Act 91 implemented within Pennsylvania the requirements of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, a federal law that provided financial
Act 91 implemented within Pennsylvania the requirements of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, a federal law that provided financial
Our youth advocates also worked in collaboration with video production experts at Temple University's University Community Collaborative to create a video to raise awareness about the face of youth homelessness.
In Building Brighter Futures: Tools for Improving Academic and Career/Technical Education in the Juvenile Justice System, Juvenile Law Center examines one particular initiative that has shown great success in combating this problem—the Pennsylvania Academic and Career/Technical Training Alliance (PACTT). PACTT’s model suggests that, despite the inevitable stress and disruption of juvenile placement, thoughtful interventions can help youth to get back on track.
In Ten Strategies to Reduce Juvenile Length of Stay Juvenile Law Center draws from a 50 state review of state statutes, conversations with national stakeholders and decision-makers, and input from preeminent researchers and scholars in the field. The publication aims to start a deeper conversation about state policies – including agency policy, state statute, and regulations – that can address the problem of unnecessarily long stays in juvenile facilities.
Youth advocates in Juveniles for Justice, one of Juvenile Law Center's youth engagement programs, created a set of recommendations aimed at addressing systemic problems with educational services provided in the juvenile justice system.
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