COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina, Chairman

CONTENTS

Hearing held in Washington, DC, March 7, 1984........

Text of H.R. 4971.........

Statement of:

Anderegg, Hon. M. Anita, county executive, Fond du Lac County, Fond

du Lac, WI

Biggs, Lucy C., Acting Commissioner, Administrator for Children, Youth

and Families; accompanied by David A. Rust, Director, Office of Policy

and Legislation, Office of Human Development Services, Department of

Health and Human Services.

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Bucy, June, chief executive officer, National Network of Runaway and
Youth Services, Inc., Washington, DC.........

Carlisle, Ann Linden, chairman, National Steering Committee of State

Juvenile Justice Groups, Cape Elizabeth, ME

Cupery, Shirley, national PTA vice president for leadership services,

Wilmington, DE; and Marilyn Beggs, national PTA vice president for

region 5, Lincoln, NE.......

Jones, Arnold P., Senior Associate Director, General Government Divi-
sion, General Accounting Office; accompanied by Larry Harrell, Super-
visory Evaluator, General Government Division, General Accounting
Office; and Ralph E. Reardon, General Accounting Office, Norfolk
Region, Raleigh, NC..........

Olszewski, Alan M., assistant director, national legislative commission,

American Legion, Washington, DC...

Preska, Margaret, member, board of directors, Camp Fire, Inc., Mankato,

MN; accompanied by Arnold Sherman, national executive director,

Camp Fire, Inc.....

Quinn, Hon. Luke, probate judge, Genesee County, MI, representing the
National Association of Counties; accompanied by Donald Murray, leg-
islative representative, National Association of Counties.....

Regnery, Alfred S., Administrator; accompanied by James M. Wootton,

Deputy Administrator, and Terrence Donahue, Assistant Deputy Ad-

ministrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention .........

Robb, Hon. Charles S., Governor of the State of Virginia, and chairman
of the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Protection, accompa-
nied Nolan E. Jones, staff director, Committee on Criminal Justice and
Public Protection, National Governors' Association, Washington, DC......

Treanor, William W., executive director, National Youth Work Alliance,

Washington, DC.......

Weisberg, Roger E., producer of the documentary "Old Enough To Do

Time," WNET/13, New York, NY ............

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, et cetera:

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Anderegg, M. Anita, county executive, office of the county executive,

Fond du Lac, WI, prepared statement of, with attachment.........

Biggs, Lucy C., Acting Commissioner, Administration for Children,

Youth, and Families, prepared statement of .......................

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Bucy, June, chief executive officer, the National Network of Runaway

and Youth Services, Inc., Washington, DC, prepared statement of.............

Carlisle, A.L., chairman of the National Steering Committee of State

Junvenile Justice Advisory Groups, chairman of the Northeast Coali-

tion of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups and chairman of the

Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, Cape Elizabeth, ME, prepared

statement of......

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Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, et cetera-Continued

Cupery, Shirley, national PTA vice president for Leadership Services and

Marilyn Beggs, national PTA vice president for region 5, prepared

statement of.

Jones, Arnold P., Senior Associate Director, General Government Divi-

sion, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC, prepared state-

ment of..........

Olszewski, Alan M., assistant director, national legislative commission,

the American Legion, prepared statement of behalf of the American

Legion, Washington, DC......

Petri, Hon. Thomas E., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Wisconsin:

Letter from Linda Reivitz, secretary, office of the Secretary, Depart-
ment of Health and Social Services, State of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI, dated March 1, 1984.........

Letter from Mark M. Rogacki, executive secretary, Wisconsin Coun-
ties Association, Madison, WI, dated February 28, 1984............
Letter from Michael J. Anderegg, probate judge, probate and juvenile
court, Marquette County, MI, to Ed Larson, staff counsel, Educa-
tion and Labor Committee, dated March 5, 1984 ......

Preska, Margaret, member, board of directors, Camp Fire, Inc., Mankato,

MN:

Newspaper articles:

"Camp Fire Art Exhibition," from Kansas City Star, Kansas

City, MO, July 13, 1983.....

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"Juveniles Have Rights," from Kansas City Star, Kansas City,

MO, July 31, 1984.........

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"Youngsters Who Do Not Belong in Prison," from the New York

Times, New York, NY, August 3, 1983

"Position on States Offenders," article entitled

Prepared statement on behalf of Camp Fire, Inc., Washington, DC......

Quinn, Luke, probate judge, Genesee County, MI, and chair, National

Association of Counties Juvenile Justice Subcommittee, prepared state-

ment on behalf of the National Association of Counties, Washington,

DC..............

Regnery, Alfred S., Administrator, Office of Juvenile and Delinquency

Prevention:

Graphs 1-7 (charts).........

Prepared statement of, enclosing appendices and attachments.............

Robb, Charles, S., Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, on behalf of the

National Governors' Association, Washington, DC, prepared statement

of................

Treanor, William W., executive director, National Youth Work Alliance,

prepared statement of................

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Weisberg, Roger E., prepared statement of..

APPENDIX

Agopian, Dr. Michael W., chairman, State Advisory Group on Juvenile Jus-

tice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Criminal Justice Planning, Sac-

ramento, CA:

Letter to Chairman Andrews, dated April 4, 1984 .....

"Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Act," article entitled.

Anderson, William J., Director, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington,

DC:

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"Better Monitoring and Recordkeeping Systems Needed To Accurately

Account for Juvenile Justice Practices, report to the chairman, Sub-

committee on Human Resources

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"Federally Supported Centers Provide Needed Services for Runaways and

Homeless Youths," report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Human

Resources.....

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Letter to Chairman Andrews, dated November 16, 1983

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Letter to Chairman Andrews, dated November 30, 1983, with enclosure....
Letter to Chairman Andrews, dated December 9, 1983, with enclosures......
Letter to Chairman Andrews, dated April 12, 1984, with enclosure..............

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