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  2. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act - Wikipedia

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    The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) is a United States federal law providing formula grants to states that follow a series of federal protections on the care and treatment of youth in the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems.

  3. American juvenile justice system - Wikipedia

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    Harris County Juvenile Justice Center. The American juvenile justice system is the primary system used to handle minors who are convicted of criminal offenses. The system is composed of a federal and many separate state, territorial, and local jurisdictions, with states and the federal government sharing sovereign police power under the common authority of the United States Constitution.

  4. Reclaiming Futures - Wikipedia

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    According to the OJJDP, funding for the Juvenile Drug Court/Reclaiming Futures Program and Brief Interventions and Referrals to Treatment for Courts and Juvenile Drug Courts is provided by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance but administered by OJJDP. In 2007, the OJJDP awarded nearly $1.3 million to three grantees for programs that applied ...

  5. Senators celebrate signing of bipartisan juvenile justice ...

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    Oct. 18—WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed into law Senate Bills 169 and 170 — now Act 107 and Act 108 of 2024 — to implement reforms needed to improve outcomes for youth ...

  6. Texas Juvenile Justice Department - Wikipedia

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    Detained young offenders can only be placed in detention centers that are registered by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, under the Texas Family Code. Registered facilities house, educate, train and rehabilitate young offenders, the treatment and programs are based on the needs of the individual within the facility.

  7. The seemingly endless cycle of reforms in juvenile justice - AOL

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    In Wisconsin, juvenile justice workers are seeking access to tools used in the adult criminal justice system to manage behavior after a youth counselor was killed in an alleged assault by a 16 ...

  8. Youth incarceration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Through reauthorization amendments, additional programs have been added to the original Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. The following list highlights a few of these additions: 1975 – Programs were developed to assist children with learning disabilities who entered the juvenile justice system.

  9. Michigan secures more beds for justice-involved youth, works ...

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    Sixty of the nearly 100 juvenile justice placements are in Wayne County. Twenty are in a new program in Macomb run by Nevada nonprofit Rite of Passage.