Proc 9339ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 9339

National Youth Justice Awareness Month, 2015

This proclamation designates October 2015 as National Youth Justice Awareness Month, calling attention to challenges facing youth in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. It highlights racial disparities, costs of incarceration, and existing administration initiatives but issues no binding policy directives or mandates to agencies.

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of October 2015 as National Youth Justice Awareness Month

Near term (90d)

Long term

Risks & tensions

  • Document describes ongoing initiatives (Smart on Juvenile Justice, My Brother's Keeper, Generation Indigenous) but does not create new obligations; rhetorical commitment to reform without enforceable action
Proclamation 9339: National Youth Justice Awareness Month, 2015 · Executive Orders