The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice joined four other Florida state agencies in a formal agreement to ensure that children in state care receive an appropriate, high-quality and stable education. Announced today, July...
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice is soliciting substantive proposals for consideration in its 2010 Legislative package. To submit a proposal, the attached template summary form must be completed. Any...
The Florida Senate issued its 2010 Interim Work Plan on June 23, 2009. Various juvenile justice-related Committee projects detailed within the Plan are listed below, followed by their respective due dates. To view...
Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed the 2009-2010 State Budget into law today, May 27, at a ceremony in Tallahassee. Governor Crist made two changes in the $66.5 billion budget passed by the Legislature, reversing the...
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (“DJJ”) has instituted an effort to reduce the disproportionate number of minority children in the system by five percent each year. The DJJ has been holding...
From left, Florida House Sergeant at Arms Earnest Sumner and Senate Sergeant at Arms Donald Severance drop their handkerchiefs during the Sine Die ceremony on the fourth floor rotunda of the Capitol, Friday. On Friday,...
This morning, Tuesday, April 28, Florida House of Representatives Speaker Larry Cretul and Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater made separate announcements on the release of 2009-2010 budget allocations. Speaker Cretul...
Above: Homebuilders Institute youth built projects in the Capitol Rotunda as part of DJJ Youth Success Week (April 19-25). To recognize the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice’s...
On Wednesday, March 25 2009, the Florida Senate Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (“Committee”) released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2009-2010. The Committee...
The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research General Revenue Fund Estimating Conference (“Conference”) met on Friday, March 13, 2009 to evaluate the impact of state tax collections for the remainder of...