Juvenile Justice

Recent Grants

Juvenile Justice

Number of Grants: 104

16th Judicial District Attorney's Offices Family Services Division (New Iberia, Louisiana)
$54,000 to participate as a local demonstration site in Louisiana Models for Change. (2009)

9th Judicial District Court Judges' Office (Alexandria, Louisiana)
$400,000 to participate as a local demonstration site in Louisiana Models for Change (over 30 months). (2009)

Administrative Office of the Courts, State of Washington (Olympia, Washington)
$150,000 to coordinate state and local data collection, reporting, and evaluation activities under Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2010)

Administrative Office of the Courts, State of Washington (Olympia, Washington)
$234,000 to support research and analysis to track juvenile justice reform under Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2010)

American Youth Work Center (Washington, D.C.)
$15,000 in support of "Youth Today - the Newspaper on Youth Work" and activities marking the 35th anniversary of the creation of the United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (2009)

Baton Rouge Area Foundation (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$350,000 to support a model demonstration of a coordinated system of child and family services as part of Louisiana Models for Change (over 18 months). (2011)

Baton Rouge Area Foundation (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$250,000 to support work on dissemination and sustainability on behalf of Louisiana Models for Change (over 18 months). (2010)

Benton County and Franklin County Washington (Kennewick, Washington)
$75,000 to develop data analysis and reporting capacity to help sustain and expand practice and policy innovations established as part of Washington Models for Change. (2011)

Berks County (Reading, Pennsylvania)
$321,000 to reduce disproportionate minority contact as part of Pennsylvania's Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2009)

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Office of Juvenile Justice Services (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
$165,000 to establish uniform juvenile detention facilities standards and licensing in Louisiana as part of Models for Change (over 2 years). (2011)

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Office of Juvenile Justice Services (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
$135,000 to support the Community Assessment Resource Center of Calcasieu Parish as part of the Models for Change initiative in Louisiana. (2009)

Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (Washington, D.C.)
$200,000 in support of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (over two years). (2011)

Campaign for Youth Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 to update and maintain a juvenile justice contact database, provide technical assistance on juvenile justice communications and media strategies to Models for Change, and produce a series of policy briefs on juvenile justice issues (over two years). (2010)

Center for Children's Law and Policy (Washington, D.C.)
$21,000 to provide technical assistance on the development of statewide juvenile detention facility standards and licensing in Louisiana as part of Models for Change. (2011)

Center for Children's Law and Policy (Washington, D.C.)
$1,466,000 to reduce disproportionate minority contact and racial and ethnic disparities in the Models for Change core states (over three years). (2009)

Center for Health Policy Development (Washington, D.C.)
$400,500 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). (2010)

Chester County Juvenile Probation (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
$300,000 to support diversion efforts as part of the Models for Change initiative in Pennsylvania (over two years). (2009)

Chicago Area Project (Chicago, Illinois)
$25,000 to support work in community-based alternative services and sanctions as part of Illinois Models for Change. (2010)

Chicago Urban League (Chicago, Illinois)
$250,000 to fund work on racial and ethnic disparities as part of the Illinois Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2009)

Children and Youth Justice Center (Seattle, Washington)
$1,050,000 in support of activities as the lead entity for Washington Models for Change (over three years). (2009)

Children's Coalition for Northeast Louisiana (Monroe, Louisiana)
$100,000 to participate in the Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Action Network on behalf of Louisiana Models for Change. (2010)

Clark County Juvenile Court (Vancouver, Washington)
$440,000 to support the participation of Clark County as a model demonstration site in Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2010)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$500,000 to sustain and spread Models for Change juvenile justice system reforms through networks of state-based juvenile justice advisory and advocacy groups (over two years) (2011)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$500,000 in support of the Sixth Annual Models for Change Working Conference. (2011)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$500,000 to support the initial phase of a multi-state campaign to promote juvenile justice systems reform nationally. (2010)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$470,000 in support of the Fifth Annual Models for Change Working Conference. (2010)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$500,000 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). (2009)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$410,000 to support the Fourth Annual Models for Change conference. (2009)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.)
$400,000 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). (2009)

Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C.)
$25,000 in support of the Juvenile Justice Work Group (over two years). (2010)

Community Justice for Youth Institute (Chicago, Illinois)
$25,000 to sustain and disseminate community-based alternative services and sanctions as part of Illinois Models for Change. (2010)

Defender Association of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$155,000 to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in Pennsylvania as part of the Models for Change Disproportionate Minority Contact Action Network. (2010)

Education Law Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$80,000 to provide training and technical assistance on aftercare to juvenile justice professionals as part of Models for Change in Pennsylvania. (2009)

El Centro de la Raza (Seattle, Washington)
$150,000 to engage the Latino community in juvenile justice system reform in King County as part of Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2010)

Equal Justice Initiative (Montgomery, Alabama)
$50,000 to support efforts related to the issue of juvenile life without parole. (2009)

Equal Justice Works (Washington, D.C.)
$25,000 to plan a fellowship program aimed at recruiting, training, and retaining lawyers to represent indigent defendants in delinquency and criminal courts. (2009)

Georgetown University Georgetown Public Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$720,000 in support of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform's training and technical assistance for prosecutors, as part of the Models for Change initiative (over three years). (2009)

Illinois Association of Juvenile Justice Councils (Mt. Vernon, Illinois)
$75,000 in support of work on local leadership and governance as part of Illinois Models for Change. (2010)

Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice Project (Paxton, Illinois)
$300,000 to fund work on behalf of Illinois' Models for Change (over two years). (2009)

Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (Springfield, Illinois)
$400,000 in support of work as part of Illinois' Models for Change (over two years). (2009)

International Association of Chiefs of Police (Alexandra, Virginia)
$125,000 to enhance law enforcement's leadership role in juvenile justice systems reform consistent with Models for Change goals and strategies. (2011)

Jefferson Parish Department for Juvenile Services (Harvey, Louisiana)
$360,000 to participate as a local demonstration site in Louisiana Models for Change (over 27 months). (2009)

John Howard Association (Chicago, Illinois)
$150,000 to track and monitor the implementation of reforms in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice as part of Illinois Models for Change. (2011)

John Howard Association (Chicago, Illinois)
$84,000 to track and monitor the progress of implementing reforms in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice as part of Illinois Models for Change. (2010)

Justice Management Institute (Denver, Colorado)
$150,000 to provide technical assistance to judges in Models for Change states. (2011)

Justice Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$485,000 to provide strategic communications assistance to Models for Change partners, maintain and enhance the Models for Change website and edit publications in support of initiative goals. (2011)

Justice Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$315,000 to support strategic communications technical assistance to the Models for Change states. (2010)

Justice Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$54,000 to complete work on the Models for Change website redesign. (2009)

Justice Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
$885,000 to support policy advocacy and communications planning for the Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2009)

Juvenile Justice Initiative (Evanston, Illinois)
$25,000 to sustain the progress of Illinois Models for Change. (2011)

Juvenile Justice Initiative (Springfield, Illinois)
$250,000 in support of efforts on behalf of the Models for Change initiative in Illinois (over two years). (2009)

Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (New Orleans, Louisiana)
$200,000 in support of advocacy and public education as part of the Louisiana Models for Change initiative (over two years). (2009)

Juvenile Law Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$250,000 to support training and technical assistance to Models for Change states working to improve information sharing across child- and family-serving agencies. (2010)

Juvenile Law Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$350,000 in support of activities as lead entity in Pennsylvania Models for Change. (2010)

Juvenile Regional Services (New Orleans, Louisiana)
$250,000 to support participation in the Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network (over two years). (2009)

King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (Seattle, Washington)
$240,000 to develop a model demonstration program to divert youth with truancy petitions away from the court system as the tool for re-engaging students in school (over two years). (2009)

King County, Washington (Seattle, Washington)
$450,000 to participate as a model demonstration site in Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2010)

Lehigh County (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
$300,000 to support diversion efforts as part of the Models for Change initiative in Pennsylvania (over two years). (2009)

Louisiana Children's Cabinet Office of the Governor (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$250,000 to play a leadership role in promoting juvenile justice system reform (over two years). (2009)

Louisiana District Attorneys Association (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$140,000 to work on alternatives to formal processing and secure confinement on behalf of Louisiana Models for Change. (2010)

Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
$100,000 to develop a Juvenile Defense Practice and Policy Clinic. (2010)

Loyola University of Chicago Civitas ChildLaw Center (Chicago, Illinois)
$400,000 to support activities as lead entity in Illinois Models for Change (over 18 months). (2010)

Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Collaborative for Youth (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
$75,000 to engage families and community advocates in efforts to improve the delivery of mental health services to juvenile justice-involved youth. (2009)

National Conference of State Legislatures (Denver, Colorado)
$522,500 to provide information and assistance to the membership on juvenile justice policies with a focus on Models for Change resources and innovations (over two years). (2010)

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (Reno, Nevada)
$2,200,000 to support technical assistance, assessment, and project coordination in support of Models for Change (over two years). (2011)

National Council of La Raza (Washington, D.C.)
$470,000 to combat racial and ethnic disparities on behalf of Latino youth in the juvenile justice system as part of Models for Change (over two years). (2010)

National Juvenile Defender Center (Washington, D.C.)
$100,000 to develop resource materials to assist and guide Models for Change states in planning and implementing diversion programs in the juvenile justice system. (2010)

National Juvenile Defender Center (Washington, D.C.)
$3,260,000 to administer and manage the Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network (over two years). (2009)

National Juvenile Defender Center (Washington, D.C.)
$1,425,000 to provide training and technical assistance to state and local juvenile justice professionals and agencies in Models for Change states and to launch the Models for Change Juvenile Court Curriculum nationwide (over three years). (2009)

Northshore Technical College - Florida Parishes Campus (Greensburg, Louisiana)
$150,000 to support a pilot project to provide career and technical training to youth who are under the supervision of Louisiana's Office of Juvenile Justice and to support their entry into the workforce as part of Louisiana Models for Change (over 18 months). (2011)

Northwestern University Children and Family Justice Center (Chicago, Illinois)
$230,000 to coordinate Illinois' work on juvenile indigent defense and participation in the Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network as a part of Illinois Models for Change. (2010)

Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
$356,000 to support the Children and Family Justice Center for coordinating Illinois' participation in the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network as part of Illinois Models for Change (over two years). (2009)

Ogle County Juvenile Justice Council (Oregon, Illinois)
$60,000 to support Ogle County's participation as a model demonstration site in Illinois Models for Change. (2010)

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
$148,000 to support enhanced online access to juvenile court data and program services information to help sustain Pennsylvania's Models for Change system improvement efforts. (2011)

PJCJC Fund (Albany, New York)
$100,000 to support a national leadership summit on school discipline policies and practices to keep youth in school and out of the juvenile justice system. (2011)

Policy Research (Delmar, New York)
$450,000 in support of activities to sustain and promote reform innovations developed by Models for Change Action Networks. (2011)

Policy Research (Delmar, New York)
$1,275,000 to provide training and technical assistance to the Models for Change states (over three years). (2009)

Policy Research, Inc. (Delmar, New York)
$464,000 in support of Models for Change Action Network activities to promote innovative reforms. (2010)

Public Interest Projects (New York, New York)
$3,500,000 to support the operations of a multi-state campaign to promote juvenile justice systems reform nationally (over one year). (2011)

Public Interest Projects (New York, New York)
$4,000,000 to support the operations of a multi-state campaign to promote juvenile justice systems reform nationally (over 13 months). (2010)

Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps (Boston, Massachusetts)
$440,000 to provide training and technical assistance on juvenile justice and child welfare systems coordination and integration to Models for Change states (over two years). (2011)

Spokane County Juvenile Court (Spokane, Washington)
$145,000 to replicate a truancy intervention model as part of Washington Models for Change. (2011)

Spokane County Juvenile Court (Spokane, Washington)
$350,000 to create alternatives to formal processing and confinement for truant children as part of Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2009)

TeamChild (Seattle, Washington)
$145,000 to enhance the quality of legal representation and access to counsel in delinquency proceedings as part of Washington Models for Change. (2011)

TeamChild (Seattle, Washington)
$350,000 to enhance the quality of legal representation in delinquency proceedings (over two years). (2009)

Technical Assistance Collaborative (Boston, Massachusetts)
$15,000 to produce and distribute the second edition of"Turning Knowledge into Practice" , a monograph on the implementation of evidence-based behavioral health services. (2010)

Technical Assistance Collaborative (Boston, Massachusetts)
$450,000 to provide 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 three years). (2009)

Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$3,000,000 to support a longitudinal study on the differential effects of informal vs. formal processing in the juvenile justice system on the behavior and development of first-time juvenile offenders (over three years). (2010)

Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$500,000 to oversee and coordinate the design and implementation of research activities related to Models for Change (over two years). (2009)

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
$250,000 to collect and analyze data on tracking juvenile justice reform (over 18 months). (2009)

University of Louisiana at Monroe (Monroe, Louisiana)
$385,000 to participate with the Fourth Judicial District Court as a model demonstration and replication site in Louisiana Models for Change (over two years). (2009)

University of Massachusetts at Worcester (Worcester, Massachusetts)
$120,000 to support the National Youth Screening Assistance Project to develop resource materials to assist and guide Models for Change states in the assessment of risk for re-offending at key decision points in the juvenile justice system (over two years). (2010)

University of Massachusetts at Worcester (Worcester, Massachusetts)
$1,380,000 to provide technical assistance and training for the National Youth Screening Assistance Project (over three years). (2009)

University of New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana)
$200,000 to support data collection and analysis for tracking juvenile justice reform under Louisiana Models for Change. (2011)

University of Washington Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy (Seattle, Washington)
$500,000 to develop and implement culturally-appropriate interventions to address the mental health needs of Latino youth as part of Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2009)

University of Washington School of Law (Seattle, Washington)
$350,000 to reduce racial and ethnic disparities and improve juvenile indigent defense on sovereign lands on behalf of Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2010)

University of Washington School of Law (Seattle, Washington)
$225,000 to help representatives from Washington State Native American tribes develop strategies to address the needs of Native American children in the state and tribal juvenile justice systems as part of Washington's Models for Change. (2009)

Vera Institute of Justice (New York, New York)
$815,000 to support research, data analysis, and strategic planning on status offenders in Models for Change states (over two years). (2010)

W. Haywood Burns Institute (San Francisco, California)
$350,000 to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in Models for Change states (over two years). (2010)

Washington State Department of Social & Health Services (Olympia, Washington)
$250,000 in support of activities in Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2009)

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (Olympia, Washington)
$363,000 to reduce racial and ethnic disparities as part of Washington Models for Change (over two years). (2010)

Washington State University (Pullman, Washington)
$98,000 to document and support the replication and sustainability of truancy system reform efforts as part of Models for Change in Washington. (2011)

Washington State University (Pullman, Washington)
$150,000 to research and document truancy policy and practice in Spokane County. (2009)

Youth Outreach Services (Chicago, Illinois)
$120,000 to document and evaluate a model adolescent domestic battery intervention program in three demonstration sites as part of Illinois Models for Change. (2011)