Juvenile Justice

Recent Grants

Juvenile Justice

16th Judicial District Attorney's Offices, Family Services Division (New Iberia, Louisiana)
$200,000 in support of the development of a model demonstration program for the delivery of community evidenced-based services to status offenders (over two years). (2007)

9th Judicial District Court Judges' Office (Alexandria, Louisiana)
$300,000 in support of activities in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, as a local demonstration site in the Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2007)

Benton/Franklin Counties Juvenile Court (Kennewick, Washington)
$450,000 to reduce disproportionate minority contact, promote system coordination and integration across the juvenile justice and mental health systems, and create alternatives to formal court processing for truant young people as part of the Models for Change initiative in Washington. (2007)

Caddo Parish Juvenile Services (Shreveport, Louisiana)
$120,000 in support of the development of a model for the identification and appropriate referral to treatment of youth with mental health and substance abuse conditions in contact with the juvenile justice system (over two years). (2007)

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, Office of Juvenile Justice Services (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
$50,000 in support of the Children and Youth Planning Board's activities. (2007)

Campaign for Youth Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 in support of activities to update a report on juveniles transferred to adult criminal court and to create a master database for the distribution of products and materials related to juvenile justice reform (over two years). (2006)

Center for Children's Law and Policy (Washington, D.C.)
$1,750,000 to administer and manage the Disproportionate Minority Contact Action Network (over three years). (2007)

Center for Children's Law and Policy (Washington, D.C.)
$1,500,000 in support of activities to reduce disproportionate minority contact and racial and ethnic disparities in the Models for Change states (over three years). (2006)

Center for Health Policy Development (Washington, D.C.)
$475,000 in support of efforts to expand coverage and improve services under Medicaid for juvenile justice-involved youth in Models for Change states and across the country (over two years). (2007)

Chicago Area Project (Chicago, Illinois)
$250,000 in support of community-based alternative sanctions for youth in contact with the juvenile justice system (over two years). (2006)

Chicago Council on Urban Affairs (Chicago, Illinois)
$250,000 in support of targeted public education and advocacy activities on disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system (over two years). (2005)

Child Welfare League of America (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 in support of a project to manage three demonstration sites to design and implement model programs for the delivery of community-based alternative sanctions and services to youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice system (over two years). (2006)

Child Welfare League of America (Washington, D.C.)
$1,200,000 in support of the Juvenile Justice Division (over three years). (2005)

Children and Youth Justice Center (Seattle, Washington)
$700,000 in support of acting as a lead entity for the Models for Change initiative in Washington State (over two years). (2007)

Children and Youth Justice Center (Seattle, Washington)
$165,000 in support of activities as the lead entity coordinating efforts to improve juvenile justice in Washington state. (2006)

Clark County Juvenile Court (Vancouver, Washington)
$350,000 to reduce disproportionate minority contact, promote system coordination and integration across the juvenile justice and mental health systems, and create alternatives to formal court processing for truant young people as part of the Models for Change initiative in Washington (over two years). (2007)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$230,000 for the Second Annual Models for Change Working Conference. (2007)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$900,000 to sponsor the National Juvenile Justice Network (over three years). (2006)

Community Panels for Youth (Chicago, Illinois)
$250,000 to expand a diversion program for juvenile offenders and position it as a community-based juvenile justice model (over two years). (2006)

Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (Braintree, Massachusetts)
$1,100,900 in support of state and local efforts to improve mental health treatment and services to youth in contact with the juvenile justice system as part of the Models for Change initiative in Pennsylvania (over three years). (2007)

Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (Braintree, Massachusetts)
$585,000 in support of general operations and activities in the Models for Change sites (over three years). (2006)

Education Law Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$240,000 to provide training and technical assistance on aftercare to juvenile justice professionals as part of the Models for Change initiative in Pennsylvania (over two years). (2007)

Georgetown University, Georgetown Public Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$70,000 in support of the creation of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and System Integration. (2007)

Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (Silver Spring, Maryland)
$22,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2007)

Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice Project (Paxton, Illinois)
$150,000 in support of the Models for Change initiative in Illinois (over two years). (2006)

Jefferson Parish Community Justice Agency (Jefferson, Louisiana)
$350,000 in support of activities in Jefferson Parish as a local demonstration site in the Models for Change initiative in Louisiana (over two years). (2007)

John Howard Association (Chicago, Illinois)
$380,000 to track and monitor the progress of implementing reforms in youth corrections under the new Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice as part of the Illinois Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2007)

John Howard Association (Chicago, Illinois)
$75,000 in support of activities to track and monitor the progress of implementing reforms in youth corrections under the new Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. (2006)

Justice Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$675,000 in support of policy advocacy and communications planning for the Models for Change initiative (over three years). (2006)

Juvenile Court Judges' Commission (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
$300,000 to provide technical assistance and training to judges and probation officers in aftercare as part of the Models for Change initiative in Pennsylvania (over two years). (2007)

Juvenile Justice Initiative (Springfield, Illinois)
$450,000 in support of efforts to improve the juvenile justice system as part of the Models for Change initiative in Illinois (over two years). (2007)

Juvenile Law Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$248,500 in support of a project on information sharing to support the Models for Change initiative. (2007)

Juvenile Law Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$1,025,000 in support of activities as the lead entity for the Models for Change initiative in Pennsylvania (over three years). (2005)

King County, Washington (Seattle, Washington)
$446,000 in support of reform efforts as part of the Models for Change initiative in Washington (over two years). (2007)

Louisiana Board of Regents (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$800,000 in support of activities as the lead entity for the Models for Change initiative in Louisiana (over two years). (2006)

Louisiana Board of Regents (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$200,000 in support of activities as the lead entity for the Models for Change initiative in Louisiana (over nine months). (2005)

Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Youth Services Office of Youth Development (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$125,000 to coordinate state and local reform efforts as part of the Models for Change initiative in Louisiana (over 18 months). (2007)

Louisiana District Attorneys Association (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$350,000 for activities in support of the Models for Change initiative in Louisiana (over two years). (2007)

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health (New Orleans, Louisiana)
$400,000 in support of the training and delivery of community evidence-based practices for the identification and treatment of youth with mental health and substance abuse conditions in contact with the juvenile justice system (over two years). (2006)

Loyola University of Chicago, Civitas ChildLaw Center (Chicago, Illinois)
$750,000 in support of activities as the lead entity for the Models for Change initiative in Illinois (over three years). (2006)

Mental Health Association of Pennsylvania Collaborative for Youth (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
$100,000 in support of state and local efforts to involve families and communities in improving mental health services to juvenile justice-involved youth as part of the Models for Change initiative in Pennsylvania (over two years). (2007)

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (New York, New York)
$50,000 in support of a bill of rights for juvenile offenders. (2007)

National Conference of State Legislatures (Denver, Colorado)
$400,000 in support of activities to develop interest and leadership capacity in juvenile justice issues in state legislatures (over two years). (2005)

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (Reno, Nevada)
$1,250,000 for technical assistance, data analysis, and coordination in support of the Models for Change initiative. (2007)

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (Reno, Nevada)
$1,500,000 in support of technical assistance, documentation, and coordination for the Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2005)

National Council of La Raza (Washington, D.C.)
$600,000 in support of the Latino Juvenile Justice Network activities in the Models for Change states (over three years). (2007)

National Council of La Raza (Washington, D.C.)
$350,000 in support of the Latino Juvenile Justice Network (over two years). (2005)

National Juvenile Defender Center (Washington, D.C.)
$1,640,000 to administer and manage the Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network (over three years). (2007)

National Juvenile Defender Center (Washington, D.C.)
$1,275,000 in support of activities to provide professional development and training to juvenile court personnel in adolescent development and enhance the capacity of juvenile defense counsel in the Models for Change states (over three years). (2006)

Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
$377,000 in support of a collaborative effort by the University and the Cook County Juvenile Probation Department to administer mental health and substance abuse screening to all young people processed by the Department (over two years). (2006)

Northwestern University, Children and Family Justice Center (Chicago, Illinois)
$600,000 to support the Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2008)

Northwestern University, Children and Family Justice Center (Chicago, Illinois)
$650,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2005)

Ohio University, School of Communication Studies (Athens, Ohio)
$75,000 for a demonstration of social network analysis to understand the structure of influence in Pennsylvania's juvenile justice system. (2005)

Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
$613,000 to improve the quality of education and career and technical skill training for delinquent youth during and after residential placement as part of the Models for Change initiative in Pennsylvania (over three years). (2008)

Pennsylvania Department of Education (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
$540,000 to implement the Models for Change Pennsylvania work plan, by improving educational outcomes for youth involved in the juvenile justice system (over two years). (2007)

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
$300,000 to develop accredited professional certification programs for state employees in juvenile justice facilities and improve the coordination of mental health services (over two years). (2006)

Philadelphia Department of Human Services (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$296,000 in support of the Reintegration Reform Initiative as part of Models for Change in Pennsylvania (over two years). (2007)

Pierce County Juvenile Court (Tacoma, Washington)
$400,000 in support of efforts to reduce disproportionate minority contact and achieve system collaboration, as part of the Models for Change initiative in Washington State (over two years). (2007)

Policy Research (Delmar, New York)
$1,860,000 in support of work under the Models for Change juvenile justice systems reform initiative (over three years). (2006)

Policy Research (Delmar, New York)
$150,000 for the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice in support of project management for two demonstration sites in Illinois to design and implement model programs for the delivery of community-based alternative sanctions and services to youth (2006)

Policy Research, Inc. (Delmar, New York)
$1,500,000 to administer and manage the Mental Health Action Network (over three years). (2007)

Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton, New Jersey)
$182,325 for the publication of a juvenile justice volume of the Future of Children journal. (2007)

Spokane Juvenile Court (Spokane, Washington)
$125,000 in support of planning for systems integration and truancy reform activities as part of the Models for Change initiative in Washington. (2007)

State of Louisiana, Office of the Governor (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$120,000 to develop a redesigned integrated child and family services system as a platform for a model juvenile justice system. (2005)

Supreme Court of Louisiana (New Orleans, Louisiana)
$150,000 in support of efforts to improve statewide programs to divert children and families from formal juvenile court involvement (over 18 months). (2006)

TAC (Boston, Massachusetts)
$165,000 to provide technical assistance and consultation to the State of Louisiana to advance juvenile justice reform as part of an effort to redesign an integrated system for child and family services. (2005)

TeamChild (Seattle, Washington)
$250,000 in support of efforts to improve juvenile indigent defense in Washington State as part of the Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2007)

Technical Assistance Collaborative (Boston, Massachusetts)
$300,000 in support of training and technical assistance to improve the organization, financing, and delivery of mental health services to juvenile justice-involved youth in the Models for Change states (over two years). (2007)

Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$2,655,000 in support of a project to oversee and coordinate the design and implementation of research activities related to the Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2007)

Temple University, Department of Psychology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$600,000 in support of a project to manage and coordinate research activities in the Models for Change initiative. (2007)

Temple University, Department of Psychology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$1,500,000 in support of the Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice (over three years). (2006)

University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
$90,000 in support of an assessment to determine if the City of Chicago's new Juvenile Intervention and Support Center can be the subject of a robust outcome evaluation. (2007)

University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Worcester, Massachusetts)
$975,000 in support of the National Youth Screening Assistance Project (over three years). (2005)

University of New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana)
$150,000 in support of data collection and analysis for tracking juvenile justice reform in Louisiana (over 18 months). (2006)

University of Washington, Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy (Seattle, Washington)
$400,000 in support of community capacity-building for the identification and treatment of youth with mental health and substance abuse conditions in contact with the juvenile justice system as part of the Models for Change initiative (over 2 years). (2007)

Vera Institute of Justice (New York, New York)
$600,000 support for data analysis and facilitated strategic planning in Models for Change states (over two years). (2008)

Vera Institute of Justice (New York, New York)
$250,000 for data analysis and facilitated strategic planning in Models for Change states (over 18 months). (2006)

W. Haywood Burns Institute (San Francisco, California)
$230,000 in support of activities to reduce disproportionate minority contact and racial and ethnic disparities in the Models for Change states (over 18 months). (2006)

Youth Transition Funders' Group (Kansas City, Kansas)
$25,000 in support of the Juvenile Justice Work Group (over two years). (2005)