2019 Raise the Age Supplement
On December 1, 2019, North Carolina Raise the Age legislation will take effect; that means that 16- and 17-year-olds will no longer automatically be treated as adults when accused of a crime. A great deal has changed since the 2017 legislation was ratified and many...
Support Kids & Safe Communities by Funding Raise the Age
It costs North Carolina $996.20 per child to support children in their communities and more than $100,000 per child to confine children in a secure juvenile facility. Data-driven and evidence-based community prevention and interventions are critical to supporting...
Let’s not Raise the Age in name only
March 2019 UpdateIn December 2019, 16- and 17-year-olds in North Carolina will be absorbed in the juvenile court system where they can engage in rehabilitative services with family involvement. We applaud the inclusion of 16- and 17-year-olds in a system designed to...