ADVISORY/Juvenile Justice Day 2003 at the Capitol.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. , March 6 HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003 With controversies at the CT Juvenile Training School, the closing of Long Lane, recent court cases and many bills being heard by the Legislature this session, juvenile justice continues to be a prominent issue in Connecticut Connecticut, state, United States Connecticut (kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). . Juvenile Justice Day 2003 is an opportunity to meet the people behind that issue. This event, which is being held in the concourse between the Legislative Office Building and the Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. on Thursday, March 6th from 10:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., features ten agencies representing the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits Juvenile Justice sector. The third annual Juvenile Justice Day will feature displays by the staff and youth being served by the programs. This event provides legislators, staff and the general public the opportunity to receive first-hand information about existing juvenile justice programs and the CT Juvenile Justice system. Staff and youth will meet with their Legislators and take a tour of the Capitol with the League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. to enhance the educational experience. The CT Association of Nonprofits represents over 530 nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. in Connecticut. Within that membership are approximately 40 Juvenile Justice programs funded, in part, by the Department of Children and Families and/or the Court Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services Division of the Judicial Branch. Juvenile Justice Day 2003 is a celebration of the success of these programs statewide.
WHO: Staff and youth representatives of the Connecticut
Association of Nonprofits Juvenile Justice Sector
WHAT: Connecticut Juvenile Justice Day 2003
WHERE: Concourse, Legislative Office Building
WHEN: March 6th, 2002 10:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
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