Grantee Profile

Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps

Grants to Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps

  • $440,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Duration 2 years)

    Juvenile Justice

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — As one of the Models for Change National Resource Bank technical assistance providers, the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps provides training and technical support to states that have focused on coordinating and integrating programs and services for youth involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The Action Corps will use this grant to help Models for Change states complete the implementation of state- level policy and local practice reforms to support systems coordination and integration and ensure their sustainability.

  • $250,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Duration 2 years)

    Juvenile Justice

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to promote and diffuse Models for Change best practices, it is funding four technical assistance projects in18 state and local jurisdictions adopting and implementing innovative and promising practices from Models for Change states. Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corp will use resources, tools, and methods developed through its work in Models for Change states to help four sites develop a more coordinated and integrated approach to improve outcomes for juvenile justice-involved youth with a history of child maltreatment.

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps $690,000 between 2010 and 2013.

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