What's New

New! April Resources:

• Mental Health Screening within Juvenile Justice: The Next Frontier
• New Certificate Programs at the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform
• Assessing Juvenile Psychopathy: Developmental and Legal Implications
• Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Systems Integration Initiative: A Promising Progress Report

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Job Opportunity: TA Partnership Juvenile Justice Resource Specialist and Neglected/Delinquent Technical Assistance Center Co-Director

The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) and the National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children who are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk (NDTAC) projects at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) seek a Juvenile Justice expert of national repute to fill a shared position (50% each) based in Washington, DC. AIR is one of the largest applied behavioral and social science research organizations in the world. The TA Partnership is a collaborative effort between AIR and the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health (FFCMH). FFCMH is a family-run organization dedicated exclusively to helping children with mental health needs and their families achieve a better quality of life. Through this partnership, we model the family-professional relationship that is an essential value in our work. NDTAC, under a contract to the U.S. Department of Education (USED), provides direct (technical) assistance to state agencies with programs under Title I, Part D of the No Child Left Behind Act.

For complete information, read the full job announcement (PDF).

Resources and Publications

Written by former TA Partnership Juvenile Justice Resource Specialist, Joyce Burrell, Juvenile Justice & Mental Health: Working Together for the Best Outcomes for Youth With Serious Emotional Disorders provides an overview of some of the mental health issues facing many of the children and adolescents in the juvenile justice population. Click here to learn more>>

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The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk (NDTAC), a the result of a contract between the U.S. Department of Education and the American Institutes for Research (AIR), operates to improve educational programming for youth served in the juvenile justice and neglect systems as well as those at risk for delinquency and academic failure. NDTAC is legislated to:

• Develop a uniform evaluation model for State Education Agency (SEA) Title I, Part D, Subpart I programs
• Provide technical assistance (TA) to states in order to increase their capacity for data collection and their ability to use that data to improve educational programming for N/D youth
• Serve as a facilitator between different organizations, agencies, and interest groups that work with youth in neglected and delinquent facilities

For more information about NDTAC and its services, visit their Web site at http://www.neglected-delinquent.org.

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Public Programs and Insurance Information
The Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) Center hosts this list of resources on medical assistance, home and community-based waiver programs, and other health information and advocacy fact sheets.

To access this information, visit
http://www.pacer.org/health/insurance.htm

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Partnerships for Youth Transition Call: Maintaining Continuity of Care for Transition-Age Young People with Mental Health Needs

The call was moderated by Jan Richter, and the three incredible presenters were Chris Koyanagi from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Patti VanWagoner, Assistant Director of Utah’s Department of Child and Family Services, and Gwen White, Project Director of the system of care initiative, including Partnerships for Youth Transition (PYT), in Allegheny County.

To view summary notes from this call, click here.

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Teen Parents and the Law Program
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Funding Opportunities

Funding Announcement: Reclaiming Futures Grant Expansion

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently announced an expansion of its Reclaiming Futures initiative, which assists youth involved with the juvenile justice system who are struggling with drugs and alcohol. The foundation will provide $6.5 million to support Reclaiming Futures’ ten pilot sites for two more years and help new sites implement the model over the next four. The expanded effort will create a national resource center to provide case studies and other data to communities seeking to enhance drug- and alcohol-related services for system-involved youth.  

Please apply if you are interested in doing focused work with youth struggling with drug and/or alcohol issues.

For more information, visit
http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/?q=whats_next

Past Presentations

Juvenile Justice Involved Youth: Issues and Models of Coordination
This presentation by Joyce Burrell is from the special Juvenile Justice Session at the 2006 Training Institutes in Orlando, Florida.

 

Collaboration and Consultation: Improving Outcomes for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
This presentation by Joyce Burrell is from Juvenile Justice consultation session at the Winter 2005 System of Care Community Meeting