2019 Annual Conference

Bridging the Gap: Improving Outcomes for all Youth

To view the agenda click here. 

Each year, the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) hosts a national conference uniquely focused on improving juvenile justice and delinquency prevention systems, services, practices, and policies. More than 470 juvenile justice practitioners and advocates from across the U.S. and its territories attended. 
 
The full conference took place on June 20-22. In 2019, the conference focused on the latest research, developments, and challenges facing our field today. Specifically: 

• How can states and communities serve as leaders in shaping a better juvenile justice system for our most vulnerable youth
• How can we improve collaborations with young people with lived experiences in the systems we work with
• What can be done to leverage partnerships to help improve physical and mental health services and better address youths’ needs for education and housing?
• What role does advocacy play as communities seek to improve services and provide for trauma-informed care for children and youth? 

 If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. 

CJJ’s 2019 Annual Awards Ceremony. We honored 2019 awardee’s on June 20 for their outstanding work in the Juvenile Justice System.

Each year, CJJ recognizes leaders in the field of juvenile justice through our Annual Awards. The Tony Gobar Award is given in honor of a state juvenile justice specialist who has done outstanding work to improve juvenile justice. The A.L. Carlisle Child Advocacy Award is awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to youth, to juvenile justice improvement efforts, or in the broader area of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention concerns. The Spirit of Youth Award recognizes and celebrate a young adult who overcame personal obstacles in their life, but is now making significant contributions to society. 

Learn more about awardees in the 2019 Annual Awards Luncheon Program. 

Conference Resources

• 2019 CJJ Annual Conference Bios
• State Advisory Groups – Leading System Change (Print Version)

JJDPA Resources

• Understanding the JJDPA Session #1 – CRS
• Understanding the JJDPA Session #1- Jail Removal and Sight and Sound Separation Fact Sheet
• Understanding the JJDPA Session #1- JJDPA Reauthorization Summary December 2018
• Understanding the JJDPA Session #3 Leveraging New Federal Laws to Stop Solitary for Kids and Eliminate Abusive Conditions
• Understanding the JJDPA Session #3 Leveraging New Federal Laws to Stop Solitary for Kids and Eliminate Abusive Conditions– JJDPA Conditions-Fact-Sheet
• 6.21 JJDPA Overview

Presentation/Workshop Resources

• 6.20 A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH- Applying a Therapeutic Service Model
• 6.21 Implementing Data-Driven System Improvement
• City Partnerships to Improve Outcomes for Deep-End Youth – Alternatives to Arrest for Young People – National League of Cities
• City Partnerships to Improve Outcomes for Deep-End Youth- CJJ Conference Workshop Planning Doc
• City Partnerships to Improve Outcomes for Deep-End Youth- JJ Mayoral Reform – National League of Cities
• City Partnerships to Improve Outcomes for Deep-End Youth- Toward an Expanded City Role Supporting Youth in the Deep End of the JJ System – National League of Cities

• Transforming Justice Systems – Credible Messenger Justice Center Overview
• Community Passageways/Family Integrated Treatment: An Intensive Intervention for Minority Youth in the Justice System – CP FIT brochure 4
• Community Passageways/Family Integrated Treatment: An Intensive Intervention for Minority Youth in the Justice System – CP-FIT one pager
• Community Passageways/Family Integrated Treatment: An Intensive Intervention for Minority Youth in the Justice System – MST-FIT White Paper 
• Community Passageways/Family Integrated Treatment: An Intensive Intervention for Minority Youth in the Justice System – ITM 2 pager
• Handle With Care Maryland – CJJ Conference HWC Presentation
• Immigrant Youth Caught in the Crosshairs of our Justice System: What You Need to Know – Juvenile Justice and Immigrant Youth Fact Sheet May 2019 
• Immigrant Youth Caught in the Crosshairs of our Justice System: What you Need to Know Resource 1
• Immigrant Youth Caught in the Crosshairs of our Justice System: What you Need to Know- Protecting Immigrant Youth Policy Platform, August  2018
• Mindfulness, Meditation, and Sensory Integration in Juvenile Detention Settings – Mindfulness Mindlessness Meditation Shopping List
• Reducing Disparities: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Juvenile Justice Special Education Resource 1
• Reducing Disparities: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Juvenile Justice Special Education – Protocol for Safe & Affirming Care
• Unintended Consequences Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence