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November/December 2009
Highlight of the Month: Year-end Message from CJJ National Chair
- Message from David R. Schmidt, CJJ National Chair
CJJ Government Relations Alert
- 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
CJJ Conference News
- CJJ Southern Region Conference – Registration to Close December 18, 2009
- Save the Dates! CJJ 2010 National Annual Conference and Council of SAGs’ Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C., April 9 – 13, 2010.
National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) News
- Birmingham and Delaware Stem School to Prison Pipeline
- Parties Agree to Consent Decrees Regarding Conditions at Orleans Parish Detention Center in Louisiana
- North Carolina Task Force Begins Evaluation of Raising the Age of Adult Jurisdiction
Resources and Information of Note
- CJJ’s Partnership with Models for Change
- Back on Track: Supporting Youth Re-entry
- Filling in the Research Gaps: New Cost-Benefit Unit at VERA
- OJJDP Invites Juvenile Justice Professionals to Complete Needs Assessment
- OJJDP Announces Availability of Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders (DSO) Best Practices Database
- New Research: Adolescents may reason as well as adults, but emotional maturity lags
- Court delays cause problems – New Report
- New Report: Hidden Injustice: LBGT Youth in Juvenile Courts
- Child Welfare League of America national conference
- SAMHSA Accepting applications for the Offender Reentry Program
In the News
- News from Maine: Support JJDPA Reauthorization!
- Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson confirmed
- Juvenile Justice and Race: A new piece by James Bell
- Girls in the Court System
- U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Juvenile Life Without Parole Cases
- Clayton County, Georgia, heralded as Innovator against Zero Tolerance
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