Highlights some of the ways that Pennsylvania's state advisory group combined people, vision and dollars with those of Models for Change to improve Pennsylvania's juvenile justice system.
Federal policy recommendations to the Departments of Education, Justice and Labor on how to provide access to quality education and career/technical training for young people in the correctional system in order to improve their educational opportunities, reduce recidivism, and improve lives.
Set of tools to help educators and administrators understand the issues youth in the foster care system face, and to identify simple interventions that can make a difference helping youth in care succeed in school.
Outlines benefits that will be realized by acting on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's budget proposal to fully implement the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, which provides states with incentives to improve outcomes for foster youth and promote adoption and legal guardianship.
Recommendations from Juvenile Law Center for legislators to address broad reform goals within the juvenile justice system in the wake of the Luzerne County "kids-for-cash" scandal.
Shows that while legal representation of children in the child welfare system has seen improvement in recent years due to the enactment of Act 18, more work is needed for child legal advocates to be in compliance with state law.
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