This document contains witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from a Congressional hearing called to discuss successful programs and approaches to serving youth more effectively in the field of juvenile justice. In his opening statement, Representative Dale Kildee emphasizes that much of the progress made in the field of juvenile justice is due to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Witnesses providing testimony include: (1) Patricia Cuza, director, Michigan Office of Criminal Justice; (2) Edward Loughran, commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Youth Services; (3) Luke Quinn, judge of probate and chairman, Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, National Association of Counties, Flint, Michigan; (4) Ira Schwartz, senior fellow, Center for the Study of Youth Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institution of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; and (5) C. Ronald Stromberg, director, Utah Division of Youth Corrections. Prepared statements and supplemental materials provided by witnesses are included, along with letters to the subcommittee from Martha Norris Gilbert, director, Virginia Department for Children; Lynn Lyss, Midwest State Advisory Group Coalition; and Michael Stringer, director, Ohio Governor's Office of Criminal Justice Services. Appended is a Community Research Associates profile publication entitled "The Michigan Holdover Network; Short Term Supervision Strategies for Rural Counties." (NB)