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This issue of The Future of Children proposes solutions to mitigating the effects of the justice system on children and youth. Given recent bipartisan support for criminal justice reform, now is a particularly good time to take stock of the policies, p …

The Center for Court Innovation, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, is seeking applications for its Community Court Grant Program. The program will provide funding and technical assistance (TA) to u …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the FY 2018 Justice Information Sharing Training and Technical Assistance (JIS TTA) program. Funding will support the efforts of state, …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women is seeking applications for the FY 2018 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ) program. Eligible applicants are limited to …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is seeking applications for the FY 2018 Community Policing Development (CPD) Program. The program is designed to advance the practice of community policing in …

By Elizabeth Fleming and Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice Center staff By the time Beth was sentenced to one month in the Outagamie County (WI) Jail in January 2016, she had been cycling in and out of the system for more than 12 years. Most of her charges o …

By CSG Justice Center Staff Senators in April took strong bipartisan action in support of three programs for FY2019—the Second Chance Act, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA), and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (J …

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Date: Wednesday, May 23 Time: 2–3 p.m. ET In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bur …

State policymakers are grappling with upticks in violent crime, the opioid epidemic, people who have mental illnesses in the justice system, high rates of recidivism, and the high cost of corrections, all while trying to improve services for victims an …

Serving Safely is a national initiative designed to improve interactions between police and persons affected by mental illnesses and developmental disabilities. Supported through a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the …

Hosted by the CSG Justice Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAkIytF9PuE] Download a PDF of the presentation. In this webinar, representatives from the …

Pacific Daily News By Jerick Sablan The first participants in the Adult Reentry Court program are doing well on their path to stay out of jail. The nine participants appeared before Superior Court of Guam Presiding Judge Alberto Lamorena III for a hear …

Bill would establish crisis-intervention training for law enforcement to reduce number of mentally ill people arrested or in court system NJ Spotlight By Lilo H. Stainton Nonviolent offenders with mental illness could be diverted away from New Jersey’s …

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Date: Thursday, May 24 Time: 2–3:30 p.m. ET In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bu …

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8tPjEoVidc] Download a PDF of the presentation. In …

The Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice is partnering with the Colorado School of Public Health to convene an interdisciplinary conference that brings together people and ideas committed to promoting behavioral health, social justi …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications for the Adult Reentry and Employment Strategic Planning Program, which is funded through the Second Chance Act. Several years ago, BJA initiated a pilot proje …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications for the Improving Reentry for Adults with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness program, which is funded through the Second Chance Act. The focus of …

By CSG Justice Center Staff A disproportionate number of people in the nation’s criminal justice system face mental health issues: a Bureau of Justice Statistics report found, for example, that people in U.S. prisons and jails are three to five times m …

At this event, Princeton University and the Brookings Institution will release the latest issue of The Future of Children—a journal that promotes effective, evidence-based policies and programs for children, alongside a policy brief, Helping Children w …