This grant provides general operating support for the Gault Center, previously known as the National Juvenile Defender Center, in its mission to promote justice for all children by ensuring excellence in youth defense. Founded in 1997, the Gault Center is committed to building the capacity of the youth defense system to ensure every child not only has a lawyer but one who is specialized and trained in youth law. The Gault Center provides public defenders with the training and resources they need to be most effective in keeping young people from incarceration and reducing over-surveillance of them in their communities.
