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Features

• NEW BOOK: Families in Need of Critical Assistance: Legislation and Policy Aiding Youth Who Engage in Noncriminal Misbehavior
• 2006-2007 Year-End Report of the Commission on Youth at Risk
• Calendar of Events
• Online Media Kit

• ABA 06-07 President Karen Mathis on Youth at Risk
• First Chair, Dwight Smith, Describes Commission's Importance
• Background on Commission
• Commission Members
• Corporate Roundtable Members
• Organizational Liaisons

• National Roundtable Series on Youth at Risk
• National Partnership with the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
• "From Truancy to Zero Tolerance: The Changing Border of Education and Juvenile Justice"
• Video Conference on Juvenile Status Offenders

In a special, free issue of Family Court Review (FCR), this interdisciplinary journal, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) pay special tribute to the ABA Youth at Risk Initiative. According to FCR Editor Andrew Schepard, "I know FCR readers will appreciate the interdisciplinary emphasis of the authors…. They will also appreciate the blend of research, policy, and practice that the articles include. They will find their understanding of how courts, lawyers, and mental health, social, and educational systems can better respond to the needs of youth enhanced by what they learn here. The overall message is clear: the challenges for our youth are great, as is our need to work together to meet them. The ABA can be a strong partner in our overall effort." [More]

• Becky's Story Video | Real Media
• Foster Case Partnership Video | Real Media
• Youth Villages Video | Real Media

• Op-eds
• ABA Supports Assistance for Military Families
• Aging Out of Foster Care

• Legal Protections for Children at Risk