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New Search Tool Helps Users Find Federal Grants to Fund Youth Programs

Posted by: George Ritacco on 10/25/2011 | 0 Comments
The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs has created an online Web tool that allows users to search for federal grant opportunities by youth topic or federal agency on Grants.gov.

Deadline Extended To Apply for National Conference Poster Sessions and Media Presentations

Posted by: George Ritacco on 8/15/2011 | 0 Comments
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has extended the deadline for those who wish to submit poster and media presentations for its upcoming national conference, "Children's Justice and Safety: Unite, Build, Lead."

A New Model for Juvenile Justice

Posted by: George Ritacco on 7/29/2011 | 0 Comments
A new model for juvenile justice. The Rosa Parks facility in Missouri is changing the way administrators are looking at Juvenile Justice treatment.

Training Institute Helps Communities Establish Youth Courts

Posted by: George Ritacco on 2/4/2011 | 0 Comments
The institute will address such topics as training youth and adult volunteers, providing quality community service programs, implementing operational and administrative procedures, identifying resource and funding opportunities, writing grants, and more.

Webinar To Discuss Building Sustainable Organizations

Posted by: George Ritacco on 2/4/2011 | 0 Comments
Building Sustainable Organizations: Developing Capacity From the Ground Up will discuss how an organization can best apply for and receive federal funding to develop sustainable community organizations.

GVT Enters FAMCare Into Windows Azure Contest

Posted by: George Ritacco on 9/4/2010 | 0 Comments

It's official - we have submitted our Juvenile Justice and detention management module of FAMCare into the Windows Azure application "codeproject" contest!

OJJDP Announces New FY 2010 Funding Opportunities

Posted by: George Ritacco on 6/11/2010 | 0 Comments
OJJDP Announces New FY 2010 Funding Opportunities The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has announced the following fiscal year (FY) 2010 funding opportunities:

09/03 - AG Holder - $129 Million Awards

Posted by: George Ritacco on 9/3/2009 | 0 Comments

Go, Go, Go!  Great news from Washington regarding youth mentoring...  Please read the article below.

8/25 - U.S. Dept. of Justice Reports Use of Force - Juvenile Detention

Posted by: George Ritacco on 8/25/2009 | 0 Comments

The U.S. Department of Justice released a report finding that the routine use of force at four New York juvenile detention centers was a violation of the constitutional rights of the children imprisoned there.  Read the rest of the report here.

Global Vision Technologies, launches mobile PDA connectivity.

Posted by: George Ritacco on 5/21/2009 | 1 Comment

Last October, we launched a pilot with a select group of users to test global vision technologies new mobile tech application with various users of FAMCare... our child welfare and juvenile justice software platform. Because of the resounding success of the program - the new application went LIVE last week.

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