Testimony given at a hearing on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act which is scheduled to expire in September 1992 is presented in this document. An opening statement by Representative Matthew G. Martinez, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, discusses the vulnerability of youth. Testimony and prepared statements or materials from these individuals are included: (1) Chris Baca, Youth Development, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico; (2) Jim Brown, Community Research Associates, Champaign, Illinois; (3) Betty A. Downes, Chair, New Mexico Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, Santa Fe, New Mexico; (4) Alice King, Former Chair, New Mexico Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, Santa Fe, New Mexico; (5) Orlando Martinez, Associate Director, Family and Children Services, Department of Institutions, Denver, Colorado; (6) Vicki Neiberg, National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups, Lansing, Michigan; (7) Dennis Noonan, Our Town, Tucson, Arizona; (8) Dan Prince, Chief of Planning, Division of Children and Families, Department of Human Resources, State of Nevada, Carson City, Nevada; and (9) Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Chair, Reauthorization Committee, National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups, Richmond, Virginia. (ABL)

Text of a hearing on the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 regarding the provision of services to girls within the juvenile justice system is presented in this document. Opening statements are presented by Committee Chair Representative Matthew G. Martinez and Representative Bill Barrett. Testimony and/or prepared statements and materials are included from these persons: (1) Vicki Burke, Director and Founder, Pace Center for Girls, Jacksonville, Florida; (2) Libby Deschenes, Rand Corporation, Los Angeles, California; (3) Talaya Ford, participant, Pace Center for Girls, Jacksonville, Florida; (4) Jean Lovell, Executive Director, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement, Lincoln, Nebraska; (5) Susan Rotenburg, National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System, Seattle, Washington; (6) Rita Redaelli, Executive Director, Girls, Inc., Newport Mesa, California; (7) Carolyn Stitt, Director, Foster Care Review Board, Lincoln, Nebraska; (8) Ruth Vance, Program Director, Panhandle Youth Support Services, Panhandle Community Services, Gering, Nebraska; (9) Val Peter, Director, Boys Town; (10) Peggy Adair, Voices for Children, Omaha, Nebraska; (11) Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii; and (12) Susan Morris, Chair, and Farrell Lines, Chair Elect, The National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups. (ABL)