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Are Juvenile Correctional Facilities Safe?
There have been numerous lawsuits and federal investigations over dangerous conditions of confinement at state juvenile correctional facilities throughout the country. See this chart from the Annie E. Casey Foundation with information on lawsuits from 1970 – 2010.

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DSM-5 Changes to Autism, ADHD Definitions Could Impact Millions of Children
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A new edition of the psychiatric "bible" will be released May 17, arriving on a wave of controversy that may have a profound influence on children’s mental health care in the United States, particularly around the diagnosis and treatment of autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

At OJJDP Experts Address Best Ways To Tackle Issue of Underage Drinking
Robert L. Listenbee, Jr., Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

“I don’t need to tell you that alcohol use by young people is dangerous,” said Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Administrator Robert Listenbee at a webinar held this week by the Interagency Coordination Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD.) In a recorded message, Listenbee said alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug in the United States, stating that it played prominently in the nation’s youth homicide, suicide and violent crime rates.

Long Wait for Mental Health Services for Youth in Nation’s Capital
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A Children’s Law Center report released last week finds that young people in Washington, D.C. are not receiving speedy assistance from the District’s mental health services.

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OP-ED: President’s Budget Includes Crucial Funding for Juvenile Justice

This year, President Barack Obama's budget reflects more of the juvenile justice field's priorities than ever before. These funding proposals will be crucial in advancing juvenile justice reforms in a number of ways.

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SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- On the evening of April 23, the members of the East Ramapo Central School District’s board passed, with a unanimous vote and a barely audible mumble of approval, next year’s budget. Frustrated parents shook their heads, with weary looks of resignation.

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