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USA Today WASHINGTON — President Trump gave a boost to criminal justice reform efforts Friday, hosting a White House summit aimed at bridging the partisan divide and urging Congress to pass a prisons bill. “Send a bill to my desk. I will sign it,” he t …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is accepting applications for the FY 2018 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative grant program. The program aims to provide support to organizations as t …

The 24th National Symposium on Juvenile Services, hosted by the National Partnership for Juvenile Services, is designed to bring together leadership and direct care professionals from juvenile services with other human services professionals. The sympo …

This policy brief from the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors discusses the economic costs of crime and the effectiveness of programs to reduce recidivism. The report reviews the evidence on the underlying factors that determine the value …

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for the FY 2018 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) Expansion Grants program. The purpose of t …

Sponsored by the National Criminal Justice Association and the IJIS Institute, the 2018 National Forum on Criminal Justice will showcase programs, research, and technologies that help justice practitioners and decision makers in states, local communiti …

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), is seeking applications for scholarships for mid-rank law enforcement officers as part of the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Scie …

Hosted by the Clean Slate Clearinghouse with funding support from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Date: Wednesday, May 30 Time: 2–3:30 p.m. ET This …

PEN America is seeking applications for its Writing for Justice Fellowship, which will commission six writers to create written works of lasting merit that illuminate critical issues related to mass incarceration and catalyze public debate. The PEN Ame …

The Boulware Foundation is seeking applications to fund projects or programs focused on empowering women economically and moving them toward financial freedom. This includes promoting workforce and vocational skill development, financial literacy educa …

Date: Thursday, May 24 Time: 12:15–1:45 p.m. ET Watch next week’s livestream here. This month, the Stepping Up initiative launched a national effort to help counties collect accurate, accessible data on people entering their jails who have seriou …

The William T. Grant Foundation is seeking applications for research projects designed to advance understanding of inequality in youth outcomes and/or improve the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people aged 5-25 in the United St …

The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund has issued a request for proposals for projects that proactively address the problems faced by homeless individuals. The fund will award grants for initiatives that seek to correct, and ultimately eradicate, the c …

By the Stepping Up Initiative The Stepping Up initiative marks its three-year anniversary today with a national Day of Action to raise awareness of the progress happening in counties to reduce the number of people who have mental illnesses in jails. Du …

The Urban Institute has released a brief highlighting ways in which states have reinvested savings gained through participation in the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) since 2010. Although JRI enables states to allocate resources according to indi …

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for FY 2018 Mental Health Awareness Training grants. The purpose of the program is to: (1) train individuals (e.g., school personn …

Office of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Gov. John Hickenlooper today announced a comprehensive review of Colorado’s juvenile justice system. The Governor was joined by Sen. Bob Gardner (R), Rep. Pete Lee (D), and Justice Brian Boatright of the Co …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for the FY 2018 Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives program, which seeks to build knowledge on best practices in reentry initiatives …

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) has issued a request for proposals regarding its Public Safety Assessment (PSA). The proposal seeks a national provider to aid in the expanded availability and management of the PSA risk assessment process, a …

Children with incarcerated parents and children in foster care, who come disproportionately from poor and minority households, face many threats to their healthy development and lifelong well-being. In this brief from the Future of Children, John H. La …