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Ira Schwartz: A Low-Key Reformer Strives for Calm

Ira Schwartz: A Low-Key Reformer Strives for Calm

1979–1981 Key Accomplishments Ira Schwartz came to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to calm the waters after John Rector’s two tumultuous years. Because Republican Ronald Reagan unseated Democratic President Jimmy Carter in 1980, Schwartz left in early 1981, after about a year-and-a-half, so that Reagan could nominate his own administrator. Schwartz’s main task: Institute [...] [...more]

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Regnery/Speirs Era: Coretta Scott King Lobbies for OJJDP Funds

Regnery/Speirs Era: Coretta Scott King Lobbies for OJJDP Funds

OJJDP has always received unsolicited requests from service providers for funding to launch new programs, but few came from people as prominent as Mrs. King. That prominence, however, didn’t swing open the doors. Mrs. King appears to have gotten a polite stiff-arm from OJJDP, although Administrator Verne Speirs eventually offered to have his people talk with [...] [...more]

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