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NCCD Launches Project to Keep LGBT Youth Out of Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems

NCCD received a $1.35 million, three-year grant from an anonymous donor for its new project, Improving Permanency for LGBT Youth. LGBT youth, especially LGBT youth of color, are disproportionately represented in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. This project seeks to strengthen the link between out-of-home LGBT youth and their families so that they stop cycling in and out of these systems.

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NCCD President Alex Busansky Appointed to Citizens Commission on Jail Violence

Alex Busansky, President of California-based nonprofit the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), has been selected to serve on the Los Angeles Citizens Commission on Jail Violence. The commission, established in October by L.A. County Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Mark Ridley-Thomas, is charged with investigating widespread reports of brutality and violence in L.A. County jails, and recommending corrective action to the Board of Supervisors.

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First Meeting of Defending Childhood Task Force Draws Leaders, Community

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence convened its first public hearing today in Baltimore to gather expert and community testimony on the epidemic of children’s exposure to violence. Speakers include Attorney General Holder; Sonja Sohn of HBO’s “The Wire” and ReWired for Change; Dr. Patrick McCarthy, President and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation; and others.

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Intuitions Vs. Formulas

January 13, 2012

Two things have been quite clear to me throughout my time working on the Structured Decision Making™ (SDM) System:

1. The SDM™ system is really important; AND

2. It is hard to get people excited about it.

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