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The Building Blocks for Youth initiative is an alliance of children and youth advocates, researchers, law enforcement professionals and community organizers that seeks to
- Reduce overrepresentation and disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice system;
- Promote fair, rational and effective juvenile justice policies.
The initiative's partners include the Youth Law Center, American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center, W. Haywood Burns Institute, Juvenile Law Center, Justice Policy Institute, Minorities in Law Enforcement, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and Pretrial Services Resource Center.
The Building Blocks for Youth initiative is supported by grants from the Annie E. Casey, William T. Grant, JEHT, and MacArthur foundations, and Open Society Institute.
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