Please take a few moments and help NACC and the Annie E. Casey Foundation accumulate knowledge regarding non-family placements in your local jurisdictions. This survey will help support the creation of valuable resources for legal professionals as part of the ‘Every Kid Needs a Family’ initiative. Please complete your survey before March 9, 2017 to be considered.  
 
Please Note:

• The term "non-family placements" is meant to encompass residential treatment, congregate care facilities, group homes, shelters. 
• This survey is being supported by a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation: 
  

1. It will provide the foundation with a perspective from the legal field on non-family placements.
2. It will help inform tools to support attorneys, judges and CASAs in making informed decisions about non-family placements (in the courtroom and outside the courtroom).

Here is the link to the survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TSXDN5C

 

Thank you to Brooke Silverthorn, NACC's staff attorney, who has stepped up to the plate to become our Interim Executive Director. The staff is excited to work with her as she continues her awesome work on policy, training, and certification. Brooke says, "In my new role at NACC, I look forward to expanding my work with NACC’s partners and members to advance the rights and interests of children and families." 

CJJ
Coalition for Juvenile Justice and its partners have release a new report on the intersections of homelessness and juvenile justice.

The Atlantic
In solitary confinement, the failures of the justice system pile up on each other. This is what happens when they land on society's most vulnerable.

CWLA
Advocates: Funding is critical for all of us to be able to do our work. Arm yourself with knowledge and let your representatives know how this would negatively impact families.

JJIE
When juvenile crimes spiked in the ’90s and folks like Professor John Dilulio predicted a wave of "superpredator" kids, we saw a "get tough" approach. When that prediction didn't come true, we were stuck with laws that treated kids more like adults, which made matters worse.

Montgomery Advertiser
For those getting out of prison, help is needed in innumerable ways, and a lack of sympathy makes aid even harder to come by.

NCJFCJ
Judges and team members of Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts (JDTC) often struggle to find activities in the local community for youth to connect with and enjoy. In the 16-plus months that Judge Elise Deano has been the judicial officer for the Hancock County Youth Court (MS) she has made finding community activities and enrichment activities for her JDTC youth a top priority.

Thank you to our new and renewing Silver Members!  We truly appreciate your support of NACC and the work we do.

Deborah Liverence
Kingman, Arizona

Robert Clark
Greenville, South Carolina

Deborah Singer-Frankes
Los Angeles, California

Paula Kaldis
Anover, MA

James Ottesen
Davenport, IA

Tamera Shanker
Tempe, AZ