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School District #428
Board of Education
Minutes of a Special Meeting Conducted
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
10:00 a.m. 

On Wednesday, October 29, 2008 a Special Meeting of the School District #428 Board of Education was conducted at the central offices of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice at Springfield, Illinois. The primary purpose of the meeting was to provide an orientation session for the newly formed Board. More...

Notice of Public Hearing

Notice is herewith provided of Educational meeting for the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Public School District #428 at 10:00 a.m., on December 2, 2008 in the Conference Room of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Central Offices located at 707 North 15 th Street, Springfield, Illinois. More...

Notice of Public Hearing

October 23, 2008 - Notice is herewith provided of Educational meeting for the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Public School District #428 at 10:00 am October 29, 2008 at 707 North 15th Street, Springfield, Illinois. More...

Governor Blagojevich Names Kurt Friedenauer as Director of Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

CHICAGO - September 24, 2008 - Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today named Kurt Friedenauer as the director of the
Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) to continue the department’s goal to help the
state’s young offenders get on the right track. Friedenauer was named as acting director of IDJJ
when the department was created in 2006. More...

Director Friedenauer names Dr. Lanée T. Walls school superintendent for the Juvenile Justice Department

Dr. Walls will oversee education for more than 1,000 juveniles in the IDJJ system

SPRINGFIELD – March 28, 2008 - Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) Director Kurt Friedenauer today named Dr. Lanée T. Walls as the Superintendent for School District # 428, a position that oversees the education curriculum for more than 1,200 youth housed in eight department facilities across the state. More...

State and Macon County program helps divert young offenders from prison

Redeploy Illinois Annual Report shows community-based services for juvenile offenders are less costly and more effective than institutional care in correctional facilities

Decatur - August 24, 2007 - The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) today announced two-year results of Redeploy Illinois, a four-city pilot project to reduce recidivism among juvenile offenders. The project provides funding to local agencies to deliver comprehensive, community-based services to youth who might otherwise have been sent to an IDJJ youth center. State and local officials released an annual report on the project during a meeting at Youth Advocate in Decatur. More...

Illinois Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice name 2007 Volunteers of the Year

“Together We Create a Better Tomorrow”
ceremony recognizes volunteers

SPRINGFIELD - Apr 18, 2007 - The Illinois Departments of Corrections (IDOC) and Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) announced the recipients of the 2007 Volunteer of the Year awards at a recognition ceremony held today in Springfield . Phillip L. McLaurin was named IDOC 2007 Volunteer of the Year and Tim Tomlinson at Illinois Youth Center – Pere Marquette was named as the 2007 Volunteer of the Year for IDJJ. McLaurin and Tomlinson were among volunteers of the state's 28 adult correctional centers, eight adult transition centers and eight youth facilities who were being honored for their outstanding leadership and their efforts in providing positive change in the lives of inmates and youths. More...

Gov. Blagojevich names acting director of new Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

New department to provide treatment and services to juvenile offenders  

SPRINGFIELD - May 26, 2006 - Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today named Kurt Friedenauer as the acting director of the new Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. Last fall, the Governor signed legislation creating the new department that will provide treatment and educational, vocational, social and emotional services to the state’s young offenders to help them get on the right track. Friedenauer currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Juvenile Corrections Division within the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. More...

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