SAVE THE DATES - PREA TRAINING

September 24-27, 2013

Penn Stater, State College PA

JDCAP is hosting our annual Juvenile Justice Conference Sept 24-27 at the Penn Stater, State College PA with special sessions available for 3800 licensed facilities providing services for juvenile justice referrals.

Please share this announcement with all impacted juvenile justice facilities.

In response to the Bureau of Human Service Licensing recent announcement regarding the implementation of PREA Standards for Juvenile Justice Facilities, JDCAP is shifting the focus of our annual conference to offer an agenda focused on PREA implementation in PA. JDCAP is working with the Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services, the PREA Resource Center and DPW to offer sessions designed to address PA specific issues for PREA implementation.

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Click here for the conference registration information.

If anyone has any questions about PREA Compliance, please feel free to contact WBear@pacounties.org

Additionally, a rather extensive list of resources are available at the PREA Resource Center

Questions or comments about the BHSL announcement can be directed to the Operator Support Hotline at 1-866-503-3926.

If you know an organization that is interested in sponsoring the conference, please pass on the below sponsor and vendor information.

Sponsor and Vendor Information 

Save the Dates

The next JDCAP Training Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday August 27, 10am-2pm at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center. The training committee will be sent a proposed agenda in advance of this meeting.

The next JDCAP Standards Committee meeting is rescheduled for Thursday August 22 (10:00 AM) at the Abraxas Academy in Morgantown PA. During this meeting, we will review the Physical Plant standards.

Additional Information

Podcasts Address Impact and Prevention of Underage Drinking

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP's) Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center is hosting the podcast series "A National Conversation on Protecting Our Youth" to provide environmental strategies that address underage drinking-related issues in communities, states, and territories and reduce youth access to alcohol. Parents, researchers, law enforcement officials, coalition members, youth groups, advocates, and experts discuss public health and safety issues of youth alcohol use and share successful outcomes and strategies.

Resources:

Access the podcasts.

MacArthur Foundation Announces New Partnership to Advance Juvenile Justice Reform

Building on its nearly 20-year, $150 million investment in supporting juvenile justice reform, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced an additional commitment of $15 million to the field, in part to establish the new Models for Change Resource Center Partnership. The Partnership will provide public defenders, judges, policymakers, advocates, probation officers, mental health and social service agencies, and others with much needed technical assistance, trainings, tools, and resources to help advance juvenile justice reform across the country.

The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice at Policy Research, Inc. is pleased to be a partner in this major initiative and will lead the Resource Center designed to promote and support adoption of new resources, tools, and program models to help those in the field better respond to youth with mental health needs.

By close of 2013, four Resource Centers will offer specific assistance on the following areas critical to continued change in juvenile justice:

• The Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Collaborative for Change: A Training, Technical Assistance and Education Center, focusing on response to mental health needs;
• The National Juvenile Defender Center, focusing on stronger legal defense for indigent youth;
• The Status Offense Reform Center, focusing on interventions for youth charged with status offenses (activities that are criminalized for those under 18, e.g., truancy, running away, curfew violations); and,
• The Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice, focusing on coordination of practices and policies for youth involved in both the juvenile justice and child welfare systems, and enhancement of probation system practices.

The Partnership is based on nearly twenty years of research, practice, and reform efforts that have reached more than 35 states, much of which was made possible by the Foundation's Models for Change: Systems Reform in Juvenile Justice Initiative.

For more information about the Partnership and the individual Resource Centers, please visit: Models For Change Resource Centers

DOJ Solidifies Commitment to Scientific Integrity

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has released its Scientific and Research Integrity Policy. The policy is designed to promote and ensure the objectivity and independence of the Department's scientific endeavors. It lays out principles for maintaining and strengthening a culture of scientific validity and reliability. (BJS and NIJ)

Report Discusses Drop in Inmate Deaths

"Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2011 - Statistical Tables" (NCJ 242186, 41 pp.) presents national and state-level data on the number of inmate deaths that occurred in local jails and state prisons, and includes aggregated data on deaths in federal prisons. (BJS)

Research on Teen Dating Violence - NIJ Publications Update

Through the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, NIJ has made available the following final technical report (this report is the result of an NIJ-funded project but was not published by the U.S. Department of Justice):

Title: Review of the Findings from Project D.A.T.E.: Risky Relationships and Teen Dating Violence Among At-Risk Adolescents (pdf, 237 pages)

Authors: N. Dickon Reppucci; Barbara Oudekerk; Lucy Guarnera; Alison Nagel; Cristina Reitz-Krueger; Tammi Walker; Todd Warner 
 
OJJDP's Missing and Exploited Children's Program To Host Webinar on Interviewing Children With Disabilities

On August 21, 2013, at 2 p.m. ET, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Missing and Exploited Children's Program (MECP) will present the Webinar "Interviewing Children With Disabilities." This 60-minute Webinar will provide an overview of common developmental disabilities and provide strategies for interviewing children with disabilities who have experienced or witnessed abuse.

Resources:

Register for this free Webinar.

OJJDP Webinar To Explore Survey Data Collection

On September 5, 2013, at 2 p.m. ET, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's National Training and Technical Assistance Center, in collaboration with the National Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center (NJJEC), will present "Demystifying Survey Data Collection." This 90-minute Webinar will focus on the process of survey data collection-methods of electronic data entry, tabulation and reporting, and paper-and-pencil surveys. Panelists will describe how to develop a participant survey, format data for efficient use, and use descriptive statistics to summarize results.

Resources:

Register for this free Webinar.