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The next scheduled Standards Workgroup meeting is May 8 at the Abraxas Academy in New Morgan PA.
During this meeting, we will finalize the Safety, Security and Control section of the standards.
The next JDCAP Training Committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday July 11 10:00 to 2:00 at the Abraxas Academy. The training committee will be sent a proposed agenda in advance of this meeting. We are expecting a full agenda and lively discussion.
Additional Information
Webinar To Explore Educating System-Involved Youth
On May 16, 2013, from 2 to 4 p.m. ET, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's National Training and Technical Assistance Center will present the Webinar "Reversing the School-to-Prison Pipeline: From Incarceration to Education." Presenters will discuss strategies for engaging system-involved youth in culturally relevant education programs, developing high-quality program components, and exploring the benefits of higher education in juvenile justice settings. During a 30-minute Q&A session that will follow the presentations, editors from the Harvard Educational Review will take questions on issues affecting incarcerated youth whose lives have been impacted by the school-to-prison pipeline.
Resources
Register for this free Webinar, the second in a series on removing barriers for youth in the juvenile justice system.
View, listen to, and access materials from the first Webinar in the series, which focuses on the consequences for youth of keeping and distributing juvenile records.
Global Youth Justice Launches 250 Youth Justice Web Sites
On May 1, 2013, Global Youth Justice, in conjunction with the American Bar Association and its celebration of Law Day, is helping local youth courts in 41 states launch 250 Web sites to promote their juvenile justice diversion programs. More than 1,400 communities and tribes worldwide currently operate a youth justice program associated with their local peer, student, youth, or teen courts. These courts train teenagers to be judges, prosecutors, attorneys, and jurors who handle low-level offenses of their peers, promote accountability, provide access to youth resources, and model peer leadership.
Resources
Learn more about volunteer opportunities in these youth justice programs for both adults and youth in your state.
NGI Announces a New Brief on What Girls Want in Juvenile Justice
In 2011, the National Girls Institute (NGI) conducted listening sessions with over 600 stakeholders (including justice-involved girls, juvenile justice professionals across the continuum, and parents/caregivers) to determine key topics and training needs that would inform NGI's agenda and vision.
This brief, What Girls Want: Voices From the NGI Listening Sessions, outlines what girls want in programming and resources and describes how NGI can respond to these needs through avenues such as specialized training and technical assistance, resource development, or system-level decision making and policy development.
Report Discusses Justice Reinvestment Strategies
"Lessons from the States: Reducing Recidivism and Curbing Corrections Costs Through Justice Reinvestment" (NCJ 241794, 10 pp.), sponsored by BJA, highlights 17 states that have cut corrections costs while reducing recidivism and improving public safety. (BJA)
Vera Releases New Guide for Evidence-Based Practice
The Vera Institute of Justice recently released a handbook to help a wide range of social service practitioners, in juvenile justice and beyond. The new document, "Measuring Success: A Guide to Becoming an Evidence-Based Practice," breaks the process into three steps and offers an easy-to-follow methodology to measuring performance. Read more �
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