Reclaiming Futures Every Day

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• Roundup: OJJDP Needs Assessment Survey; LGBT Youth in Juvenile Court; CRAFFT Predicts Teens' High-Risk Sexual Behavior

  Your Juvenile Justice System: Tell OJJDP How to Help What training and technical assistance does your system need?  The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) wants to know. Complete their online needs assessment for…

• 11 Things to Do with Teens in the Justice System

  Last week, I featured our top 10 stories on juvenile justice and adolescent substance abuse treatment and 8 great resources to improve adolescent substance abuse treatment. This week, I'm highlighting posts from our first year…

• Juvenile Justice Reform: Supreme Court Hears Juvenile Life Without Parole Cases Today

  Background on the Juvenile Life Without Parole Cases Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing appeals on two cases where teens were sentenced to life without parole for non-homicidal crimes. The court's decision has the…

• Free Technical Assistance for Treatment Providers from NIATx's ACTION II Campaign

  What is NIATX? NIATx helps behavioral health providers improve access to and retention in treatment for all of their clients. It's a process improvement collaborative based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (The acronym stands for…

• Roundup: Update on the JJDPA; Treatment Agencies Improve Services & Bottom Line; Two Innovative Crime-Reduction Practices; and More

  Juvenile Justice Reform News The Coalition for Juvenile Justice has an update on the Congressional reauthorization of the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), one of the key engines of juvenile justice reform.…

• 8 Great Resources for Improving Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment

  Want help improving adolescent substance abuse treatment in your community? We've published a lot of excellent resources since we launched this blog a year ago.  (Yes, we're still celebrating this blog's birthday. Missed our earlier…

• Our Top 10 Stories on Juvenile Justice and Adolescent Treatment - Part 2

  Yesterday, to celebrate the first anniversary of this blog, we began reposting our top 10 posts from the past year, including one on engaging the families of youth in the juvenile justice system, how to…

• Our Top 10 Stories on Juvenile Justice and Adolescent Substance Abuse - Part 1

  The Reclaiming Futures blog turns one year old today! To celebrate a great first year of sharing news, conversation, and resources related to juvenile justice reform, adolescent substance abuse, and (of course) Reclaiming Futures, I've…

• CSAT Announces New Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care Grants (Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Providers, Take Note!)

  Help for Your Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment System Want to expand or improve your local recovery-oriented system of care for adolescents in the juvenile justice system who have alcohol and drug problems? The federal Center…

• CSG Justice Center Launches National Reentry Resource Center

  On October 1, 2009,the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center launched the National Reentry Resource Center—an unprecedented initiative to advance the safe and successful return of individuals from correctional facilities to their communities.  …