SFY Response to Uvalde, Texas School Shooting
Statement of Strategies for Youth on the Response of Law Enforcement in the Uvalde, Texas School Shooting
SFY Opposes DHS Involvement in Schools
A policy platform for the Biden/Harris administration from the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition.
Preparing and Sharing Student Incident Reports and Other Student Information With The Boston Police Department
A statement from Lisa H. Thurau, on behalf of Strategies for Youth regarding Boston Public School Policy.
Amidst Call for Police Reform, What about Police in Schools?
Strategies For Youth joined the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee and Citizens for Juvenile Justice in calling for the full implementation of the Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2018 to make school districts and law enforcement more accountable to the students they serve.
MA Law Enforcement Not Using Best Practices When Working with Youth
Strategies for Youth issued a statement criticizing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for not insuring police are guided by best practices and policies for working with youth and called for change, particularly in how law enforcement interacts with youth of color.
Act 4 JJ Opposition to OJJDP COVID-19 Guidance for State Juvenile Facilities
Strategies for Youth is a signatory on this Act 4 Juvenile Justice Coalition letter to the Senate and House leadership expressing deep opposition to the COVID-19 guidance for State Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities recently issued by Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Justice Roundtable Coalition Letter to Congress Urging COVID-19 Protections for the Incarcerated
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals incarcerated in and working at U.S. prisons, jails, and detention centers face a public health crisis due to existing unsanitary and overcrowded conditions of confinement. Strategies for Youth is a signatory on this coalition letter to Congress urging provisions in the COVID-19 response package to protect, release, and support reentry of incarcerated people.
Act 4 JJ Urging FY2021 Appropriations for JJDP
Strategies for Youth is a signatory on this Act 4 Juvenile Justice Coalition letter to Attorney General Barr urging his support to fully fund juvenile justice and deliquency prevention programs for fiscal year 2021.
MA Bills S.900/H.1386 Revise Expungement Criteria
Strategies for Youth endorses testimony by the MA Coalition for Juvenile Justice Reform in support of MA S.900/H.1386, which would revise the eligibility criteria for expungement of criminal records.
NJJDPC Vision for Youth Justice in 2020
Strategies for Youth joins cosigners from the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition to present a juvenile justice policy platform to the 2020 presidential candidates.
RISE from Trauma Act S.1770/H.R. 3180
This letter, in support for the RISE from Trauma Act S.1770/H.R. 3180, was sent to Senators Durbin (D-IL), Moore-Capito (R-WV), and Duckworth (D-IL) and Representatives Danny K. Davis (D-IL-07) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8).
Proposed Memorandum of Understanding for Knoxville County Schools
Stop School Pushout (SSPO) Administration:
Thank you for inviting me to review the Knoxville County Schools proposed Memorandum of Understanding with the Knoxville Police Department.
NJJDPC Letter Urging a Yes Vote on HR 494
Strategies for Youth joins cosigners from the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition to encourage representatives to vote “yes” on H.R. 494, the “Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2019.”
Testimony in Support of Law Officer Training for Working with Youth
Lisa Thurau testified before Nebraska law makers recommending more training for law enforcement officers in best practices for working with youth.
DOJ “Simplifies” Protections for Youth of Color
In this statement, Strategies for Youth denounces the announcement by Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), to “simply” enforcement of core protections of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA).
H.R. 4909, the STOP School Violence Act of 2018
Strategies for Youth co-signed this letter to the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, along with 50 other organizations. The letter expresses concerns about H.R. 4909, the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018, introduced on January 30, 2018.
Act 4 JJ Campaign Support for Funding Juvenile Justice Programs
Strategies for Youth is a signatory on this Act 4 JJ Campaign letter to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees expressing the importance of fully funding critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs for Fiscal Year 2019.
Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline
Letter to Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General, and Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, requesting that the guidelines detailed in Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline remain in place.
Defense Department 1033 Program
Coalition letter to the House Representatives calling for a moratorium on the Defense Department’s 1033 Program which provides police with military equipment.
Massachusetts Senate Bill 876
Statement in support of MA SB 876, an act to decriminalize non-violent and verbal student misconduct.
Massachusetts House Bill 766
Statement in support of MA HB 766, an act to reduce sexual exploitation of victims of human trafficking.
Ferguson Consent Decree
Public Comments Regarding the Department of Justice Investigation and Proposed Consent Decree Agreement.
