Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 23—Rogers County Youth Services has launched a program to deter juvenile offenders from committing more serious offenses in ...

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is struggling to meet its goals, a county report shows.

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio -- City Council has approved a bit of housekeeping involving the North Olmsted juvenile court diversion and safety town programs. “We actually did kind of a swap, if you will,” ...

A King County program intended to help juvenile criminal offenders has been put on hold due to a lack of effectiveness. Following results that show over half of juveniles referred to King County’s ...

With juvenile car thefts and low-level felony cases a continued concern, Franklin County officials are taking a new approach to youth crime. In 2024, more than 600 juveniles were charged for their ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Monroe County's Juvenile Enhanced Diversion Stabilization (JEDS) program, launched in 2023 to address rising youth crime, is showing successful results, according to county ...

KING COUNTY, Wash. — On the heels of the announcement of what King County's Executive is calling "100 Days of Action" against youth gun violence, a member of the county council said he believes a ...

The state Capitol building in downtown Harrisburg on October 14, 2025. State lawmakers have moved a proposal to standardize and expand programs that divert children to alternatives to the criminal ...

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State lawmakers held a hearing Tuesday on a set of bills intended to reduce burdens on students and families involved in Pennsylvania’s juvenile court system. The three-part package would require ...