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It is estimated that 1.6 million youth between 12-17 experience homelessness in a given year.

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Federal Juvenile Justice Agency Resturcture- Explained

"The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Administrator Bob Listenbee used an annual conference of state juvenile justice advisory groups last week to outline the new organizational structure of his agency, which has been in the works literally for years.

One of the biggest goals of the reorganization was to break up the old state relations process, in which the OJJDP staffer who served as a liaison to a state also monitoring that state’s compliance.

NN4Y INTERNSHIP: July 1-August 30, 2013 APPLY NOW

Internship Period: July 1, 2013 and goes until August 30, 2013.

See the attachment for the full description of this position with more details on how to apply.

BRIEFLY: We are looking for an independent thinker with excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

New NN4Y Advocacy Tool- Giving Homeless Youth a Voice and a Face

Check out the National Network for Youth's new advocacy tool, Homeless Youth in America: Who Are They? Use this paper as you advocate for FY 2014 Appropriations of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.

Contact: Darla Bardine, Policy Director, 202.783.7949, darla.bardine@nn4youth.org

NN4Y Collaborates to Promote Safe Communities for Youth - March 13, 2013

The National Network for Youth is a member (ally of) of the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition, a collaboration of many organizations working together to develop consensus on federal youth policy. We hope you will join with us in promoting safe communities to the Congress. Today, we are releasing our recommendations to Congress.

TLP RHYA 2013 Grantee Update- Friday, March 1, 2013

TLP RHYA 2013 Grantee Update- Friday, March 1, 2013

Contact: Darla Bardine, darla.bardine@nn4youth.org, 202.783.7949

The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is grouping the January, February, and March TLP start-date cohorts together (as of now). The agency is waiting to see what happens with the sequester before these grantees are announced. FYSB’s best estimation is that these grantees will be announced sometime in early April 2013.

National Network for Youth welcomes Darla Bardine, Public Policy Director

National Network for Youth welcomes Darla Bardine, Public Policy Director

Darla.Bardine@nn4youth.org

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Darla Bardine as our new public policy director. Darla has hit the ground running and can be reached by calling the National Network office or emailing her at the email address above.

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