- Bronx, NY // 2013
Community Connections for Youth
Support to provide training and technical assistance to support community-led efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system.Awarded$250,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Washington, DC // 2013
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Support for the Youth Justice Work Group of the Youth Transition Funders Group.Awarded$5,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Baltimore, MD // 2013
Community Law in Action, Inc.
Support for a campaign to end the automatic prosecution of youth in adult courts for certain crimes in Maryland.Awarded$170,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Washington, DC // 2013
Georgetown University
Support to the Center for Youth Justice Reform at Georgetown University Public Policy Institute to convene the Youth Justice Leadership Network and Public Information Officer Learning Collaborative.Awarded$300,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Dallas, PA // 2013
Justice Project, LLC
Support for a documentary film produced by Justice Project LLC about the "kids for cash" judicial corruption scandal in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.Awarded$50,000Term6 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Evanston, IL // 2013
Youth Justice Initiative of Illinois
General support.Awarded$200,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - New Orleans, LA // 2013
Youth Justice Project of Louisiana
Support to advocate for the deincarceration of youth and conduct strategic organizational planning.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Philadelphia, PA // 2013
Juvenile Law Center
Support to implement juvenile justice system reforms in Pennsylvania, bring litigation challenges to laws allowing youth to be tried as adults and develop strategies to reduce lengths of stay for incarcerated youth.Awarded$330,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Oakland, CA // 2013
National Center for Youth Law
Support to raise awareness of the role of implicit bias in creating racial disparities in juvenile justice.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Portland, OR // 2013
National Indian Child Welfare Association
Support to produce and disseminate a report on effective ways to reduce the overrepresentation of Native American youth in juvenile justice systems.Awarded$150,000Term18 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Washington, DC // 2013
National Youth Justice Network
Support for a Fiscal Policy Center to provide technical assistance on budget analysis to juvenile justice advocates and a Youth Justice Leadership Institute to build leadership skills among juvenile justice advocates of color.Awarded$550,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Raleigh, NC // 2013
NC Child
Support for a campaign to end the automatic adult prosecution of 16- and 17-year olds and work to expand evidence-based alternatives to youth incarceration.Awarded$85,200Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Newark, NJ // 2013
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Support to advocate for reforms to reduce the reliance on incarceration in the juvenile justice system and the transfer of youth to the adult system in New Jersey.Awarded$75,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Austin, TX // 2013
Texans Care for Children
Support to facilitate the Youth Justice Roundtable and advocate for the effective implementation of policies that promote alternatives to youth incarceration in Texas.Awarded$100,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Harrisburg, PA // 2013
Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.
Support to produce publications about community-based alternatives to incarceration for high-risk youth.Awarded$75,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice