When Kids Get Arrested: What Every Adult Should Know

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203 GENERAL Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana 1600 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70113 Phone: (504) 522-5437 Fax: (504) 522-5430 Web: http:/ /www.jjpl.org Juvenile Law Center The Philadelphia Building 1315 Walnut Street, 4th floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 Phone: (215) 625-0551 Fax: (215) 625-2808 Web: http:/ /www.jlc.org National Juvenile Defender Center 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 304 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 452-0010 Fax: (202) 452-1205 E-mail: inquiries@njdc.info Web: http:/ /www.njdc.info Southern Center for Human Rights 83 Poplar Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 688-1202 Fax: (404) 688-9440 Web: http:/ /www.schr.org Youth Law Center 417 Montgomery Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94101 Phone: (415) 543-3379 Fax: (415) 956-9022 Web: http:/ /www.ylc.org EDUCATION AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE Advancement Project 1730 M Street, NW, #910 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 728-9557 Fax: (202) 728-9558 Web: http:/ /www.advancementproject .org Council for Exceptional Children Phone: (703) 264-9494 End Zero Tolerance in Our Public Schools Web: http:/ /endzerotolerance.com National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice University of Maryland 1224 Benjamin Building College Park, MD 20742 Phone: (301) 405-6462 Fax: (301) 314-5757 Web: http:/ /www.edjj.org Resources PACER Center, Champions for Children with Disabilities 8161 Normandale Boulevard Minneapolis, MN 55437-1044 Phone: (952) 838-9000 Fax: (952) 838-0190 Web: http:/ /www.PACER.org Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) Listed by State Web: http:/ /www.taalliance.org HOMELESS/RUNAWAY YOUTH National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth P.O. Box 13505 Silver Spring, MD 20911-3505 Phone: (315) 608-8098 Web: http:/ /www.ncfy.com RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY ISSUES Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center Hawaii Office: Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii at Manoa 1441 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1802 Honolulu, HI 96814 Phone: (808) 945-1517 Web: http:/ /www.apiypc.org Building Blocks for Youth Web: http:/ /www. buildingblocksforyouth.org The W. Haywood Burns Institute for Juvenile Justice, Fairness and Equity 180 Howard Street, Suite 320 San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: (415) 321-4100 Fax: (415) 321-4140 E-mail: info@burninstitute.org Web: http:/ /www.burnsinstitute.org Center for Children’s Law and Policy 417 Montgomery Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: (415) 543-3379 Fax: (415) 956-9022 Children’s Defense Fund Web: http:/ /www.childrensdefense .org/site/PageServer?pagename =Programs_Cradle_Juvenile _Justice National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. 1444 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (202) 682-1300 Web: http:/ /www.naacpldf.org MENTAL HEALTH National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Policy Research Associates 345 Delaware Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 Phone (toll-free): (866) 9NC-MHJJ (962-6455) Fax: (518) 439-7612 Web: http:/ /www.ncmhjj.com 204 RESOURCES National Mental Health Association 2001 N. Beauregard Street, 12th floor Alexandria, VA 22311 Phone: (703) 684-7722 Fax: (703) 684-5968 Web: http:/ /www.nmha.org GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER YOUTH The Equity Project, a collaborative effort between Legal Services for Children, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and the National Juvenile Defender Center/Lamda Legal Defense and Education Fund, provides education and tools for LGBT advocates. Web: http:/ /www.lamdalegal.org/ cgi-bin/iowa/index.html National Center for Lesbian Rights 870 Market Street, Suite 370 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: (415) 392-6527 Fax: (415) 392-8442 Web: http:/ /www.nclrights.org SEX OFFENSES For additional information on the Adam Walsh Act see: U.S Department of Justice Office of Justice Web: http:/ /www.ojp.usdoj.gov/smart/ pdfs.faq_sorna_guidelines.pdf This document defines what sexual offenses are. Basically, a child who is fourteen or older and commits a sexual offense faces lifetime registration; if tried as an adult, then SORNA (Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act). LAW SCHOOL CLINICS AND CENTERS Columbia Law School Child Advocacy Clinic New York, NY Phone: (212) 854-4291 Web: http:/ /www.law.columbia.edu/ focusareas/clinics/childadvocacy Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic Washington, DC Phone: (202) 662-9100 Email: clinics@law.georgetown.edu Web: http:/ /www.law.georgetown .edu/clinics Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program Cambridge, MA Phone: (617) 496-1684 Fax: (617) 496-4947 Email: cap@law.harvard.edu Web: http:/ /www.law.harvard.edu/ academics/cap/ Loyola Law...