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The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times
Legislators across the country are currently looking at state budgets for areas to cut, and many have already made reductions to juvenile justice programming. Advocates have worked for years to achieve reform, only to see the fruit of their efforts disappear due to funding concerns. This report, published by the National Juvenile Justice Network, offers advocates strategies to use limited money more wisely in the present and the future. These strategies preserve and encourage programs that are proven to successfully rehabilitate youth, strengthen communities, and increase public safety. Substantive strategies offer cost-effective administrative and legislative solutions, whereas tactical strategies provide advocates with specific tools for their work. To download this publication, click here.
- Available online
- http://www.njjn.org/
- National Juvenile Justice Network
- Date
- June 2010