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The League of Women Voters of California Fall 1999

Resources

Publications

California Task Force to Review Juvenile Crime and the Juvenile Justice Response Final Report, 1996.

Common Purpose: Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America. Lisbeth B. Schorr. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1998.

Dependency Court Recovery Project. San Diego Juvenile Court, San Diego, CA.

"Improving Juvenile Dependency Courts." Judge Leonard Edwards, Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4, 1997.

No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court. Edward Humes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.

Somebody Else's Children: The Courts, the Kids and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families. John Hubner and Jill Wolfson. New York: Crown Publishers, 1996.

Organizations that Publish

The following organizations publish reports and/or newsletters and can be helpful in other ways.

Annie E. Casey Foundation, 701 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

  • Kids Count Data Book: State Profiles of Child Well-being, available annually.

    • California Judicial Council, Judicial Council Services Publications, (415) 396-9118

  • Long Range Strategic Plan, Leading Justice into the Future, 1997.
  • California Court Improvement Project Report. Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the California Judicial Council's Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee, 1997.

    • California Youth Authority Information Office, 4241 Williamsbourgh Drive, Sacramento, CA 95823; (916) 262-1473

    Center for Social Services Research, School of Social Welfare, 120 Haviland Hall, #7400, Berkeley, CA 94720; (510) 642-1899

  • Performance Indicators for Child Welfare Services in California, published annually.

    • Children Now, 1212 Broadway, Fifth Floor, Oakland, CA 94612

  • California County Data Book, published annually.

    • Children's Advocacy Institute, 926 J Street, Suite 709, Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 444-3875

  • California Children's Budget, published annually.

    • Commonweal, 205 Camino Alto Boulevard, Suite 265, Mill Valley, CA 94941; (415) 388-6666

    The Finance Project, Washington, DC

  • A Strategy Map for Results-based Budgeting: Moving from Theory to Practice. Mark Friedman, 1996.

    • Foundation Consortium, 2295 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95833-3224; (916) 646-3646

  • Capturing Cash for Kids, 1998.
  • Quality of Life Indicators for Children and Families, 1998.
  • What Works: After-School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program, 1998.

    • Institute for Research on Women and Families, Center for California Studies, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819; (916) 278-3793

  • Code Blue: Health Services for Children in Foster Care. California Foster Children's Health Task Force, 1998.
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    Little Hoover Commission, 925 L Street, Suite 805, Sacramento CA 95814; (916) 445-2125

  • Now in Our Hands: Caring for California's Abused and Neglected Children, 1999.

    • Los Angeles County Children's Planning Council, Los Angeles, CA

  • Laying the Groundwork for Change, Los Angeles County's First Action Plan for its Children, Youth and Families, 1998.

    • National Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC

  • Outcomes Measurement in the Human Services: Cross-cutting Issues and Methods. E. J. Mullen and J. L. Magnabosco (eds.), 1997.

    • National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), 685 Market Street, Suite 620, San Francisco, CA 94105

  • No Place to Hide: Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Girls in the California Juvenile Justice System. Leslie Acoca and Kelly Dedel, 1998.
  • The Over-representation of Minority Youth in the California Juvenile Justice System. James Austin, Juanita Dimas and David Steinhart, 1992.
  • Estimating the Prevalence of Juvenile Custody by Race and Gender. Robert E. DeComo, 1998.

    • National Center on Service Integration Clearinghouse, Falls Church, VA

  • Defining the Prize: From Agreed-upon Outcomes to Results-based Accountability. Charles Bruner, 1997.

    • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), U. S. Department of Justice. Publications are available from the National Center for Juvenile Justice, 710 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219; (412) 227-6950

  • Guide for Implementing the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offenders, 1995.
  • Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report, 1995.
  • Implementing the Balanced and Restorative Justice Model, 1998.
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    Other Organizations

    Office of Criminal Justice Planning, 1130 K Street, LL60, Sacramento, CA 94814; (916) 324-9100. A California agency which awards federal funds to qualified applicants, usually through a competitive process.

    Internet Sources

    The League of Women Voters of California ca.lwv.org

  • Juvenile Justice in California: Delinquency System
  • Juvenile Justice in California Part II: Dependency System

    • Little Hoover Commission www.lhc.ca.gov/lhc.html

    Educational Institutions and Research Centers

    The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago www.chapin.uchicago.edu/

    Child Welfare Research Center, University of California, Berkeley cssr21.socwel.berkeley.edu/cwrc/cwrcpro.html

    Harvard Project on Effective Interventions www.common-purpose.org

  • Lisbeth Schorr's Common Purpose

    • National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect, Cornell University www.ndacan.cornell.edu

    University of Wisconsin, School of Social Work polygot.lss.wisc.edu/socwork/intro.html

    Federal Government

    Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Justice Information Center, National Criminal Justice Reference Service www.ncjrs.org

    State of California

    California Department of Health Services www.dhs.cahwnet.gov

    California Department of Mental Health www.dmh.cahwnet.gov

    California Department of Social Services www.dss.cahwnet.gov

    California Legislative Council www.leginfo.ca.gov

    Office of Criminal Justice Planning www.ocjp.ca.gov/

    Nonprofit Agencies and Foundations

    Annie E. Casey Foundation www.aecf.org/kidscount/

  • Kids Count Data Book

    • Center for the Future of Children, The David and Lucille Packard Foundation www.futureofchildren.org

    Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice www.cjcj.org

    Child Trends, Inc. www.childtrends.org

    Child Welfare League of America www.cwla.org

    Children Now www.childrennow.org

    Children's Advocate News Magazine www.4children.org/childadv.htm

    Children's Defense Fund www.childrensdefense.org

    Children's Partnership www.childrenspartnership.org

    Foundation Consortium www.wwlc.org

    Kellogg Foundation www.wkkf.org/

    National Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Association www.casanet.org

    Resources for Youth www.preventviolence.org

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