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Outreach Group Matches Homeless Teens With Adults
2/24/2010 by WBBM-TV, Chicago
by Kristyn Hartman
CHICAGO -- It's tough enough growing up, but imagine having to find your way to adulthood homeless, and without a mom or dad. It happens to thousands of kids in Chicago each year. Would you be…
The 2010 CMHS National GAINS Center Conference
2/22/2010
Every two years, the National GAINS Center organizes a conference for mental health and criminal justice professionals, policymakers, consumers, family members, administrators, and researchers. The…
New Law Helps Teeens Avoid Criminal Record
2/12/2010 by WBBM-TV, Chicago
by Dorothy Tucker
CHICAGO -- You're arrested. You're charged. But thanks to a new law in Illinois, you won't have a criminal record. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports on the new life-changing rules for thousands of…
Protecting Children from Detention Abuses
1/22/2010 by Philadelphia Inquirer
by Sandra Simkins
We have learned from the Luzerne County scandal that children need lawyers when they appear before a judge. A recently released Department of Justice report shows why they also need access to lawyers…
Citizens of the Year aided juveniles in Luzerne County
1/3/2010 by Philadelphia Inquirer
by Editorial: Seeking justice
It began with a distraught mother's phone call to the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia. Laurene Transue reported that her 15-year-old daughter, Hillary, had been sentenced to a juvenile-detention…

Press releases

SAMHSA Seeks Applicants for Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts Program
1/4/2010
by National Juvenile Defender Center
SAMHSA Seeks Applicants for Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts Program The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting…

Op-eds and essays

Scandals Highlight the Need for Juvenile Justice Reform
3/4/2010 by Illinois Issues
by Jamey Dunn
Just a few months ago, it looked as if the scandal surrounding the “Meritorious Good Time Push” prisoner-release program could cost Gov. Pat Quinn a win in the primary election. Under the…
Kids Should Never Be Tried As Adults
2/18/2010 by CNN
by Bob Schwartz
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- About 20 years ago, 9-year-old Cameron Kocher fired a rifle out of a window of his home in upstate Pennsylvania and hit his 7-year-old neighbor, who was riding on…

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