Letters in Support of Reauthorization
Click below to view letters in support of reauthorization in PDF form. The first set of letters pertains to S. 678, the 2009 JJDPA Reauthorization Bill in the 111th Congress. The second set of letters pertains to S. 3155, the 2008 JJDPA Reauthorization Bill in the 110th Congress. Use the links below for each set.
S. 678, the 2009 JJDPA Reauthorization Bill in the 111th Congress
S. 678, the 2009 JJDPA Reauthorization Bill in the 111th Congress
Read the December 9, 2009, letter forwarded by 6 former OJJDP Administrators to key Congressional leaders
Organizations
- State and Local Organization Sign-On Letter
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Bar Association
- American Humane Association
- American Probation and Parole Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Public Health Association
- Asian Law Caucus
- Association for Behavior Analysis International Special Interest Group in Crime, Delinquency, & Forensic Behavior Analysis
- Campaign for Youth Justice
- Child Welfare League of America
- Coalition for Juvenile Justice
- Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
- Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators
- Disability and Mental Health Advocates, Consumers, and Professionals
- Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
- Justice Policy Institute
- Juvenile Justice Trainer's Association
- Mennonite Central Committee
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Association of Counties
- National Collaboration for Youth
- National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
- National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA)
- National Juvenile Defender Center
- National Juvenile Justice Network
- National Network for Youth
- National Parent Teacher's Association
- Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association
- Rebecca Project for Human Rights
- Sentencing Project
- Voices for America's Children
- W. Haywood Burns Institute
- World Vision
- Youth Law Center
S. 3155, the 2008 JJDPA Reauthorization Bill in the 110th Congress
Organizations
- Sign On Letter to Support JJDPA Recommendations
- Action for Children North Carolina
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Bar Association
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Humane Association
- Boys Town
- Campaign for Youth Justice
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children's Defense Fund
- Coalition for Juvenile Justice
- Delaware Center for Justice
- Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
- General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church
- Girls Incorporated
- Human Rights Watch
- Illiniois Juvenile Justice Initiative
- Illinois Parent Teacher Association
- Justice Policy Institute
- Juvenile Justice Center of Suffolk University
- Juvenile Justice Coalition (of Ohio)
- Las Cruces Juvenile Division of the New Mexico Public Defender Department
- Leadership & Renewal Outfitters, The Journey Programs
- Mennonite Central Committee
- Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center
- Nevada Juvenile Justice Commission
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - May
- National Center for Youth Law
- National Council on Crime and Delinquency
- National Council on Crime and Delinquency - April 2
- National Faith Organizations
- National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition
- National Juvenile Justice Network
- National Parent Teacher Association - July 7
- National Parent Teacher Association - April 29
- National Partnership for Juvenile Services
- New York Juvenile Justice Coalition
- Ocean County (NJ) Youth Services Commission
- Oregon Juvenile Department Directors' Association
- Partnership for Safety and Justice
- Patrick Crusade
- Pretrial Justice Institute
- Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
- Santa Cruz County Probation Department
- Sentencing Project
- Southwest Key Program, Inc.
- Vermont Children and Family Council for Prevention Programs
- Vermont Office of the Juvenile Defender
- W. Haywood Burns Institute
- Washington Defender Association - Hon. Maria Cantwell
- Washington Defender Association - Hon. Patty Murray
- Youth Law Center
Individuals