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Coalition for Juvenile Justice/ Reclaiming Futures Webinar: Advanced Planning Session for States Integrating Reclaiming Futures in JJDPA Three-Year Plans. February 26, 2009. CJJ and National Juvenile Justice Systems Reform.
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Coalition for Juvenile Justice/ Reclaiming Futures Webinar:Advanced Planning Session for States Integrating Reclaiming Futures in JJDPA Three-Year Plans February 26, 2009
CJJ and National Juvenile Justice Systems Reform • CJJ is National Non-Profit Association in its 25th year representing governor-appointed advisory groups on juvenile justice • Promotes best policies and practices in delinquency reduction and prevention • Educates public and advises policy makers
CJJ and National Juvenile Justice Systems Reform • Assists states and territories in meeting core requirements of JJDPA • Advocates for effective and needed system reforms to improve quality of care for children and families • Links national, state and local advocates and organizations, across many disciplines, to pursue common mission
CJJ and State Three Year Plans • CJJ has as its goal to assist states to improve the quality and sustainability of their Three-Year Plans • CJJ recently published “Best Practices Bulletin” on writing Detention Reform into State Three-Year Plans • CJJ supports Reclaiming Futures as an empirically supported model for diverting youth from the juvenile justice system into needed community-based services
CJJ and State Three Year Plans • CJJ is actively working to support a positive youth development framework for juvenile justice delinquency prevention in the JJDPA • CJJ continues to work with the 111th Congress to ensure a strengthened and sustainable JJDPA and to maximize appropriations to support delinquency prevention best practices in states and territories • For more information please visit www.juvjustice.org