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1. Serving Underserved Urban Youth Presentation at Massachusetts Library Association Annual Conference

By: Laura Koenig, on 4/24/2013
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Resources

Library Services to Youth in Custody website – booklists, discussion forums, collection development resources and sample policies, and more.
YALSA-Lockdown email list – booklists, program sharing, and a chance to hear from practitioners. The searchable archives are a great resource!
ASCLA Library Services for Youth in Custody Interest Group – this new interest group has a discussion forum and is developing more resources.
The Beat Within – a weekly publication of writing and art by incarcerated youth.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention – this branch of the Dept. of Justice has research on youth in custody and offers grants that may be a funding source for library programs serving youth in custody.
The National Reentry Resource Center provides research and resources for organizations who work with young people who are reintegrating into the community after adjudication.

Public Library Outreach Examples

Alameda County Write 2 Read program
Multnomah County Juvenile Justice Outreach program
Johnson County Library Read to Succeed program
Austin Public Library Second Chance Books program
Colorado State Library Read to the Children Project
Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Dream It Do It technology outreach program

Learn More: Recommended Books and Articles

Beyond Books: Restorative Librarianship in Juvenile Detention Centers by Isaac Gilman
Partnering with Jails to Improve Reentry: A Guidebook for Community-Based Organizations, created by the Urban Institute
Literacy: A Way Out for At-Risk Youth by Jennifer Sweeney
Library Services to the Incarcerated: Applying the Public Library Model in Correctional Facility Libraries by Sheila Clark and Erica MacCreaigh
Extreme Teens: Library Services to Nontraditional Young Adults by Sheila Anderson
Using One-to-One Tutoring and Proven Reading Strategies to Improve Reading Performance with Adjudicated Youth by Gail Coulter
The Importance of Literacy for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System by Mindee O’Cummings, Sarah Bardack, and Simon Gonsoulin
Back on Track: Supporting Youth Reentry from Out-of-Home Placement to the Community by Ashley Nellis and Richard Hooks Wayman
It’s All About the Kids: Presenting Options and Opening Doors by Joni Richards Bodart
Reaching Out to Young Adults in Jail by Patrick Jones
From Classroom to Courtroom: Our Role in the Community by Kathy McClellan

Additional Works Cited

Kathy, McLellan, and Suellentrop Tricia. “Serving Teens Doing Time.” VOYA 30.5 (2007): 403-07.

O’Brien, Natalie, Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, and John Shelley-Tremblay. “Reading Problems, Attentional Deficits, and Current Mental Health Status in Adjudicated Adolescent Males.” Journal of Correctional Education 58.3 (2007): 293-315.

William, Drakeford. “The Impact of an Intensive Program to Increase the Literacy Skills of Youth Confined to Juvenile Corrections.” Journal of Correctional Education 53.4 (2002): 139.

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