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Alabama
NJJN Member
Alabama Youth Justice Coalition
P.O. Box 4516
Montgomery AL, 36103-4516
Danielle J. Lipow
Phone: 334-956-8336
Email: dlipow@splcenter.org
Organization Profile
The Alabama Youth Justice Coalition (“AYJC”) was convened in August 2005 to reduce juvenile crime, ensure that taxpayer money is spent wisely, empower families and communities, and provide youth with the tools and opportunities they need to become and remain healthy, responsible, productive adults. The Coalition is committed to working collaboratively with the legislature, child-serving agencies, juvenile and family courts, youth, families, and communities to build a stronger and safer Alabama for our children.
Current members include individual family members, Alabama Arise, the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), Alabama Family Ties, the Alabama Mental Illness Planning Council, the Children First Foundation, the Federation of Child Care Providers of Alabama, the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (HICA), Latinos Unidos de Alabama (LUDA), the Legal Aid Society of Birmingham, NAMI Alabama, the NAACP State Prison Project, the New Bottom Line Campaign, 100 Black Men – Montgomery Chapter, The Ordinary People Society (TOPS), the Southern Juvenile Defender Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Street Start Alabama, Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities (TASC), VOICES for Alabama's Children, and Youth Serve. The Coalition’s members are united by a shared commitment to our state's most precious natural resource: our youth.
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Approximately 2/3 of males and ¾ of females in Chicago’s Juvenile Detention Facility meet the diagnostic criteria for one or more psychiatric disorder. [ more facts]
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