A Court's All-Hands Approach Aids Girls Most at Risk

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/us/a-courts-all-hands-approach-aids-girls-most-at-risk.html

Patricia Leigh Brown

The New York Times

28 January 2014

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Girls Court brings an all-hands-on-deck approach to the lives of vulnerable girls, linking them to social service agencies, providing informal Saturday sessions on everything from body image to legal jargon, and offering a team of adults in whom they can develop trust.

A Families-First Approach to Foster Care

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/a-families-first-approach-to-foster-care

David Bornstein

The New York Times

21 February 2011

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The foster care system is widely acknowledged to be 'broken', and to ignore those who age out of the system. A program in Memphis is improving the lives of at-risk youths by working to reunite them with their original families.

A Fla. District Leads in Violence Prevention

http://www.pulitzer.org/files/2012/public_service/assault09.pdf

Kristen A. Graham

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network)

1 April 2011

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Palm Beach County, Florida has many of the same social problems that Philadelphia has, including “gangs, drugs, and poverty.” However, their school system has managed to keep students safe by employing “safe-school case managers” who build relationships with students, and they offer a youth court that is a system run by students who peer-review cases of unrest. The initiatives in this county has prevented school violence from happening without metal detectors and just two police officers.

A Network of Support

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/a-network-of-support

David Bornstein

The New York Times

25 February 2011

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It’s now common for youth to remain in foster care or residential treatment for years. For troubled or victimized children in need, assistance at home is often more effective than foster placement.

Closing the digital divide on the inside

https://www.marketplace.org/2015/02/23/closing-digital-divide-inside

Adriene Hill

Marketplace

23 February 2015

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A new juvenile justice center in Wyoming begins the movement to bring greater technological advancements to the education of the girls living there. The Wyoming Girls' School provides them with the state of the art tools they need to not fall behind while they fulfill their sentence.

Dropouts flooding Kent's second-change iGrad school

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/dropouts-flooding-kentrsquos-second-chance-igrad-school

Claudia Rowe

The Seattle Times

12 January 2014

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Cities save money and help kids by connecting them with diploma programs. In Washington, iGrad is helping students do just this – and seeing results.

Fighting Depression, One Village at a Time

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/fighting-depression-one-village-at-a-time

Tina Rosenberg

The New York Times

18 July 2012

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Different programs in various nations are training ordinary people and creating community groups to effectively satisfy the mental health needs of their communities. In many of these regions, "treatment gaps" – where there are little to no mental health treatment plans or resources – exist, but this new informal infrastructure helps to fill that.

For Young Offenders, Hope in a Jury of Their Peers

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/for-teen-offenders-hope-in-a-jury-of-their-peers

Tina Rosenberg

The New York Times

13 October 2011

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For first-time youth criminal offenders, the traditional American jury falls short in encouraging behavioral change and may even set the juvenile on a course for repeated crimes. Washington, DC’s Youth Court is a jury that tries juveniles for minor non-violent offenses and offers peer pressure to prompt positive behavioral change. The DC Youth Court is one of many in the United States that reduces crime and future court costs.

'From stilettos to steel toes:' Can job training fix prison overcrowding and save Alabama money?

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/life_skills_classes_vocational.html#incart_river

Kelsey Stein

AL.com (Alabama Media Group)

24 June 2014

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To decrease the chance of formerly incarcerated individuals relapsing and ending up back in the prison system, the J.F. Ingram State Technical College in Alabama offers correctional education and vocational programs. This training has aided those incarcerated with life skills for after their release, decreasing the likelihood that they will relapse and increasing the likelihood that they will better adjust to their community.

A second chance for a violent 16-year-old

http://www.fayobserver.com/59356569-be7d-5bd2-9fc3-26e587eb94d6.html

Greg Barnes

Fayetteville Observer

26 April 2014

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In Clayton County, Georgia, the Second Chance Court is using a different tactic to give offenders the opportunity to move forward. The program, started in 2010, allows selected teens to attend counseling and classes – often with their parents – centered around self improvement and appropriate behavior. Collaborating with a community organization, the Second Chance Court has been able to reduce recidivism in youth.