Weekly Notes: PREA grants available, Walsh Act legislation, and next week's council meeting

| 02/03/2012

***Hope everyone who cares enjoys the Super Bowl. True story: JJ Today grew up equidistant from the Giants and Patriots, but attached to the Raiders because of a childhood love for both Howie Long and N.W.A. Alas, hindsight is 20/20. ***There are 352 days left in the first term of President Barack Obama, and there has still not been a nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The new acting administrator of OJJDP, Melodee Hanes, will lead her first meeting of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention next Friday. For the uninitiated in federal tangents, this is a council of leaders from the Justice Department and other federal agencies that meet regularly to coordinate on...

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