Strategic Training and Technical Assistance: A Framework for Reforming the Juvenile Justice System's Treatment of Girls and Young Women.

The article presents a gender-responsive training and technical assistance (TTA) framework which can be used to reform the juvenile justice system for girls and young women. It cites the life story of Biannela Fernandez who became pregnant at the age of eleven, and how her tragic life events transformed her. It discusses the role of training and technical assistance in the reform of the juvenile justice system for girls in the U.S.