Partners and Resources

Applications are now available for CJJR’s 2013 Information Sharing Certificate Program.  The Certificate Programs are week-long periods of intensive study designed for organization and system leaders working with youth known to the juvenile justice and child welfare systems—youth commonly referred to as “crossover youth.”  In addition to the weeklong certificate programs in multi-systems integration, CJJR now offers shorter certificate programs of intensive study in information sharing, youth in custody, and reducing racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice.  

 

Knowledge Brief Series
In recognition of October as Children’s Health Month, the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change initiative announces its two most recent reports that focus on youth mental health. The reports are a part of the foundation’s Knowledge Brief Series, a collection of reports on the study and findings of juvenile justice issues.

• Knowledge Brief: Mental Health Services in Juvenile Justice: Who pays? What gets paid for? And who gets to decide? – The brief gives an overview of the effects, opportunities and challenges the changing financial health care system has on juvenile justice practitioners and stakeholders.
• Knowledge Brief: Does Mental Health Screening Fulfill Its Promise? – This study explored the impact of introducing mental health screening in detention on staff responses to youth.

 For a copy of any of the Knowledge Brief Series, please visit Models for Change initiative website: http://www.modelsforchange.net/publications/listing.html

 

Read the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps’ paper, "Addressing the Needs of Multi- System Youth: Strengthening the Connection between Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice."

“No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration” report now available.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

With funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Cost-Benefit Knowledge Bank for Criminal Justice is offering free technical assistance to help jurisdictions build their capacity to use cost-benefit analysis in criminal justice policymaking and planning.