Health and Justice for Youth

Juvenile Justice Resources in the United States

ABA Juvenile Justice Center: http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus

The goal of the Juvenile Justice Center is to advance the juvenile defense bar through training, technical assistance, information dissemination and advocacy.

Annie E. Casey Foundation: http://www.aecf.org/

(Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative: http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/jdai/)

The primary mission of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community support that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.

Campaign for Youth Justice: http://www.campaign4youthjustice.org/

(C4YJ) is a national campaign dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing and incarcerating children under 18 in the adult criminal justice system.

Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice: http://www.cjcj.org/

The Center focuses on decreasing incarceration as a solution to juvenile crime. It has programs in San Francisco, Washington DC, and Maryland. The Center also provides technical assistance to state and local governments interested in alternatives to incarceration.

Children's Defense Fund: http://www.childrensdefense.org/

This website contains articles, action alerts, and publications on children's issues.

Coalition for Juvenile Justice: http://www.juvjustice.org/

CJJ serves as a premier national resource on delinquency prevention and juvenile justice issues.

Justice Policy Institute: http://www.justicepolicy.org/

The mission of the Justice Policy Institute is to promote effective solutions to social problems and to be dedicated to ending society’s reliance on incarceration.

MacArthur Foundation: www.macfound.org

The Foundation has launched a new effort called Models for Change to create successful and replicable models for juvenile justice system reform through targeted investments in four key states: Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington. Models for Change seeks to accelerate movement toward a more rational, fair, effective, and developmentally appropriate juvenile justice system.

National Center for Youth Law: http://www.youthlaw.org/

A private, non-profit law office, the site includes information on both juvenile justice and child welfare issues.

National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice: http://www.edjj.org

Includes information on prevention, education programs, transition aftercare, policy studies, parent support, and training resources.

National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA): http://www.ncianet.org/

The NCIA is on the leading edge of new concepts in criminal and juvenile justice, providing professional research, training and technical assistance for developing and supporting community-based programs as alternatives for non-violent criminal offenders.

National Center for Juvenile Justice: http://www.ncjj.org/

The NCJJ strives for effective justice for children and families. NCJJ's primary means of accomplishing that mission is through research and technical assistance.

National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: http://www.ncmhjj.com/

The NCMHJJ assists the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice.

National Council of La Raza: http://www.nclr.org/

The largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. NCLR works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.

National Juvenile Defender Center: http://www.njdc.info/

NJDC provides support to public defenders, appointed counsel, law school clinical programs and non-profit law centers to ensure quality representation in urban, suburban, rural and tribal areas.

National Juvenile Justice Network: http://www.njjn.org/

The National Juvenile Justice Network enhances the ability of statewide juvenile justice coalitions to advocate for fair, equitable and developmentally appropriate adjudication and treatment for all youth and families involved in the juvenile justice system.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/

The OJJDP works with the community, at every level, to provide opportunities for young people to mature into adults who contribute to their communities, while protecting law-abiding citizens from the impact of juvenile crime and violence.

Youth Law Center: http://www.youthlawcenter.com/htm/ylc-home.htm

Information on services provided by the Youth Law Center including investigating conditions of confinement, protecting children through litigation, and providing training and technical assistance to improve the treatment of children in facilities.