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  • 023477

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  • Published 2008.
  • 16 pages.

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Keywords

  • Corrections Reform
  • Families Of Inmates
  • Juvenile Status Offenders

Making Court the Last Resort: A New Focus for Supporting Families in Crisis

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: Dec. 31, 2008
ANNOTATION: Strategies for "refer[ring] at-risk youth and their families to social service programs in their communities and us[ing] the juvenile justice system as a last resort" are described" (p. 3). Case studies are provided for: Florida's FINS/CINS (Families in Need of Services/Children in Need of Services) system -- serving families while saving dollars; PINS (Persons in Need of Support) reform in New York -- local partnerships with statewide impact; and building effective responses for Connecticut's families -- legislation, investment, and research.
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