people medical ...
Available studies indicate that more than one million youth are homeless each year, and they need YOUR help. Take action today to ask Congress to fund programs ...
Call your Representative to ask them to sign onto a letter calling on the Obama Administration to appoint an Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice ...
Each year an estimated 100,000 children are exploited through sex trafficking in the U.S. and runaway and homeless children are especially vulnerable to this abuse. ...
Federal programs and services proven to foster economic progress and
protect low- and moderate-income families face deep cuts in the name of
deficit reduction. ...
On Thursday, August 19, 2010, California’s bill--Senate
Bill 399--will be voted on in the state Assembly. SB 399 allows for a
review of life without ...
The “Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2010” (H.R.5575) will provide funding to up to six locations around the country. It has ...
