RECENT ADDITIONS:

4-6-05 Disabilities Webpage
Effective Advocacy for Disabled Youth Involved with the Juvenile Justice System Webpage.

2-8-05 Legislative Update
SJDC provides an overview of 2005 legislative session and legislation of interest.
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1-5-04
SJDC SUCCESS!
SJDC instrumental in the development and passage of the new Georgia Statewide Juvenile Defense Attorney Performance Standards Read more

9-28-04
Representing the Whole Child: A Juvenile Defender Training Manual

6-4-04
Department of Juvenile Justice Recidivism Research Brief FY98-FY02

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5-26-04
Trying Kids as Adults: the
SB440/Seven Deadly Sins Reform Page includes information about SB440 and efforts to reform the law allowing the prosecution of juveniles in adult court.

4-22-04
Read the new SJDC report: From Classrooms to Courtrooms: Zero Tolerance Unveiled

3-24-04
Read DJJ's FY2004 statistical report on the at-risk population of youth in Georgia and the numbers of youth in DJJ's care.
Management Reference Manual (pdf)

INTERNET SITES FOR JUVENILE ADVOCACY

Visit the LINKS page for a complete listing of national websites

We have tried to provide a comprehensive list of resources, however, SJDC does not necessarily endorse all of the views of each organization listed below.

Georgia Government Sites

• State of Georgia Website
• Georgia Supreme Court
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Attorney General's Office
  

• General Assembly
• Legislative Tracking
• Office of Planning & Budget

• Council of Juvenile Court Judges
• Department of Community Health
  
• Department of Corrections
• Department of Juvenile Justice
• Department of Education
  
• Department of Human Resources
• Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases
• Office of Education Accountability
• The Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
• The Governor's Crime Commission
  
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation
• Georgia Public Defender Standards Council
• Georgia Advocacy Office
  

Georgia Other Sites

• Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
• Barton Child Law & Policy Clinic
• Celebration of Excellence
• Fulton County Juvenile Justice Fund
• Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
• Georgia Justice Project
• Georgia Legal Services Program
• Georgia Parent Support Network
• Georgia Public Broadcasting
• Interfaith Children's Movement
• Legal Aid Georgia
• Parent to Parent Special Needs Database
• State Bar
  • Young Lawyers Division Juvenile Law Committee
    
• Truancy Intervention Project
• Voices for Georgia's Children
• YouthPride

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Case Flow Chart

Case Flow Summary

GPDSC Juvenile Court Law & Procedure Overview

CJCJ Juvenile Court Uniform Rules

Juvenile Population Fact Sheets

List of DJJ Facilities

Juvenile Case Law Update
2002/2003 Case Law Update

Legislative Update
2002 Legislation
2003 Legislation
2004 Legislation

Rules of Professional Conduct/Ethics

Official Code/ Statutes of Georgia
Online access to the Georgia Code

United Way 2-1-1
Online Directory for Services

Referral Central
The Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children- group homes database

The Council on Alcohol and Drugs
database of alcohol and drug treatment centers

DJJ Policy
The Department of Juvenile Justice Internal Agency Policy

Georgia School Locator

To find a person
Phone/Address Directory

Find an Attorney
The Georgia State Bar Directory

Opinions of the Attorney General

Find a State Employee

State Board of Education Rules

A Guide to Services for Persons with Mental Retardation or Other Developmental Disabilities (pdf)

Understanding Medicaid (pdf)

Summary of Medicaid Home and Community-Based Programs (pdf)