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.

WATCH FORM MORE INFORMATION AT www.jdcap.org

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 Wednesday November 13, 10A-2P at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justices Services Center. The training committee will be sent a proposed agenda in advance of this meeting.

The next JDCAP Standards Committee is Wednesday Sept 11 at 10:00 AM at the Abraxas Academy in Morgantown PA. During this upcoming meeting, we will review the Food Service standards.

Employment Opportunities

The Council of State Governments Justice Center has an immediate opening for a Policy Analyst for our growing Juvenile Justice Program for either our New York or Bethesda office.  Please share the attached job description with your network, and please ask any viable candidates to email me directly at jweber@csg.org with their resumes.

Policy Analyst Juvenile Justice

Additional Information

OJJDP Updates Statistical Briefing Book

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has updated its Statistical Briefing Book (SBB). Developed by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, SBB offers easy access to a variety of juvenile justice resources. Its data analysis tools allow users to create custom analyses of juvenile populations, arrests, court cases, and residential placement.

The following SBB resources have recently been updated:

• Easy Access to Juvenile Populations now includes data through 2012 on national, state, and county population estimates.
• Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, which provides information such as youth demographics, length of stay, and most serious offense; and Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports, which provides victim and offender demographics, now include national and state data through 2011.
• Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on juvenile homicide victims and juvenile homicide offenders now include data for 2011. Also available are answers to new FAQs on the Organization & Administration of Delinquency Services.

Series of Briefs on Trauma-Informed Approach Available Online

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), a program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Mental Health Services, has released six online briefs that discuss the key elements of a trauma-informed juvenile justice system. Topics include current issues and new directions in creating trauma-informed systems, assessment and interventions, family engagement, continuity of care and cross-system collaboration, trauma-informed care in facilities, and racial disparities within the system.

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