California  Voter	Juvenile Justice in California
	What Can You Do?

You have read about the problems children face, and about some effective resources for reducing child abuse and neglect and juvenile delinquency. Good jobs, safe neighborhoods, better schools, effective support services and adults who care are keys to a more promising future for children. Prevention measures—health services for pregnant mothers, parent education for young people, and school-based truancy and tutoring programs—are most successful when they identify problems early and respond immediately.

What can you do? You can support funding for programs and you can get involved. Volunteer to work with young people in your community; be an advocate, tutor or mentor. California's young people in foster care or in state and county juvenile secure facilities need a caring adult in their lives.

Become an advocate for positive interventions to prevent delinquency. Voice your support for programs serving at-risk young people and their families in your community, like after-school activities that obviate delinquent behavior; job training opportunities; effective, fair and immediate law enforcement; and alternatives to incarceration.

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