Coalition for Juvenile Justice/ Reclaiming Futures Webinar:

Advanced Planning Session for States Integrating Reclaiming Futures in JJDPA Three-Year

Plans

February 26, 2009

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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

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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

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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

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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