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To Prevent Delinquency You Need to Know the Risk Factors!

If the goal of services is to prevent delinquency, or to keep youth from engaging in delinquent activities, it is important to know what factors tend to influence youth to engage in delinquent activities. When we understand these risk factors, we can work to reduce them in the life of those we serve, and can help them develop protective factors. To prevent delinquency, we must support resiliency. Read more...

  Prevention Conferences & Events

National Prevention Network

Prevention Research Conference

Prevention Research: Driving Successful Outcomes

August 24-27, 2008

Indianapolis, Indiana

International Association for Truancy and Dropout Prevention

Truancy and Dropout Prevention Conference

October 12-16, 2008

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: Translating Research into Practice
October 16-18, 2008

 Lawrence, KS

National Organization for Human Services

2008 NOHS Annual Conference
October 22 – 25, 2008

Tucson, Arizona

5th Annual Conference: New Horizons - The latest in Bullying Prevention and Research
November 6-7, 2008

 Indianapolis, IN

Vulnerable Populations in the Juvenile Justice System: A Research and Policy Conference
November 14, 2008

Princeton, NJ

Don't Re-invent the Fundraising Wheel

In trying to prevent delinquency, those of us working in non-profit agencies often try to do everything on our own.  Because we are so used to operating with limited resources, when resources are available we may fail to utilize them.  Rather than "re-inventing the wheel" of grant writing, for example, program administrators should utilize the compiled expertise of other successful grant writers.  Read more...

 

What Does It Take to Save a Youth

Of all the theories, beliefs, and opinions on how to save youth from delinquency none have been clearly established as supreme. So, what does it take to prevent youth from going down the road to delinquency? [...]

 
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Free Job Postings

DelinquencyPrevention.Org is now posting job announcements for non-profit agencies or organizations that are working to prevent delinquency, or are otherwise addressing youth development, youth prevention, or youth services.  Visit the Jobs Page for more information.

 

Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002

As state and non-profit agencies work to prevent delinquency, it is important for them to understand federal guidelines.  The Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002 provides such guidelines.  In brief, states must: 1) deinstitutionalize status offenders; 2) keep sight and sound separation between adult and juvenile detainees/inmates; 3) remove juveniles from adult facilities; and 3) reduce disproportionate minority contact. Click for official information

 

Where Did All the Money Go?

As anyone working to prevent delinquency, or to provide youth services in general, knows it is a struggle to find adequate operating funds.   So, where do you get the funds? Where can others get the funds? [...]

 

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