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Coalition for Juvenile Justice

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Grants to Coalition for Juvenile Justice

  • $500,000Active Strategy

    2012 (Duration 1 year)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Juvenile Justice, the national association of the governor-appointed state advisory groups that administer federal juvenile justice grant funds, has been an important partner in efforts to diffuse Models for Change's innovations and learning, including successfully organizing and hosting the Models for Change Annual Working Conferences. The Coalition will use this grant to plan, produce, and manage the Seventh Annual Models for Change Working Conference: a two-day event held in early December 2012 that will bring together 300 participants to network, discuss reform strategies, and exchange information on innovative programs and practices.

  • $500,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Duration 2 years)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Juvenile Justice supports networks of state juvenile justice planning organizations and state-based advocates working on juvenile justice reform. It will use this grant to support communication activities that will use the momentum generated by Models for Change to stimulate a broader wave of national juvenile justice reform, by providing its members with information, tools, training, networking opportunities, and access to expertise they will need to help secure and sustain Models for Change reform progress and diffuse and expand its practice and policy innovations nationwide.

  • $500,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Inactive Grant)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of the Sixth Annual Models for Change Working Conference.

  • $500,000Active Strategy

    2010 (Inactive Grant)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — To support the initial phase of a multi-state campaign to promote juvenile justice systems reform nationally.

  • $470,000Active Strategy

    2010 (Inactive Grant)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of the Fifth Annual Models for Change Working Conference.

  • $400,000Active Strategy

    2009 (Inactive Grant)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — To support a network of state-based juvenile justice advocacy groups in efforts to promote juvenile justice systems reform consistent with Models for Change principles and priorities (over two years).

  • $500,000Active Strategy

    2009 (Inactive Grant)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — To develop and begin implementation of a national leadership and policy campaign designed to capitalize on Models for Change to accelerate and support local, state, and national juvenile justice systems reform (over two years).

  • $410,000Active Strategy

    2009 (Inactive Grant)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — To support the Fourth Annual Models for Change conference.

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Coalition for Juvenile Justice $3,780,000 between 2009 and 2012.