Organizational Change in Juvenile Justice
In the latest issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, there is an article about collective impact on social change. The authors argue that in order for some social problems to be solved, a collective, coordinated approach, which involves different actors from different sectors to be involved in addressing a single problem. The authors [...]
More to come when the full budget is released, but the news has just come out that Governor Cuomo’s budget has passed. Included in this budget are some significant reforms to the juvenile justice system, including a shift in funding to alternatives to detention and community based programs, and a downsizing of juvenile [...]
The Urban Institute has issued an interesting brief about the potential of the social impact bond, a financing tool which allows investors to support public programs. Researchers designate which solutions to social problems are the most cost effective, and the government or an institution issues a bond to finance the program. In February,
On Monday, a former staffer of the New York State Commission on Corrections, the agency responsible for monitoring the State’s secure residential facilities for juveniles (as well as some facilities for adults), held a press conference in which she spoke about violence by young people against staff members. She revealed surveillance [...]
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