CJJ Leadership News
- Message from Robin Jenkins, CJJ 2007 National Chair
- Message from Nancy Gannon Hornberger, CJJ Executive Director
CJJ Conferences/Meetings – Join Us! Save the Date!
- Come one, come all! Council of SAGs’ Planning Meeting and CJJ Executive Board Elections, October 19-21, 2007
- Looking Ahead: Major Events Planned for 2008
CJJ Government Relations Alert
- Message from Linda Hayes, CJJ 2007 Government Relations Committee Chair
- Appropriations Update
- Help Us Turn Up the Heat on Reauthorization of the JJDPA
- Rep. Scott to Introduce Positive Alternative to Punitive Gang Legislation
CJJ Training News
- CJJ Offers Training Opportunity to SAG Members, Juvenile Justice Specialists and NJJN Members as a Pre-Conference Session at December 2007 Models for Change Conference
Detention Reform News
- Beyond Detention Reform: JDAI Conference and New Publication
Resources and Information of Note
- JPI Releases Second Brief in Public Safety Series
- Human Rights Watch Publishes Brief on U.S. Sex Offender Laws
- CJJ Western Region Chair Rodney Cook Receives Children’s Champion Award
- NCJRS Reports on DMC in Three Cities
- California Assembly Passes Youth Bill of Rights Protecting LGBT Youth
- Upcoming Conferences
CJJ Leadership News
Message from Robin Jenkins, CJJ 2007 National Chair
Greetings to you all! As the leaves turn and the seasons unfold, I wish great health and success to each of you. The importance of appreciating each other on a daily basis cannot be overstated.
I was coming back to North Carolina from D.C. the other day and musing about something. I was reminiscing about my son as an infant and how I often shared the early morning (e.g., “oh-dark-thirty”) feeding responsibilities. I would feed him in the dim light and then nurture by the usual steps, but then we’d rock in a chair for what seemed like long periods of time as he settled back down, holding him on my shoulder and in my lap while I whispered, sang or otherwise entertained him. I remember very clearly the feelings I experienced as a young father: contentment and a sense of commitment that I was going to do my best to create the best and most secure world possible for him mixed with the overwhelming anxieties and uncertainties that accompany young parenthood. Would I know how to handle medical emergencies? Meet our financial obligations and prepare well for his education? Take care of his mother so that we could be emotionally and physically able to parent him effectively? Could I handle things, if God forbid, I had to go it alone? I clearly remember the vulnerabilities of the time and my own insecurities about my abilities to be a good father. Of course life straightens us out and time judges our performance.
Well, sitting in the airport terminal, I connected my sense of involvement with juvenile justice, our Coalition for Juvenile Justice, the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, and any other group that I personally commit to in a parallel way to that of nurturing my own child. I feel a strong personal sense of commitment to the children that come into our world – many of them without proper planning or preparation. But that doesn’t reduce our responsibilities to do all we can to create a world where all families and children have opportunities and tools to increase the likelihood for successful family outcomes. Children have vulnerabilities and insecurities, too. We often forget how shallow the reservoir is for many who come in contact with the system. While not all are victims of poverty or circumstance, many, many are – and even those who are not may lack resources and tools needed to engage the world in a positive, healthy fashion.
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) offers some of the needed tools. Similarly, our relationships with OJJDP, various contractors, other government agencies, all State Advisory Groups, affiliated organizations and individual members can be powerful tools to create the net of safety and accountability we hold as an effective, positive vision for our work – when we act collaboratively and cooperatively to make it all happen. This is why I strongly advocate for JJDPA reauthorization as soon as possible. It helps provide statutory core protections, comprehensive state planning, state-level guidance and other strengths in our work with vulnerable and troubled families.
Supplementing federal leadership is CJJ, working as the national voice of the SAGs and their allies on behalf of children and youth interacting with the juvenile justice system. This includes advocacy, resource development, networking, and sharing tools and training, as well as improving the system so that youth have opportunities to account for their behaviors, restore victims and garner the competencies they need to be more successful in their teenage and adult years.
Tools are only as good as the raw materials used to fashion them – in our case informed and effective legislation, adequate appropriations, and a strong, committed membership can do the job. It takes each of these (in my opinion) to pull the whole thing off. Your membership dollars help in highly effective ways to educate and engage Congressional staff and members in D.C. and at home. Your time and talents help us do the rest.
Have you had the true privilege of holding an infant and promising to keep them safe and protected? Do you remember the softness of their skin? That sweet baby smell that you adored when holding them close? Their coos and smiles when content? I’m hoping that your same connection to children and the idea that a strong, effective network of responsible and responsive people in the world brings you back, back to the belief that this is the kind of bonding, parenting and caring adult behavior that we can bring to the work and to which all children should be exposed where possible. And … to the belief that your involvement and investments in CJJ can help this happen for children and youth in a substantive and impactful way. Please, attend our meetings and conferences. Read and re-distribute our newsletters and other materials (Government Relations alerts, committee reports, position papers, occasional series on key topics, etc.). Please consider giving to CJJ’s Circle of Leaders fund (see the Web site for more details: [1] www.juvjustice.org/getinvolved_support.html). But, by all means, don’t sit on the sidelines and decry the state of youth if you’re not willing to do something about the environments and conditions facing them. Each of us has something to offer and I’m encouraging you to share CJJ’s materials with others and invite them into the family – CJJ’s family. Let’s grow our resources and tools so that all children and youth, regardless of their background, get the social justice and equity that a country such as ours should afford.
As always, I invite your commentary or feedback ([2] rjenkins@cccommunicare.org). And it’s not too late – please join us for the CJJ Council of SAGs’ Planning Meeting and Election of the CJJ Executive Board in Denver, taking place from the evening of October 19 through the morning of October 21, if you can. In your service,
– Robin
Message from Nancy Gannon Hornberger, CJJ Executive Director
It’s been a year of great progress for CJJ—thanks to the tremendous intellectual, creative, compassionate, hard-working (and, yes, even fun-loving) energy and resources provided by CJJ members, partners and staff. And, there’s more to come!
I wish to inform you of recent additions to our work. In just the past month, CJJ has embarked on new endeavors, complementing the following, which will continue to be our major areas of focus for 2007:
- Advancing the JJDPA Reauthorization through leadership here in DC and across the nation (see the Government Relations Alert below);
- Serving as a key resource on all aspects of federal policy related to court-involved youth;
- CJJ’s emergent peer mentoring and training program in the area of detention reform; and
- Our ongoing partnership with the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN).
Last month we became the host of new list-serve (CJJ’s 8th specialized list-serve) at the request and in support of all state Juvenile Justice Specialists throughout the nation, for whom we have the utmost respect. Also this summer, we have received the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to serve as the host for the 2nd Annual Models for Change (MfC) Working Conference to be held in Washington, D.C., this coming December. By hosting and orchestrating the MfC Working Conference, CJJ is pleased to support the innovation and new ways of thinking and working in juvenile justice which are the hallmarks of this initiative. Intensively-focused work is improving policy and practice in the four active states, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana and Washington, and we are pleased to be close to it so that we can capture the wisdom gained in these sites to share with you across the nation. In each instance, SAGs are part of MfC teams—playing major roles in some cases.
Importantly, we have also made arrangements to invite selected SAG and NJJN teams to join us on December 11, 2007, for a specialized pre-conference day. Please see Mark Ferrante’s training report below for more details.
Please also feel free to call me at any time. CJJ staff and I are here for you: [3] nancy@juvjustice.org and 202-467-0864, ext. 111.
CJJ Conferences/Meetings – Join Us! Save the Date!
Come one, come all! Council of SAGs’ Planning Meeting and CJJ Executive Board Elections, October 19-21, 2007
Many thanks to all who have cleared their calendars to attend the upcoming CJJ Council of SAGs’ Planning Meeting and Elections. CJJ is hosting this event in Denver, CO, beginning on the evening of Friday, October 19, 2007, and closing on the morning of Sunday, October 21, 2007. Our meeting will provide everyone in attendance with an opportunity to have direct input into the strategic plan and future work of CJJ. In addition, we will include updates on CJJ’s prospective work—particularly focusing on the areas of Government Relations and Training/Leadership Initiatives—as well as holding a candidates' forum and elections for the 2008 CJJ Executive Board.
The following positions will be elected by the CJJ Council of SAGs (composed of SAG Chairs or Chair-designees from member states) from among eligible SAG members:
- Treasurer/Secretary
- Youth Chair
- Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee Chair
The following positions will be elected by CJJ Regional Coalitions (composed of SAG members, Juvenile Justice Specialists, DMC Coordinators, Members at Large and Affiliate Organization members):
- 4 Regional Chairs (Midwest, Northeast, Southern, Western) from among eligible SAG Members (including SAG-connected staff)
- 4 Regional Representatives (Midwest, Northeast, Southern, Western) from among any members in good standing who reside in the region; may be SAG Members (including SAG-connected staff), Members at Large or Affiliate Organization Members
If you have the experience and interest to hold one of these leadership positions, CJJ urges you to come forward with a self-nomination. Please also inform and nominate others. We have been very fortunate over the years to have had highly qualified and dedicated people serve in all positions. Please share this information, so that as many people as possible may know of the opportunity
Nominations for these positions must be submitted by 5:00 pm EDT on October 10, 2007 and will also be allowed from the floor at our Denver meeting.
Please note: Elections for the National Juvenile Justice Specialist Representative and the National DMC Coordinator Representative will not occur at the Denver meeting, but on November 15, 2007 via electronic voting. Nominations for those two positions are due by November 5, 2007.
Information about nominations and elections has been sent via e-mail and regular mail. If you have not received the mailing or have additional questions, please contact Kitty McCarthy, CJJ’s communications and program associate, at [4] mccarthy@juvjustice.org or 202-467-0864, ext. 110.
If you have any questions about CJJ governance, the organization’s future goals and plans, or wish to speak with a voluntary leader who has served on the National Steering Committee for several years, feel free to contact Immediate Past Chair and Chair of the Nominating Committee, Paul Lawrence, at [5] plawrence@courts.state.nh.us.
Looking Ahead: Major Events Planned for 2008
April 25-29, 2008! Please save these dates for CJJ’s Annual National Conference and Hill Day to be held in Washington, D.C. Details regarding the content focus and format of this event will be forthcoming. Following our very successful conference in June 2007, many of you let us know of your interest in serving as planners and advisors for another such event. Moreover, any and all additional helping hands are welcomed. Please contact Nancy Gannon Hornberger, CJJ executive director, if you would like to serve on the 2008 Annual Conference Planning Committee for CJJ: [6] nancy@juvjustice.org and 202-467-0864, ext. 111.
June 20, 2008! For CJJ Members and Allies in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands, the CJJ Northeast Regional Coalition is planning an exciting full-day meeting in Portland, ME. More details are forthcoming—watch the CJJ e-Monitor for specific announcements.
CJJ Government Relations Alert
Message from Linda Hayes, CJJ 2007 Government Relations Committee Chair
Happy fall to each of you from the Government Relations Committee and a tremendous thanks for all the hard work you have done. When I was growing up my mother always had what she described as “Fall Cleaning,” even though my sister and I had a very different term for it. It was a time that we went through the house cleaning out closets, throwing away items no longer used, giving clothes that were outgrown to neighbors and others, polishing silver, moving furniture, cleaning woodwork, repainting walls and finding any other dust mite that my mother made us look for. Each year at this time, as the weather begins to change and the trees take on their new colors, I always think back to this very “special” time in my life.
This year we are doing our “Fall Cleaning” at the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and as much as we dread cleaning and changing things it is such a positive time for all of us. In revising our bylaws we have in a sense done some real “cleaning” and we will be stronger because of this. With our wonderful members and staff we can look forward to a very encouraging and productive future. I have been privileged to work with a wonderful group of Government Relations Committee members and government relations liaisons from many states. We have truly worked hard on the issues that are at the very core of our existence. As you can read in our updates (see below), things happen quite quickly sometimes and Congress needs our help with its own “fall cleaning.” Making sure that JJDPA Reauthorization occurs ASAP is the most critical item that we focus on. It is your voice—as a SAG member or CJJ member—that has truly made the difference in how things get done. I look forward to a very busy time between now and January and I am truly excited about our work together.
– Linda
Appropriations Update
While, the full House completed its work related to juvenile justice priority funding on July 26, 2007, the Senate Appropriations bill, S. 1745, remains a slow moving target. After a push from leadership to finish all the appropriations bills, the Senate adjourned last night without passing S. 1745, and will not re-convene until Monday, October 15.
To complicate matters, several weeks ago President Bush stated that he would veto all non-military appropriations bills, including S. 1745 and its House companion, H.R. 3093. The President and a critical mass of Republicans in both chambers are standing firm by the President’s threat, and there is no indication at this time that Democrats and other-minded Republicans in either chamber have the votes to override the vetoes.
This week’s Senate recess presents an opportune time for youth advocates to contact their Republican Senators and stress how critical it is to youth development, effective systems reform and public safety that adequate funds for juvenile justice be appropriated as soon as possible.
KEY STREAMS OF FEDERAL JJ FUNDING AS APPROPRIATED (in millions):
| |
FY02 |
FY07 |
House
Proposal |
Senate
Proposal |
CJJ
REQUEST
for FY08 |
Title II
State
Formula
Funds |
$88.8 |
$79.2 |
$81.175 |
$73 |
$96 |
Title V
Local
Delinq.
Prevention |
$94.3 |
$64.4 |
$70
$25 for EUDL
$25 for GREAT
$17.5 for Tribal Youth |
$65
$25 for EUDL
$10 for Tribal Youth |
$95
|
JABG |
$249.5 |
$49.5 |
$60 |
$80 |
$250 |
DPBG |
N/A |
--0-- |
$53
|
$76.5
|
$126.4
|
If you attended the CJJ Annual Conference in June, you can obtain your Senator’s contact information using the 110th Congress Directory. If you did not receive a Directory, you can locate your Senator by going to [7] www.senate.gov.
Help Us Turn Up the Heat on Reauthorization of the JJDPA
On September 18, 2007, the Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing titled "The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act." The hearing presented another opportunity for advocates to signal to Congress that reauthorization is a priority that must be addressed this year. You can read written testimony and view oral testimony from the hearing at [8] www.act4jj.org/announcement_116.html.
But to move forward, we need you! The last several months have taught us that Congress responds most effectively and quickly when they hear from advocates in their home states. There are several things you can do to turn up the heat and help move reauthorization forward:
- Join the ACT4JJ Listserv. Join hundreds of advocates across the nation who are staying informed and up-to-date on all reauthorization efforts. Just go to [9] www.act4jj.org and enter your e-mail address at the top of the page.
- Sign the JJDPA Statement of Principles. To date, more than 100 state and local organizations have signed on, including six State Advisory Groups. To sign, send your organization’s name and the name of a contact person to [10] andrews@juvjustice.org. To view the JJDPA Statement of Principles, go to [11] www.act4jj.org/media/factsheets/factsheet_11.pdf.
- Send a Letter to Your Representatives in Support of Reauthorization. In addition to or in lieu of signing the JJDPA Statement of Principles, send a letter to your Representatives on your organizational letterhead asking them to support the scheduling of JJDPA reauthorization this year. Several organizations have already done so, with promising results. To obtain a suggested template for your organization’s letter, contact Tara at [12] andrews@juvjustice.org.
- Educate Your JJDPA Grantees about Reauthorization. To the extent your SAG provides grants to local organizations to prevent and address youth crime and delinquency, it is imperative that they, too, know that the legislation which makes their efforts possible is due to expire this year.
Rep. Scott to Introduce Positive Alternative to Punitive Gang Legislation
In response to a number of punitive gang bills that emphasize suppression and incarceration over prevention and intervention, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va) will soon introduce legislation that champions evidenced-based practices and provides an alternative approach for lawmakers looking for truly effective responses to youth crime and delinquency.
The Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act (Youth PROMISE Act) builds upon evidence-based methods proven to reduce youth violence and delinquency at the community level. Specifically, the Youth PROMISE Act directs resources towards communities facing an increased risk of crime and gang activity in order to enable those communities to begin to address significant unmet needs. Under the Youth PROMISE Act, communities facing the greatest youth gang and crime challenges will come together – via a local council that includes law enforcement, community-based organizations, schools, faith organizations, health, social service and mental health providers – to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies targeted at young people and their families to make our communities safer, reduce victimization, and help at-risk young people to lead law-abiding and healthy lives, free from gang and/or other criminal involvement.
CJJ, in partnership with several youth-minded organizations, has been privileged to inform the Youth PROMISE Act, and we look forward to promoting it as a positive alternative to other, punitive gang bills.
We anticipate that the Youth PROMISE Act will be introduced with the next week. Please stay tuned for more details.
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If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the CJJ Government Relations Committee or Government Relations Program, please contact committee chair Linda Hayes ([13] lhayes@harnettlaw.com), or CJJ deputy executive director Tara Andrews ([14] andrews@juvjustice.org and 202-467-0864, ext. 109).
CJJ Training News
CJJ Offers Training Opportunity to SAG Members, Juvenile Justice Specialists and NJJN Members as a Pre-Conference Session at December 2007 Models for Change Conference
The 2nd Annual Models for Change Conference is slated for December 11-13, 2007, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. This year, the conference, which is hosted by CJJ in collaboration with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, will feature two pre-conference intensive technical assistance sessions on December 11.
The concurrent sessions will focus on two topics:
- Alternatives to formal processing by law enforcement for reducing racial disparities and DMC; and
- Increasing access to Medicaid and Title IV-E funding support for provision of behavioral health services for adjudicated youth and their families.
While the Models for Change (MfC) Conference is focused on the work in four states: Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Washington, the pre-conference sessions are open to all other states and territories.
All SAG Chairs and JJ Specialists will receive both via email and hardcopy the notice of this opportunity to apply for technical assistance in one of these areas. A brief questionnaire is attached to the invitation to gauge interest, readiness and leadership to address the challenges these topic present for states and local jurisdictions.
Some of MfC’s National Resource Bank leaders, alongside recognized content experts, will be on hand to work with state teams to address state-specific issues and to offer illustrations of where successful strategies have been implemented.
CJJ is pleased to participate with Models for Change, see [15] www.modelsforchange.net
For more information or to apply for the intensive technical assistance sessions on December 11, please contact Mark Ferrante, CJJ director of leadership and training programs, at [16] ferrante@juvjustice.org.
Detention Reform News
Beyond Detention Reform: JDAI Conference and New Publication
From Mark Ferrante, Director of Leadership and Training Programs.
Both Tara Andrews and Mark Ferrante represented CJJ at the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-Site Conference held in Dallas, TX, September 25-27, 2007. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia sent representative teams to hear national experts present on issues including reducing racial and ethnic disparities, systems reform through a community lens, engaging and empowering families to detention reform and girls.
One of the plenary sessions was devoted to the release of “Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform # 14: Beyond Detention – Systems Transformation through Juvenile Detention Reform.”
This monograph highlights key examples of broad-based reform efforts occurring in mature JDAI sites which were launched by the skillful management of detention reform in those sites. Some of the reform efforts highlighted include: a reduction in out of home placements in Santa Cruz County (CA) through the creation of an alternatives placement committee; the creation of the Juvenile Advisory Council in Cook County (Chicago) which has created a forum for youth to assist the probation department in assessing the effectiveness of its supervision and services and in better meeting the needs of its clients; and the enhanced utilization of evidenced based programs to reduce commitments to secure juvenile facilities in Multnomah County (Portland, OR).
Pathways 14 is available both in hard copy and on line through the JDAI Helpdesk at [17] www.jdaihelpdesk.org.
For more information, please contact Mark Ferrante at [18] ferrante@juvjustice.org.
Resources and Information of Note
JPI Releases Second Brief in Public Safety Series
The Justice Policy Institute (JPI) has released, “Employment, Wages and Public Safety,” the second brief in its four-part series on public safety. The brief finds that increased employment rates and wages are associated with public safety benefits, noting that states with higher levels of employment have crime rates lower than the national average. The brief also finds that the risks of incarceration, higher violent crime rates, high unemployment rates and low wages are concentrated among communities of color.
Read the brief at [19] www.justicepolicy.org/content.php?hmID=1811&smID=1581&ssmID=67.
Human Rights Watch Publishes Brief on U.S. Sex Offender Laws
Human Rights Watch has issued “No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the United States,” a comprehensive survey of U.S. sex offender policies, their public safety impact and the effect they have on former offenders and their families. According to a press release, the report finds that current laws are “ill-conceived and poorly crafted.”
In addition to sections on children as sex offenders, the report makes several recommendations to state governments regarding the Adam Walsh Act, advocating that states:
- Refuse to change registration and community notification laws to meet Adam Walsh requirements;
- Eliminate residency restriction laws;
- Limit registration requirements to people who have been convicted of serious crimes and who have been individually assessed to pose a significant risk of reoffending; and,
- Prevent unlimited dissemination of registry information by eliminating publicly accessible online registries. Community notification should be undertaken only by law enforcement officers and only about those registrants who pose a significant risk of reoffending.
Read the entire report at [20] www.hrw.org/reports/2007/us0907/.
CJJ Western Region Chair Rodney Cook Receives Children’s Champion Award
Rodney Cook, director of the Clackamas County Office for Children and Families and CJJ Western Region Chair, received the 2007 Children’s Champion Award from the Oregon Alliance of Children’s Programs (OACP) on September 21.
The Children’s Champion Award honors the work and achievements of individuals who have contributed to the well being of children and families in Oregon, who share the OACP mission and vision for quality services and who have advanced public policies or budget objectives towards that end.
“Rod’s commitment to improving the lives of children is well known throughout the state,” said Clackamas County Director of Human Services Gary DiCenzo in a press release. “He certainly deserves this honor and we are proud of his accomplishments.”
NCJRS Reports on DMC in Three Cities
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service has released a report entitled “Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System: A Study of Differential Minority Arrest/Referral to Court in Three Cities.” The report addresses disproportionate minority contact in Pittsburgh, PA, Rochester, NY, and Seattle, WA.
View the full report at [21] www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/grants/219743.pdf.
California Assembly Passes Youth Bill of Rights Protecting LGBT Youth
In September, the California Assembly passed SB 518, the Juvenile Justice Safety and Protection Act, which, among other accomplishments, establishes a Youth Bill of Rights within the State Division of Juvenile Justice and county probation departments and facilities that specifically addresses the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
"There are serious personal rights violations occurring in detention facilities all over California, including attacks by other kids and excessive force by staff. […] We must protect LGBT kids from abuse while incarcerated so that when they come out they’re not damaged, but healthy and ready to return to society,” said legislation sponsor State Sen. Carole Midgen in a press release.
In addition to the Youth Bill of Rights, SB 518 sets up statewide anti-discrimination policies and procedures for both state and county detention facilities, and a toll-free hotline for youth to call if they encounter problems with discrimination or violence. The bill is now before California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Upcoming Conferences
The North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission will host “Safe Communities by Design,” a conference designed to bring together experts with knowledge, experience, and best practices toward the goal of recognizing jurisdictional problem areas and providing effective change models that can be adapted to specific communities. Taking place November 28-30, 2007 in Sunset Beach, NC, discussion topics will include gang intervention models, crime prevention through environmental design, victim advocacy and more.
View an agenda at [22] www.ncgccd.org/scc/2007/tentative%20agenda.pdf.
Register at [23] www.ncgccd.org/databases/sccbdregis.cfm.
The CJJ e-Monitor is brought to you by staff and volunteer leaders of CJJ, and supported by membership fees paid by CJJ’s State Advisory Group members, Members at Large and Allies. We are grateful to all for their ongoing support.
The CJJ e-Monitor is distributed in the first week of every month. To submit items for publication, e-mail Kitty McCarthy at [24] mccarthy@juvjustice.org. Items must be submitted two weeks prior to the first of the month for consideration. Inclusion and editing of submissions are subject to CJJ editorial guidelines.
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— Robin Jenkins, 2007 CJJ National Chair
— Kitty McCarthy, Editor
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