Action Alerts - Juvenile Justice

ACT 4 JJ
As early Tuesday, April 17, 2012  the House and Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittees are expected to consider the fiscal year 2013 (FY13) juvenile justice ...
November 14, 2011 We're Down to the Wire
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 ...
NAEYC
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 ...
The Coalition on Human Needs
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 ...
CHN
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 ...
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. ...
Coalition on Human Needs
Your voice is urgently needed!  The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a budget proposal that is stunningly extreme.  It is ...
In response to the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposed regulations on the implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), the Campaign for Youth ...
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 ...
Good Samaritan Policies save lives. Removing the threat of punishment during overdose emergencies gets rid of the hesitation associated with calling for help, saving ...
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 ...
We have a key opportunity to influence the Virginia Crime Commission. Act now to urge them to support critical reforms!
On February 23, 2009 the House of Representatives passed the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Treatment Programs bill H.R. 911. This bill was introduced following a ...