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Models for Change Lead Entities-National Resource Bank Summer 2013 Meeting

05/24/2013 10:17 AM

Jul 9–11, 2013 | Conrad Chicago Hotel, Chicago IL (Map) | CALENDAR

For representatives from the National Resource Bank organizations, you should attend if you have worked in Illinois as part of Models for Change. Part of the focus of the meeting will be on celebrating the work of Illinois Models for Change since it was launched in 2005. If you have been part of that work, you are invited by your Illinois colleagues to celebrate that collaboration and Illinois’ successes.

Close to Home: Promoting Effective Interventions for Youth in their Home Communities

05/15/2013 09:18 AM

May 30, 2013, 4:00–5:00 | Online (Webinar), (Map) | CALENDAR

On May 30th, 2013 the Coalition for Juvenile Justice is hosting a webinar, 'Close to Home: Promoting Effective Interventions for Youth in the Home Communities' showcasing recent juvenile justice reforms in New York City, and building on the Redeploy Illinois reform effort.

What are the implications for other states and localities--and possibly the nation--of the Close to Home and Redeploy Illinois approach?

What is the role of SAGs in promoting realignment strategies similar to those utilized by Close to Home and Redeploy Illinois?

Presenters:
Vincent Shiraldi, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Probation
Elizabeth Clarke, Juvenile Justice Initiative of Illinois
Esther Franco-Payne, Metropolis Strategies and Illinois SAG Member

Register today!

**PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS WEBINAR**

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

36th National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference

04/30/2013 03:03 PM

Aug 25–28, 2013 | Hyatt Regency Atlanta, (Map) | CALENDAR

Strategies for Success: Enhancing Advocacy for Children, Youth and Families

More than 36 years of experience has gone into developing this premiere three-day training, during which we will give you the most up to date knowledge and tools to advocate for your clients.

We know you have dedicated some of your practice to the representation of children and youth, parents, or the state in juvenile dependency, delinquency, or family law cases. This conference is the opportunity to come together with your fellow advocates to network and receive the most up-to-date resources available.

Due to the multidisciplinary nature of this work, we are bringing in professionals from the fields of medicine, mental health, social work, probation, law enforcement, and education, to both attend our conference and also serve as faculty.

The conference is comprised of Plenary Sessions and Breakout Sessions. Attendees are free to sign up for and attend any 1 of the 5 sessions offered during the Breakout Sessions. New this year, we will have the sessions broken out into 11 different categories.

19th National Symposium on Juvenile Services

02/22/2013 12:39 PM

Oct 20–24, 2013 | The Galt House Hotel, Louisville KY (Map) | CALENDAR

The National Symposium on Juvenile Services is a unique forum that brings together the leadership and direct care professionals from juvenile services and other human services professionals for training and the opportunity to network and share innovative program service approaches being implemented within the juvenile justice system throughout the country. We hope you will have a participatory role in shaping the agenda and future direction of our juvenile justice system.

8th Annual Models for Change National Conference

02/22/2013 09:47 AM

Dec 16–17, 2013 | (Map) | CALENDAR

Details forthcoming.

Pennsylvania and MacArthur's Models for Change: The Story of a Successful Public-Private Partnership

05/08/2013 02:34 PM

May 3, 2013 | Robert G. Schwartz | PUBLICATIONS

At the heart of the Models for Change story in Pennsylvania is the partnership between the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee (JJDPC), Pennsylvania's state advisory group (SAG). This monograph highlights some of the ways that Pennsylvania's SAG combined people, vision and dollars with those of Models for Change. It shows how the Foundation identified and collaborated with a key state agency to improve Pennsylvania's juvenile justice system. THe JJDPC and Models for Change supported many separate lanes on the highway of reform, but some of those lanes merged to create a smoother, faster pathway to common goals.

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Measurable Progress: A Summary of Illinois Juvenile Justice Reforms

04/25/2013 10:07 AM

Oct 1, 2012 | Various | PUBLICATIONS

This report summarizes some of the key changes in juvenile justice law, policy and practice that have taken place in Illinois during the period 2005 – 2012. These changes have accelerated over the life of the project and include a reduction in secure confinement and greater reliance on community-based alternatives, improved strategies and tools for juvenile justice planning and decision-making at both the state and local levels, expanded juvenile court jurisdiction, and extensive legislative and practice changes around issues as diverse as data collection and analysis, transfer, screening and assessment, indigent defense, restorative justice, diversion, and sentencing.

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Illinois Leaders Perspective

04/25/2013 10:00 AM

Apr 1, 2012 | Various | PUBLICATIONS

The goal of the Illinois Models for Change1 Fast Forward project was to hear and learn from a range of influential state leaders on how they view the current state of juvenile justice in Illinois, their ideas on where additional progress is needed, and their thoughts on how best to accomplish the work that remains to be done.2 This report summarizes the results of a series of semi-structured interviews conducted with dozens of individuals representing a diverse range of institutions and organizations, including members of the judicial, executive and legislative branches of government as well as private agencies, associations and organizations.

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Clark County Truancy Program: Mental Health Screening Protocols - Administering MAYSI 2

04/02/2013 10:48 AM

Nov 11, 2009 | Jodi Martin | PUBLICATIONS

Protocol incorporating MAYSI-2 screening into the Clark County Truancy Program intake procedure.

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Guidelines of Instructing Youth Prior to Administration of a Mental Health Screening Tool

04/02/2013 10:27 AM

Aug 18, 2009 | Valerie Williams, Thomas Grisso | PUBLICATIONS

This document was created to assist juvenile justice personnel when introducing youth to a mental health screening tool as part of an intake process.

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Prevent crime by giving children the right start

05/23/2013 10:37 AM

May 23, 2013 | St. Clair County (IL) State's Attorney Brendan Kelly | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | NEWSROOM

There is a growing consensus among law enforcement that we need to be doing much more on the front end to prevent crime on the back end. That’s why my office has created a Children’s Justice Division to focus our efforts on truancy, child support, delinquency, and child abuse and neglect in a way traditional prosecution doesn’t. However, we will never be able to arrest and incarcerate our way through the challenge of crime. Luckily for us, there are also other programs for…

A Public-Private Partnership that Works

05/23/2013 10:08 AM

May 23, 2013 | Autumn Dickman | Juvenile Law Center | NEWSROOM

Public-private partnerships are a staple of good government initiatives. Rarely, however, has such a partnership existed in juvenile justice on the scale of MacArthur Foundation’s collaboration with Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee (JJDPC). The story of that partnership is told in Pennsylvania and MacArthur’s Models for Change, a monograph published this month by Juvenile Law Center. It begins with MacArthur’s search for partner…

Voice of the Reader: Redeploy Illinois needs support

05/22/2013 01:13 PM

May 21, 2013 | Union County (IL) State's Attorney Tyler Edmonds | Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale) | NEWSROOM

My law enforcement colleagues do a good job addressing juvenile crime and making sure offending juveniles are taken off the streets. But we continually arrest and prosecute the same kids and send them off to state lock-up.

Editorial: Fighting crime the smart way

05/21/2013 09:05 PM

May 22, 2013 | Chicago Sun-Times | NEWSROOM

As recently as three years ago, more than 1,300 young people were locked up in juvenile prisons in Illinois, costing the state a small fortune, from $88,000 to $98,000 per inmate. Now, thanks in part to Redeploy Illinois, a program that has made it possible for counties to handle and treat nonviolent young offenders right in their communities, the state’s juvenile prison population has plummeted to about 850. Gov. Pat Quinn has been able to close two budget-busting juvenile prisons.

Violence in the streets can start in the home

05/20/2013 09:30 AM

May 17, 2013 | Adriana Cardona-Maguigad | WBEZ-FM (Chicago Public Radio) | NEWSROOM

CHICAGO -- Ubaldina is a mother of six, who works the night shift at a packing company so she can be there when her kids come home from school. She’s raising her kids alone now. She said her husband abused her verbally and physically almost every weekend.