On June 3, RFK Children’s Action Corps honored four individuals at its Embracing the Legacy event, held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Laurie Garduque, Director of Justice Reform at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, was among the Honorees in recognition of her ongoing commitment to juvenile … Continued

NPR’s All Things Considered recently covered a current, high profile story from Connecticut regarding a 16-year-old transgender girl (“Jane Doe”) who–although not “charged with any crimes”–was moved to an adult women’s prison after the state deemed her too violent for a juvenile facility. WNPR All Things Considered Host and Correspondent, Lucy Nalpathanchil, asks: “When States … Continued

A newly released policy brief, We Can Do Better: Sharing Responsibility to Better Meet the Needs of Dual-Status Youth (WisKids Count Policy Brief, Spring 2014), highlights the link between childhood maltreatment and risk of delinquency and provides an introduction to dual status youth and the system reforms needed to better serve this vulnerable … Continued

“Dual status youth” are often served by both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, although those systems may not be coordinating or collaborating to best serve these youth, their families, and the community. The RFK National Resource Center’s recently released whitepaper, From Conversation to Collaboration: How Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Agencies Can … Continued

In his Op-Ed, Juvenile Probation: Time to Take a Hard Look at What We Are Doing, John Tuell (Executive Director of the RFK National Resource Center) encourages probation and court service departments to consider if they are functioning optimally and producing positive outcomes for their youth, families, and communities. Read more on the Juvenile … Continued