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Texas Task Force Looks at Youth Involved in Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Systems

September 18, 2019 Roxanna Asgarian Comments Off

Lisa Jarrett presides over what’s known as the crossover docket in Bexar County, Texas, where she handles cases involving youth known to both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Jarrett says that bundling all […]

New York State Court Bars Child Welfare Systems from Pursuing Arrest Warrants for Runaway Foster Kids

May 8, 2019 Michael Fitzgerald, New York Editor, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

A New York State appellate court expressed sympathy for New York City using arrest warrants to bring runaway and possibly unstable foster youth into custody. But ultimately, the court ruled, there is no compelling reason […]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorized, Heads to Trump’s Desk

December 13, 2018 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

For the first time since 2002, the law governing national juvenile justice standards has been reauthorized by Congress. The bill will now head to President Trump’s desk, possibly ending a long string of disappointments for […]

New California Budget Sees Big Child Welfare Investments

July 2, 2018 Kim Phagan-Hansel, Managing Editor, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a $200 billion budget last week that includes significant investments for the state’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems, though many of those are on a one-time basis. The […]

Disability, Race and Reasons: What We Know, and Don’t Know, About Disparity in School Discipline

April 18, 2018 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this month on school discipline with a topline finding that “black students, boys and students with disabilities were disproportionately disciplined (e.g., suspensions and expulsions) in K-12 public […]

Justice Eases New Rules on JJDPA Compliance; Punts Racial Disparities Standards to Trump Administration

January 20, 2017 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

In August, the Obama Administration proposed new rules related to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, which remains funded by Congress but has not been reauthorized since 2002. Just days before the […]

A Look Back at 2016: The Year in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare

December 30, 2016 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change 1

The sun will soon set on a year of great upheaval in the American cultural fabric. The Chicago Cubs are World Series champions. It seemed like a different famous musician or thespian died every day. And […]

Deterrence Research is a Selling Point for Juvenile Justice Community Programs

September 2, 2015 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention recently published a report by several researchers on the groundbreaking “Pathways to Desistance” project, which tracked about 1,300 serious juvenile offenders from the Phoenix and Philadelphia areas […]

Florida’s New Predictive Risk Tool Likely to Drive Down Juvenile Incarceration

June 23, 2015 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change 5

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice is set to become the first state agency to conduct risk assessments using predictive analytics, a process that uses huge collections of data to predict outcomes and patterns. It’s […]

Bipartisan Juvenile Justice Bill Would Phase Out Valid Court Order, Demand Data on Isolation

December 11, 2014 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

A bipartisan bill to reauthorize federal juvenile justice policy and funding would phase out an exception permitting the detention of status offenders, and require states to report more information each year to the Office of […]