But one Martin County commissioner, Maggy Hurchalla, remembers her sister, Janny, paddling in the moonlight and playing Sardines, a sort of reverse hide and seek. Reno, 78, died early Monday from complications of Parkinson’s disease at her family’s home west of Miami. Before serving as the country’s top law-enforcement official for eight years under President Bill Clinton, she was state attorney in Dade County for 14 years.Georgetown University recently established the Janet Reno Endowment, which will give an annual award to a woman working to help children at risk of entering the juvenile-justice or child-welfare systems.
Read more >>“Juvenile Justice Loses a Champion” By Shay Bilchik | Huffington Post
Very few people have working in the juvenile justice system as part of their original career plan. They may choose to go into criminal justice and navigate their way to juvenile justice when they discover the life changing opportunities presented when working with youth. They may start as a prosecutor or public defender and while […]
Read more >>“How Juvenile Justice Officials, Partners Should Honor National Youth Justice Awareness Month.” By Shay Bilchik & Michael Umpierre | JJIE
President Obama recently proclaimed October 2016 as National Youth Justice Awareness Month. The proclamation itself offers a thoughtful overview of the state of juvenile justice in the United States and the various ways the federal government is supporting efforts to improve outcomes for youth, families and communities. The proclamation is also a call to action to […]
Read more >>“Bridging the Gap” By Rin-Rin Yu | Policy Perspectives
For the past decade, the McCourt School’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform has been connecting systems of care in an effort to improve the lives of at-risk youth around the country. The kids may have committed crimes, but in Shay Bilchik’s eyes, they are still children. “Malleable,” he calls them. Being malleable is a good […]
Read more >>Shay Bilchik and Michael Umpierre Present at Children’s Summit in Nebraska
In September, CJJR Director Shay Bilchik and Senior Research Fellow Michael Umpierre presented at the 2016 Children’s Summit in Kearney, Nebraska. Hosted by the Nebraska Court Improvement Project, the Summit welcomed over 500 individuals from across Nebraska to discuss best practices, promising programs and the latest research in juvenile justice, child welfare and other youth-serving […]
Read more >>“Janet Reno Endowment Will Strengthen Child Advocacy Field She Has Always Supported” By Shay Bilchik | Youth Today
If you are lucky, you come across someone in your career who provides an “unforgettable interruption” — someone who teaches you, someone who guides you, someone who inspires you. In my career, and in the careers of so many others across the country, that person has been former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.
On June 20, 2016, we launched an endowment at Georgetown University honoring Janet Reno. This initiative will allow
Read more >>“A Tribute to Janet Reno — The People’s Lawyer.” By Shay Bilchik | Huffington Post
CJJR Director Shay Bilchik recently wrote a piece on the Huffington Post honoring the career of former Attorney General Janet Reno. Read an excerpt below: — If you are lucky, you come across someone in your career who provides an “unforgettable interruption”—someone who teaches you, someone who guides you, someone who inspires you. In my […]
Read more >>Addressing the Needs of Crossover Youth in New York City Through the Crossover Youth Practice Model
In January 2016, child-serving agencies in New York City formally implemented the Crossover Youth Practice Model (CYPM) across all five of the city’s boroughs, becoming the largest jurisdiction in the country to do so. For the past six years, the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) has worked with jurisdictions across the country to improve […]
Read more >>CJJR’s Michael Umpierre and TJJD Staff Present at ACA Conference
Last week, CJJR Senior Research Fellow Michael Umpierre and leaders from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) presented at the American Correctional Association’s “146th Congress of Correction” conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The team, which included TJJD officials Rebecca Walters, Deidra Reece, and Cris Burton, highlighted an innovative program developed after TJJD staff participated in CJJR’s […]
Read more >>Janet Reno Endowment Includes Women’s Leadership Award, Forums
Janet Reno’s legacy as America’s first female Attorney General and her advocacy for justice and equality is being honored through a new Georgetown endowment focusing on disadvantaged children, youth and families involved in the juvenile justice, child welfare, and related care systems. The Janet Reno Endowment at Georgetown will recognize her strong commitment to improving […]
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