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NJJN's Structure and Funding
The growing membership of NJJN currently stretches across the country comprising thirty-two members in thirty states.
NJJN helps its members advance juvenile justice reform by establishing a vibrant learning community. An active listserv, annual summit, and regional meetings provide vehicles for members to share strategies, research, testimony and information about the latest developments in their states. NJJN connects its members to substantive leaders in the field – researchers, policy experts, reform-oriented administrators – so that members are apprised of and can inform their work with the latest knowledge and best practices in the field. Finally, NJJN brings in national experts in media, organizing and advocacy to help states improve their legislative, programmatic, and administrative reform efforts.
The National Juvenile Justice Network is funded through a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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For those convicted of drug offenses, a lower percentage of African-American youth (37%) received probation than White youth (44%) or Latino youth (53%). [ more facts]
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