2018 Capstone of the Year Award Winner: Pine County, Minnesota, School-Justice Partnerships Certificate Program The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy is excited to announce that the Pine County, Minnesota School-Justice Partnerships Certificate Program Team has been awarded the 2018 Capstone of the Year Award. The […]
Read more >>CJJR Continues CYPM Expansion in 2019
Growth of the CYPM continues with five new jurisdictions in three states joining the network. The new sites are Bannock, Oneida, and Power Counties in Idaho, Clackamas County, Oregon, and the City of Alexandria, Virginia. Ongoing support for CYPM implementation will continue in Harris County, Texas, all 15 counties in the state of Arizona, Sacramento County, California, and […]
Read more >>Crossover Youth Session Presented at the 32nd Annual State Bar of Texas Juvenile Law Conference
Macon Stewart, CJJR Deputy Director of Multi-System Operations, alongside Judge Darlene Byrne, Texas 126th Judicial District Court, Alison McGallion, Dual Status Supervisor, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, and Kelly Opot, Executive Director, Harris County Youth Collective, presented at the 32nd Annual State Bar of Texas Juvenile Law Conference on February 26th. The session, titled “Crossover […]
Read more >>“How Does Education in the Juvenile Justice System Measure Up? It Doesn’t.” by Hailly T. N. Korman and Lisa Pilnik
In a recent article published by Education Week, CJJR partner Lisa Pilnik and Hailly Korman describe the vast differences in outcomes for children in community-based public schools and children who are taking classes while in juvenile justice facilities. For those in the latter, pass rates are abysmal, especially as compared to their public school peers. […]
Read more >>Certificate Program Updates
Given the incredible response from the field, CJJR will be offering the Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Certificate Program in both the spring and fall of 2019. The fall program will now be held on November 18-22, 2019, and applications will be accepted beginning in July. Please visit the website to learn more about the […]
Read more >>CJJR Co-Sponsors National DMC Conference
CJJR was delighted once again to co-sponsor the November 2018 Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) National DMC Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Presenting at several sessions at the conference, CJJR Director Shay Bilchik spoke about the critical need to reduce and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities (RED) in the juvenile justice system and highlighted how CJJR […]
Read more >>Crossover Youth Training Provided to National CASA Network
Macon Stewart, CJJR Deputy Director of Multi-System Operations, alongside Elise Rowan, Director of Foundation Relations for National CASA, recently presented on a webinar for the National CASA Network entitled “Understanding and Serving the Needs of Crossover Youth.” The webinar provided an overview of the characteristics and traits of youth involved in the child welfare and […]
Read more >>Congress Passes Reauthorization of JJDPA
Yesterday, Congress passed H.R. 6964, a bill that reauthorizes the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). Last authorized in 2002, the JJDPA sets forth critically important federal guidance on the safe treatment of youth involved in the justice system. A sample of the notable changes to the JJDPA contained in the bill includes: States […]
Read more >>CJJR Is Hiring!
As 2019 approaches and CJJR continues to grow and evolve as an organization, we are excited to announce that we are expanding our team! We are currently looking for a Program Manager to lead an ongoing multi-system technical assistance project and work closely with the Deputy Director of Multi-System Operations and individual jurisdictions on our […]
Read more >>CJJR’s Macon Stewart Presents at Maryland Judicial Conference
In October, CJJR Deputy Director for Multi-System Operations Macon Stewart presented at the Maryland Judiciary’s 20th Annual Child Abuse, Neglect and Delinquency Options (C.A.N.D.O.) Conference. Macon and her fellow panel of presenters, including Judge Cynthia Callahan (Montgomery Co. MD), Magistrate Hileman-Adams (Prince George’s Co. MD), Walter Jackson (DSS, Prince George’s Co. MD), and Kwabena Tuffour […]
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