150 Years is Enough
June 15, 2017 On Wednesday, June 28th, our friends in the Youth Justice New Jersey coalition will be outside New Jersey’s largest youth prison – Jamesburg – to call for its closure. If you would like to join this gathering,…
Juvenile Justice
Major Momentum on Juvenile Justice
January 26, 2016 This morning, President Obama announced that he would direct the Justice Department to ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in federal facilities and as a response to low-level infractions. In a Washington Post op-ed announcing…
Community Foundation Heralds New Juvenile Justice Law
August 11, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey, on behalf of its fundholders with whom it has partnered to reform New Jersey’s juvenile justice system, said today it is gratified that Governor Chris Christie signed S2003/A429, a bill that…
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When the Community Foundation of New Jersey heard the story of L.B., a young man who experienced severe neglect in New Jersey’s juvenile justice system, and others like him, its Leadership Committee decided to act. With a grant to…
Opinion: N.J. should learn from Kalief Browder’s death how to handle juveniles in criminal justice system
June 13, 2015 In a forceful op-ed in the Star-Ledger, our friend and partner Laura Cohen, of the Rutgers Post-Disposition Advocacy Project, makes the case for reforming New Jersey’s juvenile justice system. She calls the suicide of Kalief Browder –…
On Our 2015 Agenda: Juvenile Justice Reform
April 26, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey, on behalf of and in partnership with many of its fundholders, has for more than a year focused on reforming New Jersey’s juvenile justice system. Part of what got us involved…
A Special Year-End Giving Opportunity
December 30, 2014 Last month we told you about the gathering we hosted at Tracy House, at which two partners of ours shared insights about the challenges they face in stopping human trafficking and reforming New Jersey’s juvenile justice system.…
Sticker Shock: What Does it Cost to Incarcerate Youth in New Jersey?
December 11, 2014 Improving New Jersey’s juvenile justice system is a top priority of the Community Foundation of New Jersey, with its Leadership Committee and several fund holders financially supporting Rutgers’ Post-Disposition Advocacy Project so that incarcerated youth may have…
Sandler & Nagel Address CFNJ on Child Welfare Issues
November 19, 2014 This afternoon, CFNJ hosted Kelly Sandler, of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, and Eliza Nagel, of the Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic at Rutgers Law – Newark, to speak on human trafficking and juvenile justice, respectively.…
Why it Matters: Supporting the Rutgers Post-Disposition Advocacy Project
October 20, 2014 Many things fall through the cracks in life, but when it’s a young person, no length is too great to go to find them. Tragically, our state is filled with far too many youth who have fallen…