Parent's Resource Center Find Your State Contacts
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Interested in taking action? Get involved in your state! Below are contacts for organizations and individuals who are actively working on reducing the prosecution of youth in adult court or click here for list of legal and policy organizational resources. Don’t see your state listed? Start your own effort! Visit the “campaign tools” section of this website.
Arizona Contact: Beth Rosenberg, Director of Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Policy Arizona Action for Children is working to reduce the prosecution of youth in adult court in Arizona and is focusing on two bills during the 2010 session 1) SB 1088 which would allow for a “reverse remand hearing” to decide whether a case of a youth defendant should move from adult court to juvenile court; and 2) SB 1009 which clarifies the age of a youth who could be prosecuted as an adult.
Colorado Contact: Kim Dvorchak, Executive Director The Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition (CJDC) is a non-profit 501(c3) organization dedicated to ensuring excellence in juvenile defense and advocacy and justice for all children in Colorado.
Connecticut Contact: Abby Anderson, Executive Director Say “Yes” Campaign at the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance (CTJJA) The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance (CTJJA) launched a campaign to end the practice of automatically prosecuting all 16 & 17 year olds as adults. On January 1, 2010, CT’s new law went into effect to remove 16 year olds from adult court. CTJJA is working to ensure that the new law stays on track and that the January 1, 2012 deadline to remove all 17 year olds from adult court is met! Learn more about Connecticut's successful campaign on the Raise the Age: A Success Story Webpage.
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D.C. Lawyers for Youth (“DCLY”) is an organization founded by alumni of the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic. The purpose of DCLY is to improve the Washington D.C. juvenile justice system through advocacy, direct service, and the dissemination of information.
Illinois Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 847-864-1567 Website: http://www.jjustice.org/
Contact: Tracy McClard, Founder and Family Organizer
Community Law in Action (CLIA) Email:
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Website: www.cliayouth.org
Maryland advocates led by Community Law in Action, the Public Justice Center and the Eric R. Villines Advocacy Institute are undertaking research to document the issue of youth placed in the Baltimore City Jail.
Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CFJJ) Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 617-338-1050 Website: http://www.cfjj.org/
Founded in 1994, CfJJ advocates for a fair and effective juvenile justice system. CfJJ is undertaking research to document the prosecution of youth in adult court and recommend changes to MA’s law.
Nevada
Contact: Esther Brown, Co-founder
The United States will lose an entire generation of children who are killing each other because they belong to a different ethnics groups, race, colors, culture, or neighborhoods. Children between 8 and 18 years-old are dying in our streets from gang violence.The Embracing Project awakes the social conscience of the those youths caught in violent situations in the U.S. who are trying and willing to rehabilitate, and introduces them to the horror of the war: How some kids in different parts of the world are suffering from violence and being kidnapped.
Raise the Age, Raise the Bar, Raise the Youth campaign at IJJRA Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 718-804-8852 Website: www.ijjra.org
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: http://www.ncchild.org/ Phone: 919-834-6623 ext. 234
Ohio Contact: Erin Davies, Email:
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The Children’s Law Center exists to protect and enhance the legal rights of children through quality legal representation, research and policy development, and training and education of attorneys and others regarding children’s rights issues. The Center currently provides direct services in Ohio and Kentucky, but collaborates with other organizations within the region and nationally on a variety of topics.
Oregon Contact: Shannon Wight, Associate Director Partnership for Safety and Justice (PSJ) believes that public safety is best served when youth in trouble are held accountable and given the services they need to succeed in the juvenile justice system rather than the adult criminal justice system. PSJ has launched the “Youth Justice Campaign” to combat the laws that automatically try, sentence and imprison youth in our adult system. Contact: Kate Duvall, Staff Attorney Contact: Liane Rozzell, Executive Director The Don’t Throw Away the Key Campaign is working to reduce the number of kids in the adult criminal justice system and end the placement of kids in adult jails in Virginia. |
