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eNews
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DMC eNews 37
- Mar 3, 2014, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Sherry Lupton wins the Ruby M. Payne Cook award
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DMC eNews 37
- Mar 3, 2014, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Sherry Lupton wins the Ruby M. Payne Cook award
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DMC eNews 36
- Jan 22, 2014, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Outagamie County closes its juvenile detention center
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DMC eNews 35
- Oct 10, 2013, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Comprehensive training on reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system.
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DMC eNews 34
- Jul 8, 2013, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Outagamie embraces family engagement, drops arrest rates 32%
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DMC eNews 33
- Mar 8, 2013, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- New program to support local efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice
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DMC eNews 32
- Nov 8, 2012, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Replicating the DMC Action Network approach and getting results in Connecticut
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DMC Action Network
- Aug 16, 2012, Taking DMC Reduction Strategies Statewide in North Carolina
- During the past six months, juvenile justice in North Carolina has undergone some significant changes. For one, the state’s juvenile justice agency, formerly known as the Department of Juvenile…
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DMC eNews 31
- Jul 7, 2012, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Taking DMC reduction strategies statewide in North Carolina
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DMC Action Network
- Jun 5, 2012, DMC Action Network
- What do Alachua County, Florida, and Arapahoe County, Colorado, have in common? They're the next two jurisdictions to benefit from a new effort to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile…
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DMC eNews-New Collaboration Extends DMC Action Network’s Impact
- Mar 29, 2012, DMC Action Network
- This month, Rock County, Wisconsin, a DMC Action Network site, describes a new partnership that is spreading effective strategies to reduce racial and ethnic disparities to Wisconsin’s largest…
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DMC e-News-By the Numbers: Signs of Progress from Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- Feb 7, 2012, DMC Action Network
- In this issue, we highlight work in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, where officials have reduced probation revocations by over 50% for youth of color. This edition also describes CCLP's search for…
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DMC e-News: Mark Masterson of Sedgwick County, KS Named Champion for Change
- Jan 4, 2012, DMC Action Network
- The November/December issue features news from the Models for Change 6th Annual Working Conference and the presentation of the Champions for Change award to Mark Masterson of Sedgewick County,…
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Disproportionate Minority Contact Action Network eNews-September/October
- Oct 21, 2011, DMC Action Network
- This month's issue includes articles featuring:
Farewell and Thank You to Lisa Garry, A Visionary Advocate for Change
Connecticut Replicates DMC Action Network Strategies at the State and Local…
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Disproportionate Minority Contact Action Network eNews-August
- Aug 26, 2011, DMC Action Network
- This month's issue focuses on "Having Faith: Partnering with Religious Organizations to Help Combat DMC."
In October 2010, we described how Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, hit the ground running…
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Disproportionate Minority Contact Action Network eNews-June
- Jul 6, 2011, DMC Action Network
- What can you do about DMC with relatively little funding but a bigcommitment to racial and ethnic fairness? Outagamie County, Wisconsin,answers that question by sharing how it engaged community…
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Disproportionate Minority Contact Action Network eNews-June
- Jun 2, 2011, DMC Action Network
- Culture change. For many juvenile justice administrators, these two words represent an important goal, but one that often seems impossible to reach. This month, Rock County, Wisconsin, explains how…
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DMC (Disproportionate Minority Contact) Action Network eNews-January
- Feb 1, 2011, DMC Action Network
- Working to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in systems that serve at-risk youth is challenging, but knowing about strategies and tools to promote DMC reform can help jurisdictions that are…
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Disproportionate Minority Contact Action Network eNews-December
- Dec 16, 2010, DMC Action Network
- Nine months ago, we described how Jason Witt, Deputy Director of the Rock County, Wisconsin, Human Services Department, was navigating a vigorous debate surrounding reforms that had improved outcomes…
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DMC Action Network eNews-November
- Dec 1, 2010, DMC Action Network
- Generally, juvenile justice practitioners don't enter the field expecting the glitz and glamor that accompany some other professions -- it's the desire to help youth in trouble that provides the…
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DMC Action Network eNews-October
- Oct 26, 2010, DMC Action Network
- Smart, sustainable DMC reduction takes time. So what can a jurisdiction realistically hope to accomplish in just one year? As Lancaster County, PA, has demonstrated, you can accomplish a lot,…
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DMC Action Network eNews
- Sep 29, 2010, DMC Action Network
- In Washington State’s Benton-Franklin Counties, financial shortfalls have forced the counties to limit the population at their 80-bed detention center to 35 youth. That cap can help keep…
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Disproportionate Minority Contact Action Network eNews, August 2010
- Aug 30, 2010, DMC Action Network
- In November 2009, we highlighted Baltimore City’s Pre-Adjudication Coordination and Transition Center, which was recognized by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention as a…
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DMC Action Network e-News - July 2010
- Jul 30, 2010, DMC Action Network
- In November 2009, we described how the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority weathered severe budget cuts at the state level by closing correctional facilities and continuing to fund its community…
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DMC Action Network e-News - June 2010
- Jun 30, 2010, DMC Action Network
- At the age of sixteen, Edwin Desamour was convicted as an adult for third-degree murder. He spent eight years in an adult penitentiary and eleven and a half years on parole. Now, twenty years later,…
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DMC Action Network e-News - May 2010
- Jun 7, 2010, DMC Action Network
- This month, representatives from DMC Action Network sites gathered in Alexandria, Virginia, for the final annual meeting of the full Network. The three-day conference focused on equipping…
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DMC Action Network e-News - April 2010
- Apr 29, 2010, DMC Action Network
- In December 2009, we introduced nine new sites to the DMC Action Network. Those sites are working closely with the Network’s eleven original sites to build their data collection capacity,…
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DMC Action Network e-News - March 2010
- Mar 30, 2010, DMC Action Network
- The DMC Action Network promotes the data-driven development and expansion of community-based alternatives to secure detention as a way of reducing unnecessary incarceration of youth of color while…
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DMC Action Network e-News - February 2010
- Feb 23, 2010, DMC Action Network
- Keeping youth of color from entering the juvenile justice system is a big part of eliminating racial and ethnic disparities - but it isn't the only way to reduce DMC. This month, representatives from…
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DMC Action Network e-News - January 2010
- Jan 12, 2010, DMC Action Network
- The DMC Action Network had much to celebrate at the end of 2009. Last month, the MacArthur Foundation's Fourth Annual National Working Conference in Washington, DC highlighted successes in DMC…
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DMC Action Network e-News - December 2009
- Dec 16, 2009, DMC Action Network
- This month we welcome the nine newest additions to the DMC Action Network. Twenty-one sites in eight states are now working to identify and reduce racial and ethnic disparities as part of the Models…
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DMC Action Network e-News - November 2009
- Nov 4, 2009, DMC Action Network
- In This Issue:
35 Years of the JJDPA Learn More about JJDPA Reauthorization Keeping Reforms on Track while Cutting Back: The Kansas Story OJJDP Recognizes Baltimore City in DMC Reduction…
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DMC eNews #5: DMC Reduction Signs of Progress
- Aug 1, 2009, DMC Action Network
- DMC eNews reports on efforts to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact, or DMC, in juvenile justice systems in the DMC Action Network.
Issue #5 highlights DMC Action Network innovations that are…
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DMC eNews #4: Transformation at Annual Meeting
- Jul 7, 2009, DMC Action Network
- DMC eNews reports on efforts to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact, or DMC, in juvenile justice systems in the DMC Action Network. Sign up here to receive DMC eNews by email.
Issue #4 contains…
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DMC eNews #3: Burns Institute Data
- Feb 17, 2009, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- DMC eNews reports on efforts to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact, or DMC, in juvenile justice systems in the DMC Action Network. Sign up here to receive DMC eNews by email. Issue #3 contains…
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DMC eNews #2: What DMC Reduction Is—and Is Not
- Dec 3, 2008, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- DMC eNews reports on efforts to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact, or DMC, in juvenile justice systems in the DMC Action Network. Sign up here to receive DMC eNews by email. Issue #2 contains…
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DMC eNews #1: Intro to the DMC Action Network
- Nov 12, 2008, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- DMC eNews reports on efforts to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact, or DMC, in juvenile justice systems in the DMC Action Network. Sign up here to receive DMC eNews by email. Issue #1 contains…