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The next JDCAP Training Committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 13. The meeting reception will start at 9:00 AM and the agenda will run from 10A-3P at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center.

Additional Information

Registration Open for Global Youth Justice Training

On June 17-19, 2014, Global Youth Justice will host its 9th Global Youth Justice Training Institute in Cape Cod, MA. Participants will learn strategies to enhance juvenile diversion programs-teen, peer, youth, and student courts and peer juries. The agenda includes peer-to-peer training sessions on topics, including recruiting/training volunteers, grants and funding, increasing juvenile referrals, community partnerships, wrap-around services, and substance abuse screening and treatment. A half-day grant writing and resource session will also be offered.

Resources:

Register for the conference.

View the conference agenda.

OJJDP Bulletin Summarizes Juvenile Arrests

OJJDP has released "Juvenile Arrests 2011." This bulletin draws on data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Using UCR data that local law enforcement agencies across the country provide, the FBI prepares its annual Crime in the United States report, which summarizes crimes known to the police and arrests made during the reporting calendar year. OJJDP's annual Juvenile Arrests bulletins analyze data from the Crime in the United States report to characterize the extent and nature of juvenile crime. Among other findings, the bulletin reports that juvenile arrests in 2011 decreased 11 percent and juvenile violent crime arrests decreased 10 percent over 2010.

Resources:

"Juvenile Arrests 2011" (NCJ 244476) is available online.

OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2014

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2014. This issue's lead story highlights the National Mentoring Summit held in Arlington, VA.

The issue also includes special features on the following topics:

• The second public hearing of the Attorney General's Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence.
• A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Grand Rounds Session on youth violence prevention.
• A school discipline resource package released by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education.
• The launch of an AMBER Alert Twitter account.
• Expanded resources now available in OJJDP's Model Programs Guide.
• Upcoming events.

Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps Launches Juvenile Justice Resource Web Site

The Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps has launched the online Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice. This Web site, funded by the MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change Resource Center Partnership, serves as a resource hub for state and local jurisdictions nationwide that seek to improve outcomes for youth and families involved in juvenile justice and youth-serving systems and to enhance system performance. This site provides models, tools, research, onsite consultation, technical assistance, and a newsletter.

The National Juvenile Justice Network's Leadership Institute is looking for ten great reformers.

Picture somebody in your mind -- someone you know -- who wants to set the juvenile justice world on fire.  Someone who's fed up with seeing kids get kicked out of school for minor misbehavior, locked up without due process, or any of a hundred other unjust, unfair things that can blight young people's lives. A person, in other words, who is ready to take the next step to grow as a leader.  

Chances are this army-of-one you're picturing in your mind is ready to apply to the Youth Justice Leadership Institute, a robust, year-long fellowship program run by the National Juvenile Justice Network that focuses on cultivating and supporting professionals of color. Our goal is to create the foundation for a more effective juvenile justice reform movement by developing a strong base of advocates and organizers who reflect the communities most affected by juvenile justice system practices and policies.

By the way, your force-of-nature will not need to quit his or her job. Plus, it's free (or close to it). Travel and lodging is paid for; tuition is minimal when compared to other programs of this length and intensity. 

Applications are due April 7, 2014.

Anyone who wants to apply for the Institute can:

learn more about it here or;

contact the Institute's coordinator, Diana Onley-Campbell, at diana@juvjustice.org.

This year, Diana will host two informational webinars for prospective applicants:

• March 12, 2014, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (click to register)
• March 17, 2014, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (click to register)

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