The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) has begun expanding which juvenile cases qualify for youth diversion, citing new research that shows the approach reduces repeat offenses and keeps more ...

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A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is struggling to meet its goals, a county report shows.

Oct. 23—Rogers County Youth Services has launched a program to deter juvenile offenders from committing more serious offenses in the future. Herb McSpadden, the nonprofit's director, said the program ...

With juvenile car thefts and low-level felony cases a continued concern, Franklin County officials are taking a new approach to youth crime. In 2024, more than 600 juveniles were charged for their ...

Midland County 42nd Circuit Court Family Division will receive $100,000 in state grant funding to launch a new program aimed at steering low-risk youth away from formal court proceedings and toward ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County Office of Education has teamed up with a network of local law enforcement and community-based organizations to launch a new countywide program that diverts ...

A King County program intended to help juvenile criminal offenders has been put on hold due to a lack of effectiveness. Following results that show over half of juveniles referred to King County’s ...

The purpose of this letter is to address juvenile incarceration as it is a complex issue that has garnered increasing attention in recent years. In Virginia, the current policies and practices ...

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