Juvenile Courts: Working with the Media - Lessons from the CJJ Southern Regional Conference
Want to get some expert pointers on how to talk to the media about juvenile justice issues?
Then check out the presentations from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice's(CJJ) Southern Regional conference. Held January 29-31 in Charleston, SC, the conference focused on working with the media to promote juvenile justice reform and to strengthen the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act's (JJDPA) four core requirements.
On the conference web page, you can find:
- the conference agenda;
- a presentation from Judge Steve Teske of Clayton County, GA, offering pointers on working with the media;
- a presentation on how Jefferson County, AL successfully worked to reduce court referrals from Birmingham schools by a whopping 84% (this collaborative effort also had a media strategy);
- a presentation from Linda O'Neal of the Frameworks Institute on how framing the message correctly is necessary to get members of the public to care about teens in the juvenile justice system; and
- an overview by Tara Andrews, deputy director of CJJ, of key talking points with regard to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA).
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Roundup: Research Says Juvenile Justice Systems Make Boys Recidivate; Addiction Treatment Resources; and More
Juvenile Justice Reform News
- Last year, the results of a a 20-year study in Canada showed that contact with the juvenile justice system makes boys more likely to commit crimes as adults. But according to a Youth Today article [subscription required], other researchers are coming up with similar conclusions. The question is, as the author of the article asks, what will juvenile justice system policy makers do about it?
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Juvenile Justice and Adolescent Treatment Funding in the President's 2011 Budget
President Obama released his proposed 2011 federal budget this week. Here's a sneak peek at what that might mean for funding in the adolescent substance abuse treatment arena and for juvenile justice systems across the country. | Read More ... |
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Coalition for Juvenile Justice 2010 Conference - Register Now
Register now for the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) Annual National Conference & Council of SAGs’ Meeting, to be held on April 10-13, 2010, at the Renaissance Hotel Washington, D.C.
Conference highlights will include:
- Concurrent workshops exploring the conference theme, “Ensuring School Engagement and Success for Youth At Risk.” Click here to read the Call for Presentations.
- Keynote addresses from learned speakers, including Professor James Forman, Jr., Co-Founder of the Maya Angelou Public Charter School in Washington, D.C.
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Reclaiming Futures and Juvenile Drug Courts at CADCA Conference
Are you attending the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) 20th Annual National Leadership Forum in National Harbor, MD next week?
Come and join us to learn more about how Reclaiming Futures is being implemented through juvenile drug court grants from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
The workshop, titled, "Juvenile Drug Courts: Building the Model," will give an overview of juvenile drug courts -- their history, challenges, 16 strategies for developing and maintaining them, and current performance measures for success. It will also focus on OJJDP's work to build the juvenile drug court program model through its partnerships with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Reclaiming Futures.
Gwen Williams, MSW, who is a Program manager at OJJDP, will be the primary presenter. She will be joined by Yvonne Sherrer, Community Fellow at the Reclaiming Futures site in Dayton, OH, and Christa Meyers, Project Director at the Reclaiming Futures site in Hocking County, OH.
"Juvenile Drug Courts: Building the Model" will be held on Thursday, February 11th, from 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm, in the room called "National Harbor 4/5."
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TANF Funds Available for Families Needing Short Term Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment
[Text, slightly abbreviated, from a press release.]
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Roundup: Routine Shackling of Juveniles in Courtroom Banned in FL, NY; and More
Juvenile Justice News and More - Editor's Picks of the Week
Juvenile Justice System & Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment News
Routine shackling of youth in juvenile court was banned by a New York judge, because the practice violates the state's own rules. And in December, the Florida Supreme Court determined 6-1 that shackling youth in the courtroom was "repugnant, degrading, humiliating, and contrary to the state's primary purposes of the juvenile justice system." In both cases, exceptions are to be made for youth with the potential for violence.
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Adjusting to Parity: NIATx Accelerating Reform Initiative December 2009–July 2010
What is the Accelerating Reform Initiative?
In a pilot project supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the NIATx Accelerating Reform Initiative (ARI), 23 organizations in 12 states are working to accelerate their reform efforts.
What's the Purpose of Initiative?
The purpose of ARI is to give behavioral health care organizations the tools and peer supports needed to respond to the sweeping changes that parity, health care integration and decreased grant funding may bring. These include:
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2010 Drug-Free Communities Grants
Does your community coalition fight teen substance abuse?
Three live workshops are being held, but one was held yesterday and the second will be held tomorrow. The last one will be held on February 12th in National Harbor, MD. You can register here.
You don't have to attend to apply, but it would probably be a good idea not to miss one. Fortunately, a recorded version of the workshop, plus PowerPoint presentation, will be available online by the end of January.
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Guide to Preventing and Responding to School Violence from the Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in coordination with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, has published a new edition of its “Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence.”
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