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CJJ National DMC Conference & Council of SAGs' Meeting, "Fundamental Fairness: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice"
October 23-25, 2010
Hyatt Regency on the Hudson
Jersey City, New Jersey
The Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) 2010 National DMC Conference was hosted by the New Jersey Association of County Youth Services Commissions, in partnership with the New Jersey Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee (the New Jersey SAG). The three-day conference highlighted practical and proven solutions for reducing and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice, utilizing approaches developed and/or evaluated for their effectiveness. The conference was preceded by a one-day training on October 22, with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), State Relations and Assistance Division (SRAD).
 Click here for the full conference program in PDF
Individual Session Information and Handouts:
DMC Coordinators Business Meeting (Saturday, October 23, 2:30 - 5 pm)
This meeting included presentations on OJJDP’s Community and Strategic Planning (CASP) Demonstration Project, the sharing of preliminary results from the 2010 CJJ DMC Survey of state polices and practices, and an open discussion among DMC Coordinators on “hot topics.”
Facilitator: Brad Richardson (IA), CJJ National DMC Coordinator
Presenters: Andrea Coleman, Program Manager, OJJDP; Tom Harig (NY),National Juvenile Justice Consultant
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation re 2010 CJJ DMC Survey in PDF
CJJ National DMC Conference Opening Session (Sunday, October 24, 1:30 – 3 pm)
Welcome and Introductions:
- David Schmidt (NM), CJJ National Chair
- Jean Krauss (NJ), Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee Chair
- The Honorable Jerramiah Healy, Mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey
Update from OJJDP:
- Melodee Hanes, Special Counsel to the Administrator , Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Keynote Address: The Impact of Large-Scale Juvenile Justice Reform on DMC
- Gladys Carrión (NY), Commissioner, Office of Children & Family Services
- Introduction by Elizabeth Glazer (NY), Juvenile Justice Advisory Group Chair
Click here for a transcript of Commissioner Carrión's keynote address
Click here for the executive summary of the October 2009 report from the New York Governor’s Task Force on Transforming Juvenile Justice
Policies and Practices that Unfairly Shift Youth of Color into the Juvenile Justice System (Sunday, October 24, 3:15-4:30 pm)
Disparities reflect the combined result of policies and practices that do not fully consider racially disparate impact. This presentation will review a set of policies that harm youth of color by increasing their likelihood of placement in the juvenile justice system and discuss some possible steps that can be taken to reverse these disturbing trends.
Presenter: Ashley Nellis (DC), Research Analyst, The Sentencing Project
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Diverting Youth of Color from the Formal Juvenile Justice System: What a Community with Limited Resources Can Accomplish (Sunday, October 24, 3:15-4:30 pm)
In Mahoning County, Ohio, the juvenile court has developed programs to assist parents, teachers, neighbors and law enforcement officials to deter youth of color from entering the formal juvenile justice system. This workshop explored traditional and innovative methods which can be utilized at little or no cost to prevent youth from needlessly being referred to the courts.
Presenters: Tonya S. Jones (OH), DMC Diversion Office, Mahoning County Juvenile Court; Tammy King (OH), Associate Dean, Youngstown State University, College of Health & Human Services; Fr. James Barkett (OH), DYS Administrator/DMC Coordinator; Judge Theresa Dellick (OH), Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas.
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The Critical Role of Schools in Combating DMC: National and Local Perspectives (Sunday, October 24, 3:15-4:30 pm)
This workshop presented a national perspective on the connection between schools and contact with the juvenile justice system and offered local solutions that include working with schools to proactively address low level offenses and involving youth as partners in this work.
Presenters: Nicholas Read (DC), Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research; DeAngela Milligan (DC), Research Associate, American Institutes for Research; John T. Hall (TN), Coordinator, Department of School Security, Memphis City Schools; Corinne Fiagome (OK), Coordinator, Tulsa County DMC Reduction Initiative.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation in PDF
Click here for a Workshop Handout: NDTAC Publications and References, in PDF
California’s DMC Reduction Efforts Through Educational Partnerships (Sunday, October 24, 3:15-4:30 pm)
California has prioritized its DMC reduction efforts by addressing bias through an interdisciplinary model that partners with education and other youth serving systems to unravel race-based decision making that contributes to higher drop out rates and increased suspensions and expulsions. This session focused on two major initiatives underway in California: the Statewide DMC Education – Regional Training Project and the DMC Community Prevention Pilot Project.
Presenters: Sandra McBrayer (CA), CEO, the Children’s Initiative; Sandy Keaton (CA), Sr. Criminal Justice Researcher, San Diego Association of Governments; Rita Cameron Wedding (CA), Chair, Department of Women’s Studies, Sacramento State University.
Using the Public Notice Forum to Dismantle Structural Racism – Recent Progress and a Roadmap for Replication (Sunday, October 24, 3:15-4:30 pm)
This workshop's goal was to demonstrate how your community’s legislators, judges, advocates and affected youth and families can come together to compel the use of alternatives that reduce DMC. The presenters discussed the strategy, road map and preliminary outcomes.
Presenters: Edgar Cahn (DC), Founder and Co-Chair of Timebanks USA; Cynthia Robbins (DC), Co-Founder and co-team leader of the Racial Justice Initiative of TimeBanks USA.
Click here for a Workshop Handout: How to Make Fair Hearings More Fair, Clearinghouse Review, July-August 2010, in PDF
Click here for a Workshop Handout: An Offer They Can't Refuse, in PDF
Keynote Address: Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth (UNITY) - Preventing Violence before it Occurs, Implications for Addressing DMC (Monday, October 25, 8:30-9:30 am)
Presenters: Xavier Morales (CA), Program Manager, Prevention Institute; Neil Rainford (GA), Program Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Division of Violence Prevention; Lt. Michael Sullivan (MN), Minneapolis Police Department; Prof. Howard Pinderhughes (CA), University of California, San Francisco.
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DMC in the JJDPA Core Requirements: An Analysis of State Compliance Data to Assess whether Minority Youth are Overrepresented in Law Enforcement Facilities (Monday, October 25, 11 am - 12:15 pm)
As a “core requirement” of the JJDPA, DMC is closely linked to the other three core requirements: DSO, Jail Removal and Separation. This workshop analyzed and discussed the implications of DMC vis-à-vis the other three core requirements.
Presenters: Susan Davis (CO), Compliance Monitor; Shari Morris (MD), Compliance Monitor; Melissa Sickmund (PA), Chief of Systems Research, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Mike Pennington (PA), Director, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Commission on Crime and Delinquency
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Strategies for Reducing DMC through the Children and Youth Planning Boards: Fundamental Uses of Data and Best Practices (Monday, October 25, 11 am - 12:15 pm)
This workshop was designed to show how the Jefferson Parish (LA) Children and Youth Planning Board, a multi-agency collaborative, has implemented DMC reduction strategies which have successfully resulted in increased access to evidence-based services, reduced the number of youth in secure detention and identified sources of juvenile arrests through targeting school exclusion practices.
Presenters: Roy Juncker, Jr. (LA), Director, Jefferson Parish Department of Juvenile Services; John S. Ryals, Jr. (LA), Evaluation Treatment Supervisor, Jefferson Parish Department of Juvenile Services; Matthew J. Villio (LA), Project Coordinator, Models for Change Initiative, Jefferson Parish.
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Cops and Kids of Color: The Philadelphia DMC Youth/Law Enforcement Curriculum (Monday, October 25, 11 am - 12:15 pm)
The Pennsylvania Youth/Law Enforcement Curriculum is a one day training for police academy recruits, experienced law enforcement officers and youth. This workshop was designed to provide an overview of the curriculum, a description of its evolution and a dialogue of why it was developed and the successes achieved to date.
Presenters: David Scott (PA), Deputy Chief, SEPTA Police Department; Edwin Desamour (PA), Executive Director, Men in Motion in the Community (MIMIC); James Randolph (PA), Retired Deputy Commissioner, Department of Human Services.
Achieving Better Outcomes for High Risk Youth of Color: Practical Ways to Share Services Across Systems in Multnomah County, OR (Monday, October 25, 11 am - 12:15 pm)
This workshop described a successful cross-system collaboration in Multnomah County to successfully reconnect probation involved youth to school and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in suspensions, expulsions and subsequent referrals to the juvenile justice system.
Presenters: Kevin Hunking (OR), Multnomah Education Service District; Robert Halverson (OR), Community Justice Manager, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice; Keith Murphy (OR), Juvenile Counselor, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, Youth Development Services Program.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation in PDF
Click here for the Workshop's reference documents, in PDF
The Role of Data in Reducing the Utilization of Secure Detention for African American Youth in Dallas County, TX (Monday, October 25, 11 am - 12:15 pm)
This workshop described detention data collection and analysis methodologies employed in Dallas County, TX as well the intentional work of local committees to address the overrepresentation of African American females in the juvenile justice system.
Presenters: Honorable Gracie G. Lewis (TX), District Judge, Criminal Court, Dallas County; Michael L. Lindsey (TX), Nestor Consultants; Roger D. Taylor (TX), Field District Supervisor for Probation Services, Dallas County
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Evening Reporting Centers – Moving Beyond Supervision: Baltimore, MD, and Berks County, PA (Monday, October 25, 2 - 3:15 pm)
Evening Reporting Centers were featured which have developed programs and services beyond basic supervision, without stepping into territory more appropriate for youth who have already been adjudicated. The presentations covered experiences in Baltimore, MD and Berks County, PA, both leading sites in the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change DMC Action Network.
Presenters: Samantha Mellerson (MD), Director of Education and Social Justice, Family League of Baltimore City, Inc.; Joe Smith (MD), Assistant Program Manager, Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Employment Development; Jeff Gregro (PA), Berks County Juvenile Probation Office; Robert Askew (PA), Director of Business Development, Children’s Home of Reading.
Click here for the Berks County (PA) PowerPoint Presentation in PDF
Click here for the Baltimore (MD) PowerPoint Presentation in PDF
Click here for a Workshop Handout on Case Studies, in PDF
Engaging Young People in Statewide Efforts to Address DMC and Improve Juvenile Justice Systems in New York (Monday, October 25, 2 - 3:15 pm)
New York has utilized strategies to receive community input regarding the state’s juvenile justice system, increase youth participation on its State Advisory Group and address issues of disproportionate minority contact by empowering young people and families personally affected by the system. Presenters highlighted results of community focus groups and related projects and discuss ways of developing a statewide juvenile justice youth advisory council.
Presenters: Courtney Ramirez (NY), State DMC Coordinator; John Daye (NY), Juvenile Justice Youth Advisory Council Member; Jacquelyn Greene (NY), Director of Juvenile Justice Policy, Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation in PDF
Preventing Delinquency through Station House Adjustment and School Based Youth Services in New Jersey
This workshop was designed to demonstrate how the needs and concerns of at risk minority youth are addressed when two distinct initiatives (Station House Adjustment and School Based Youth Services) collaborate to reduce the disproportionate contact of youth of color with the juvenile justice system.
Presenters: Sgt. Jim DeVaul (NJ), Maplewood Police Department; Amanda Picone (NJ), Program Manager, Loft School Based Youth Services Program, Columbia High HS, Maplewood; Michael DeLeon (NJ), CEO & Founder, Steered Straight Program; Craig Cochran (NJ), Director, School Based Youth Services Program, Atlantic City HS.
Click here for a Workshop Handout on Steered Straight, Inc., in PDF
Click here for a Workshop Handout on Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, in PDF
Click here for a Workshop Handout on The Loft School Based Youth Services Program, in PDF
Florida’s Collaborative Approach to Reducing DMC in the Juvenile Justice System (Monday, October 25, 2 - 3:15 pm)
The Florida SAG, in partnership with service providers, researchers, community leaders, and juvenile justice professionals, has spearheaded efforts to document and reduce disproportionate minority contact in Florida’s juvenile justice system. This workshop presented a comprehensive overview of the steps Florida leaders have taken to advance a solution-oriented focus that emphasizes the use of data in documenting disparity in the system, targeting service delivery needs, and evaluating the effectiveness of disparity reduction efforts.
Presenters: Dan Edwards (SC), President, Evidence Based Associates; Randy Nelson (FL), President, 21st Century Research & Evaluations; Kristin Winokur (FL), Vice-President, Justice Research Center.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation in PDF
Effective Police Interactions with Youth: The Connecticut Curriculum (Monday, October 25, 2 - 3:15 pm)
Effective Police Interactions with Youth is a 5-hour training curriculum that provides patrol officers with information to better understand adolescent development and with practical strategies for interacting with young people. The curriculum also addresses the problem of DMC at the earliest point in the juvenile justice system: initial contact between patrol officers and youth. Two experienced police officers presented a summary of Effective Police Interactions with Youth and its development process, and taught a segment of the curriculum.
Presenters: Sgt. Christopher McKee (CT), Windsor Police Department; Sgt. Andre Parker (CT), Waterford Police Department.
Click here for a Workshop Handout in PDF
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mark Ferrante, CJJ's Director of Leadership and Training Programs, at ferrante@juvjustice.org and 202-467-0864, ext. 102.
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