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Center for Juvenile Justice Reform Endowment Honors Former Attorney General Janet Reno

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy has established the Janet Reno Endowment to honor and promote her legacy as America’s first woman Attorney General and lifelong advocate for children and youth. The endowment will sustain programs and activities focused on the issues to which Janet Reno devoted her career. The endowment will fund efforts that enhance...

OJJDP FY 16 Defending Childhood State Policy Initiative

Closing Date

OJJDP will fund the successful applicant to work with as many as four states to implement and facilitate statewide policy and practice initiatives that will advance the ability of those states to:

• Ensure that all at-risk children and youth are screened and assessed at each point of contact across youth-serving systems, with a particular focus on the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.

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