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Building Blocks for Youth
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Overview
In response to current research on the overrepresentation in almost every state of African-American, Latino, and Native American youth in the juvenile justice system and recent trends in more than 40 states to increase prosecution of youths in adult court - the impact of which falls disproportionately on youth of color - the Building Blocks for Youth initiative's goals are to: 1) Reduce overrepresentation and disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice system; and 2) Promote fair, rational and effective juvenile justice policies.
The initiative's partners include the Youth Law Center, American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center, Juvenile Law Center, Justice Policy Institute, Minorities in Law Enforcement, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and Pretrial Services Resource Center.
The Building Blocks for Youth initiative is supported by grants from the Annie E. Casey, Ford, William T. Grant, Jeht, Walter Johnson, MacArthur, Mott, and Rockefeller foundations, and Open Society Institute.
