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CJJ Annual Spring Conference, Council of SAGs' Meeting & Hill Day: "Fair & Equal Justice: Alternative Sentences and Sanctions for Youth"
May 20-24, 2011
The Liaison Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
The conference featured speakers, panels and workshops addressing current themes and trends in juvenile justice sentencing reform, touching on the needs of status offenders, juvenile life without parole, policies and reforms resulting in positive family and community outcomes, sentencing reform and efforts to reduce racial/ethnic disparities, and more.
 Click here for the full conference program in PDF.
Click here for the 2011 CJJ National Awards Program in PDF.
CJJ Hill Day materials:
Click here for the CJJ 2011 Federal Funding Fact Sheet.
Click here for the CJJ Policy Agenda for the 112th Congress.
Please see below for resources from various sessions and workshops held throughout the conference:
Friday, May 20, 2011
Skill-Building Sessions
CJJ was pleased to offer, in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and Development Services Group, Inc. (DSG), the following concurrent skill-building sessions:
State Advisory Group (SAG) New Member/Refresher Training
An interactive session for both new and seasoned SAG members who wished to learn more about their roles and responsibilities and how other SAGs are meeting them. Topics included the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), federal funding, recruiting and retaining youth members, the four core requirements, and resources available for SAGs.
Trainers: Cassy Blakely (NE), Nebraska State Advisory Group Vice-Chair and Youth Member, Vicki Blankenship (AK), DSG SAG Training Consultant, Scott Pestridge (DC), Program Manager, State Relations & Assistance Division, OJJDP.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Strategic Three-Year Planning for State Advisory Groups
For SAG members who were interested in learning about coordinating, developing, and submitting their 2012 State Three-Year Plan and Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Assessment. Trainers assisted SAG members in employing core strategic planning methodologies to ensure the development of an effective, clear and data-driven plan.
Trainers: Tom Begich (AK), DSG SAG Training Consultant, Andrea Coleman (DC), DMC Coordinator, State Relations & Assistance Division, OJJDP, Lindsey Draper (WI), DMC Coordinator, Office of Justice Assistance, Joe Vignati (GA), CJJ National Juvenile Justice Specialist
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
CJJ hosted a screening of the powerful documentary film "Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story," followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker Daniel Birman and Linda O’Neal (TN), Executive Director, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. The lively discussion was moderated by Cindy Durham (TN), Chair, Tennessee State Advisory Group. To read more about the film and watch clips from it, please click here. Click here for the film's Facebook page. If you're interested in purchasing a DVD for personal/home use, please click here. To purchase DVDs for educational purposes, please contact Milena Jankovic at The Cinema Guild at mjankovic@cinemaguild.com or 212-685-6242.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
The Dollars & Sense of Juvenile Justice
The conference's opening session included welcome and introductions by CJJ's Executive Director Nancy Gannon Hornberger and CJJ's National Chair David R. Schmidt, followed by panel presentations by:
- Abby Anderson (CT), Executive Director, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance, and Co-Chair of the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN). Click here for Abby Anderson's presentation.
- Tina Chiu (NY), Director of Technical Assistance, Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit, Vera Institute of Justice.
- Marc Levin (TX), Director, Center for Effective Justice, Texas Public Policy Foundation. Click here for Marc Levin's presentation.
The session was moderated by Katayoon Majd, Program Officer for Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Public Welfare Foundation.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Workshop A: A Better System for Status Offenders: National Best Practices and Case Outcomes
This session highlighted three jurisdictions that have reformed their juvenile justice/court systems with immediate, individualized, and community-based services for status offenders, and examined the national implications of this paradigm shift.
Presenters: Yumari Martínez (NY), Associate Director of the Center on Youth Justice, Vera Institute of Justice, Dee Richter (FL), Deputy of the Family Safety Program Office, Florida Department of Children and Families, Annie Salsich (NY), Director of the Center on Youth Justice, Vera Institute of Justice. Moderator: Nancy Pfaadt, Kentucky State Advisory Group Chair.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Click here for a second Power Point Presentation from this session.
Workshop C: Improving Delinquency Outcomes for Abused and Neglected Children: Multi-System Collaboration
The multiple pathways through which youth enter the juvenile justice system require a multi-system response. This workshop explored the pathway of child abuse and neglect in terms of prevalence and co-variates. Practice and system responses to improve outcomes for this population of young people were presented.
Presenters: Shay Bilchik (DC), Research Professor and Director, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown University, John Tuell (DC), Co-Director, Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps/MacArthur Foundation Models for Change Initiative. Moderator: Martha Doyle (OR), State Advisory Group Youth Member.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Workshop D: Building Local Solutions to Systemic Issues: Utilizing Restorative Justice to Increase Cost-Effective Diversionary Options for Youth
This workshop discussed how two distinct programs—one urban, one rural—use restorative justice to increase cost-effective opportunities for youth engagement.
Presenters: Jon Kidde (VT), Diversion Enhancement Assessment Plan (DEAP) Coordinator, Vermont Association of Court Diversion Programs, S. Archye Leacock (PA), Executive Director, Institute for the Development of African-American Youth, Inc. (IDAAY), Wesley Jones (PA), Program Coordinator, Don’t Fall Down in the Hood, WIlliam Little (PA), IDAAY. Moderator: Erin Lear (MO), State Advisory Group Youth Member.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Workshop E: Community-Based Alternatives to Address Adolescent Domestic Battery
This session highlighted innovative community-based alternatives to detention and system penetration for youth charged with domestic battery. These programs demonstrate how community-based service structures are used in partnership with police and juvenile courts to safely and cost-effectively address juvenile domestic battery, intervene in the cycle of family violence, and improve outcomes.
Presenters: Jeff Gress (IL), Children’s Home Association of Illinois, Heidi Mueller (IL), Director of Juvenile Justice Programs, Youth Outreach Services. Moderator: Lisa Jacobs (IL), Program Manager, Illinois Models for Change Initiative, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Workshop F: A Comprehensive Strategy for Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Reform
This session discussed assessing and improving programs using evidence-based practices within the framework established by OJJDP’s Comprehensive Strategy for Chronic Violent Juvenile Offenders. Results for reducing confinement and recidivism were presented from Arizona and North Carolina and attendees had the opportunity to examine the early implementation currently underway in Tennessee.
Presenters: Buddy Howell (VA), Managing Partner, Comprehensive Strategy Group, Marion Kelly (VA), Managing Partner, Comprehensive Strategy Group, Mark Lipsey (IL), Director, Peabody Research Institute and Research Professor, Vanderbilt University, John Wilson (VA), Managing Partner, Comprehensive Strategy Group. Moderator: Linda W. Hayes (NC), CJJ Southern Region Chair.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Click here for a second PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Click here for a third PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Workshop G: Alternative Sanctions for Probation Violators and Impacts for Youth of Color
Graduated sanctions and incentives serve as alternative responses to post-adjudicative youth who violate the terms and conditions of probation. Used to design and implement graduated sanctions and to produce quantitative results in reduction of racial and ethnic disparities, this presentation emphasized the collaborative process among public stakeholders.
Presenters: Lance Horozewski (WI), Juvenile Justice Services Division Manager, Rock County Human Services, Karen Tucker (NC), DMC Coordinator, Union County. Moderator: Dana Shoenberg (DC), Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Children’s Law and Policy.
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
Click here for a second PowerPoint Presentation from this session.
The Coalition for Juvenile Justice gratefully acknowledges the generous sponsors of the 2011 Annual Spring Conference & Council of SAGs' Meeting:
 Bronze Circle ($5,000 or more) sponsors:
- Boy Scouts of America
- Maryland State Advisory Group
- New Mexico Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
Friends Circle ($1,000 to $4,999) sponsors:
- American Institutes for Research
- Cindy Durham, Tennessee
- Deirdre W. Garton, Wisconsin
- Development Services Group, Inc.
- Gerald and Linda Hayes, North Carolina
- Hawaii State Advisory Group
- Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission
- Rev. Dr. James G. Kirk and Elizabeth Kirk, Maryland
- National Association of Youth Courts
- National Juvenile Justice Network
- New Hampshire State Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice
- North Dakota Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group
- Strategic Applications International, Inc.
- Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
- Vermont's Children and Family Council for Prevention Programs
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