Juvenile (under 18)

The National Partnership for Juvenile Services (NPJS) is seeking workshop proposals for its 23rd National Symposium on Juvenile Services to be held October 8-12, 2017, in Orlando, FL. This event will bring together leadership and professionals from juvenile and other human services for training and the opportunity to share program approaches that juvenile justice systems nationwide are implementing. NPJS seeks juvenile services professionals to share their experience...

On March 29, 2017, at 3 p.m. ET, the Coalition for Juvenile Justice will host "Advocating for Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Diversion and Reentry." This webinar will focus on intellectual and developmental disabilities and ways to ensure that youth have access to special education services and other appropriate accommodations in the juvenile justice system. This webinar is the third in a series...

On February 28, 2017, from 3 to 4 p.m. ET, the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, in partnership with the National Network for Youth and the National League of Cities' Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, will host “Collaborating for Change: Addressing Youth Homelessness and Juvenile Justice.” This webinar will discuss strategies to help community collaborations across systems ensure that homeless youth are not...

JAMA Pediatrics is providing free 2-week access (until February 20) to a new article by OJJDP-funded researchers that examines the achievement of 8 positive outcomes in delinquent youth 5 and 12 years after detention, focusing on sex and racial/ethnic differences. The article is based on findings from the Northwestern Juvenile Project, the first large-scale longitudinal study of mental health outcomes of delinquent youth after detention...

Courtesy of Robert L. Listenbee, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

In proclaiming National Youth Justice Awareness Month last month, President Obama emphasized the importance of reforming our juvenile justice system to address the needs of youth who come into contact with it. Youth arrests have dropped significantly over the past decade, yet there were about one million youth arrests in 2014 alone...