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Government Relations Updates
July/August 2010 Updates:
- CALL TO ACTION: Attend a Town Hall Meeting & Speak Out for Juvenile Justice Reform
- CALL TO ACTION: Help Restore Funding for FY 2011 Juvenile Justice Programs
- CJJ Submits Comments on Supplemental SORNA Guidelines
- Federal Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice Solicits Comments
- Minnesota Congressman Introduces Legislation to Strengthen Protections and Supports in the JJDPA
June 2010 Updates:
- CALL TO ACTION: July 7 is National Juvenile Justice Call-in Day!
- House Passes Legislation to Reauthorize JABG
- Advocates Launch National Website in Support of the Youth PROMISE Act
April-May 2010 Updates:
- CALL TO ACTION: Help Put Juvenile Justice Reform on the Senate Floor!
- CJJ Leaders Testify at Congressional Hearing on Reauthorization of the JJDPA
- House Congressional Members Voice Support for Reauthorization of the JJDPA
- CJJ Submits Comments on Recommended Standards to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Abuse of Court-Involved Youth
- Justice Department Releases Supplemental Guidelines for Implementation of the Walsh Act
- National Celebrities Release Viral Video in Support of the Youth PROMISE Act
March 2010 Updates:
- ACTION ALERT - Call on Congress to Reauthorize the JJDPA
- ACTION ALERT - Help Preserve and Increase Federal Appropriations for Juvenile Justice Reform
- House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
February 2010 Updates:
- ACTION ALERT – Call on Senate Leaders to Reauthorize the JJDPA
- President Reveals Budget Proposal for FY 2011
- Senate Confirms New Leader for the Federal Administration for Children and Families
January 2010 Updates:
- Breaking News: President to Propose Three-Year Spending Freeze on Discretionary Spending
- Senate Judiciary Committee Passes JJDPA Reauthorization Bill
- Congress Approves FY 2010 Juvenile Justice Appropriations
- Senate Judiciary Committee Passes National Criminal Justice Act
- Congress Provides $10 million to Launch Promise Neighborhoods
November/December 2009 Updates:
- FY 2010 Juvenile Justice Appropriations Bill Passes Senate, Moves to Conference; Congress Extends Continuing Resolution
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Schedules Markup of JJDPA Reauthorization Bill
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Also Schedules Markup of National Criminal Justice Commission Act
- U.S. House Subcommittee Passes Youth PROMISE Act
- U.S. Supreme Court Hears Cases Challenging Constitutionality of Juvenile Life without Parole Sentences
October 2009 Updates:
- Juvenile Justice Federal Appropriations Bill
- Ohio, Tribe in Substantial Compliance with the Adam Walsh Act
- U.S. Supreme Court to hear Juvenile Life Without Parole Case
September 2009 Updates:
- CJJ Adopts position on Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences
- US House holds hearing on Youth PROMISE Act
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