Grantee Profile

Campaign for Youth Justice

Grants to Campaign for Youth Justice

  • $300,000Active Strategy

    2012 (Duration 2 years)

    Juvenile Justice

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Campaign for Youth Justice works to end the practice of trying juveniles in the adult criminal justice system. It participates in the Models for Change juvenile justice reform initiative as a provider of technical assistance and support on communications and dissemination strategies. It will use this grant to continue to help Models for Change partners with communications, to maintain and update a database of contact information for key juvenile justice decision-makers, and to produce research and policy materials on the prosecution of youth as adults.

  • $300,000Active Strategy

    2010 (Inactive Grant)

    Juvenile Justice

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — To update and maintain a juvenile justice contact database, provide technical assistance on juvenile justice communications and media strategies to Models for Change, and produce a series of policy briefs on juvenile justice issues (over two years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Campaign for Youth Justice $600,000 between 2010 and 2013.

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