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You made it this far. You understand the issue of mass juvenile incarceration and the problems surrounding it. You realize that every day more than 70,000 children wake up in detention and incarceration facilities across the country, and you acknowledge that it’s time for a change to occur to create better outcomes for children. Below you will find current petitions and events to help you go from “in the cloud” to “on the ground” to affect measurable policy change.

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[Take Action!] Sign in Support of the 2014 Youth Justice Budget

 

President Obama’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) preserves critical federal juvenile justice funding and recommends new investments to help states...

[Take Action!] Sign the Families Bill of Rights

Justice for Families is an organization doing important work nationwide to support families with youth in the system, including training family members to be...

[Take Action!] Protect Youth from the Dangers of Adult Jails and Prisons

On any given night in America, 10,000 children are held in adult jails and prisons.

  Via the Campaign for Youth Justice: “During the month of...






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