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Mon March 2, Mandatory Reporter Training Development team meeting - at CCAP 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Wed March 18, JDCAP Training Committee Meeting 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Additional Information
21st National Symposium Call for Presentations
The National Partnership for Juvenile Services is pleased to issue a "Call for Presentations" for our upcoming 21st National Symposium on Juvenile Services being held September 27 - October 1, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Wyndham Grand Hotel. To make this Symposium a success, we need juvenile services professionals to share their experiences and expertise.
Prospective workshop presenters are encouraged to submit proposals on a variety of topics including, but not limited to Current & Emerging Issues for the Juvenile Justice Practitioner, PREA Issues and Updated, Training and Performance Improvement for Staff, Implementing & Evaluating Effective Educational Strategies for Youth, Leadership Issues, Strategies for Understanding and Effectively Addressing DMC, Providing Services for Youth in Adult Facilities, and Community-Based Services.
Call for Presentations
Webinar To Discuss Compassion Fatigue in Juvenile Justice Practitioners
On February 18, 2015, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET, OJJDP, in collaboration with the OJJDP National Center for Youth in Custody, will present "Take Care of Yourself: Identifying & Responding to Caregiver Compassion Fatigue." Professionals working with youth involved in the juvenile justice system are particularly vulnerable to compassion fatigue-the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of exposure to traumatic stories or events and/or suffering from working in a helping capacity. This webinar will highlight the signs and symptoms associated with this condition and resiliency and recovery strategies for staff.
Resources:
Register for this free webinar.
Applications Being Accepted for Youth Justice System Improvement Programs
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR), in partnership with the OJJDP Center for Coordinated Assistance to States (CCAS), is accepting applications for the following:
Resources:
Read CJJR's Crossover Youth Practice Model and learn about its certificate programs.
Webinar To Explore Risk Assessment in Juvenile Probation Departments
On February 19, 2015, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET, OJJDP, in collaboration with the National Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center (NJJEC), will present "Implementing Risk Assessment Tools and Measuring Outcomes." This webinar will focus on implementing evidence-based risk assessment tools within state and local juvenile probation departments. Presenters will discuss steps juvenile probation departments in Louisiana took to implement risk assessment tools and highlight how the data they collected informed policies and practices.
Resources:
Register for this free webinar.
Access NJJEC resources.
From the Center on Sentencing and Corrections
New Report Examines Misuse of Local Jails, Its Impact on Communities, and Opportunities for Reform
Local jails exist in nearly every town and city in America, built to hold people deemed too dangerous to release pending trial or at high risk of flight. This, however, is no longer primarily what jails do or whom they hold as people too poor to post bail languish in jail and racial disparities disproportionately impact communities of color. Today, three out of five people in jail are unconvicted of any crime and nearly 75 percent of both pretrial detainees and sentenced offenders are in jail for nonviolent offenses.
In Incarceration's Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America, Vera's Center on Sentencing and Corrections takes a deeper look at our nation's misuse of local jails to determine how we arrived at this point. It also highlights jurisdictions that have taken steps to mitigate negative consequences, all with the aim of informing local policymakers and their constituents who are interested in reducing recidivism, improving public safety, and promoting stronger, healthier communities.
This report was created with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as part of its Safety and Justice Challenge initiative, which seeks to reduce over-incarceration by changing the way America thinks about and uses jails. Core to the Challenge is a competition designed to support efforts to improve local criminal justice systems across the country that are working to safely reduce over-reliance on jails, with a particular focus on addressing disproportionate impact on low-income individuals and communities of color. More information is available at www.SafetyandJusticeChallenge.org.
