CJJ | Newsletter: January 2010

Highlight of the Month: Empire State of Reform - Interview with Elizabeth Glazer

- New York SAG chair discusses growing momentum for reform in the Empire State

CJJ Leadership News from Nancy Gannon Hornberger, Executive Director

- CJJ Provides Formal Comments in Response to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Proposed Plan for Fiscal Year 2010
- Join the CJJ Strategic Planning Committee

CJJ Government Relations Alert

- 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 Commission Act
- Congress Provides $10 million to Launch Promise Neighborhoods

CJJ Conference News

- Registration Opens for the Spring 2010 CJJ Annual National Conference & Council of SAGs’ Meeting

National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) News

- NJJN Publishes Policy Platform on Positive Youth Development
- California Bill to Allow Resentencing for Juveniles Sentenced to Life Without Parole Passes Out of Assembly Committee

Resources and Information of Note

- Research on Pathways to Desistance
- Preventing Gang Violence and Building Communities Toolkit
- OJJDP Seeks Peer Reviewers for FY 2010 Grant Applications
- SAMHSA Seeks Applicants for Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts Program
- The Impact of Hawaii’s HOPE Program on Drug Use, Crime and Recidivism
- First Focus Report on Child Poverty
- 2010 Blueprints Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 7-9, 2010

In the News

- Judge Steve Teske in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- New York City to Jail Fewer Teens
- Chicago Public Schools Add to Woes of Youths in Custody
- Ellis Cose Takes on Juvenile Justice Reform and Political Rhetoric
- Adults are to Blame for Jailed Juveniles
- Raised Age Applauded
- States Rethink 'Adult Time for Adult Crime'
- Transforming Juvenile Justice in Maine