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JJ Monitor
February 2022
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Register for CJJ's 2022 Annual Conference! |
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To register for the conference, click here.
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To book hotel reservations, click here.
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To view a draft agenda, click here.
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Nominate a Leader for CJJ's 2022 Annual Awards |
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Nominate a leader in the youth legal field for CJJ's 2022 Annual Awards. The deadline for submissions is February 18, 2022 today. Awards include the A. L. Carlisle Award, Spirit of Youth Award, and Tony Gobar Award.
The A.L. Carlisle Child Advocacy Award is presented by CJJ annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to youth, to improving the youth legal system, or in the broader area of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention concerns. To nominate someone for the A. L. Carlisle Award, click here.
Each year, the Spirit of Youth Award, meanwhile, is given by CJJ to recognize and celebrate a young person who overcame personal obstacles in their life, and is now making significant contributions to society. To nominate someone for the Spirit of Youth Award, click here.
The Tony Gobar Award, named in honor of the late Tony Gobar, a long-time Juvenile Justice Specialist from Mississippi, serves as a way for CJJ to recognize a state Juvenile Justice Specialist who has exemplified excellence in service to others, has been dedicated and committed to improving the juvenile justice system, and has demonstrated compassion and concern for youth and advocates. To nominate someone for the Tony Gobar Award, click here.
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Welcome to our new Executive Board members! |
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Alice Coil (WA)
Western Region Representative
Department of Children, Youth and Families
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Jill Ruggiero (CT)
Northeast Region Representative
Consultant
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Rachel Bingham (KY)
Organizational Membership Representative
Director of the Office of Statewide Programs
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CJJ recently welcomed three new Executive Board members.
On February 3rd, CJJ's Executive Board nominated Alice Coil and Jill Ruggiero to fill two vacant positions on the board.
Alice will serve as Western Region Representative. Alice has been involved with CJJ's work for the past five years as the Washington State Juvenile Justice Specialist.
Jill Ruggiero will serve as Northeast Region Representative. Jill has been actively engaged with CJJ as a conference presenter and an Organizational Member.
Earlier this month, Rachel Bingham was also voted in by her peers to serve in a newly created position on the Board. Rachel, who is the Director of Office of Statewide Programs for Kentucky's juvenile courts, will serve as the Board's first Organizational Membership Representative.
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Federal Update: Sign on to support federal juvenile justice appropriations |
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Members of Congress will soon begin considering appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023. The time is now to let them know what a critical role Title II and Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) play in keeping our kids and communities safe. Please consider having your organization or State Advisory Group join in this year's Act 4 JJ appropriations sign on letter.
Please read the letter here and sign your organization on here.
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February 17th at 3:30pm ET.
"Blunts, Bullets, and Belligerence: A Memoir Remembering the Students American Forgot."
Author Megan Blaising has dedicated her life to fostering visibility to disenfranchised and neglected communities and advocating for quality educational opportunities for all. Her professional background lies in urban education – namely education reform. She has served as a school counselor, social worker, legal advocate, leader, and education consultant. Currently, Megan is a Research Consultant at Anthem focusing on the vast inequities in healthcare. Megan published the book Blunts, Bullets and Belligerence: A Memoir Remembering the Students America Forgot. This book examines the lingering effect of discrimination and the way it has impacted our schools, students, and current societal constructs. She provides us with detailed accounts of the challenges the students faced while attempting to acquire an education. Moreover, she challenges the current educational system to address the why behind students' behavior instead of the behavior itself. Currently, Megan is pursuing her doctorate in Education in Organizational Leadership at Marian University.
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NYS SNUG Gun Violence Prevention Program
Thursday, March 24th, 2022, 3:00pm-4:00pm ET
The NYS SNUG Outreach Program is the only Statewide Outreach initiative in the U.S. SNUG that utilizes community residents, businesses and community-based organizations to implement coordinated strategies to reduce and prevent shootings and killings in communities with high rates of violent crime by using street outreach. The program relies on Street Outreach Workers (SOW’s) as integral positions to promote this initiative. These workers are individuals who live in and come from the communities in which they serve so that they can be viewed as credible messengers by persons at high risk of offense. The mission of SOWs is to unite community residents, community organizations and high-risk individuals in a way that eliminates retaliatory violence through mediation and diversion. By involving the highest-risk youth, i.e., those aged 14-25 years old, and targeting the most violent crime areas, known as “hot spots,” SNUG workers can connect with community groups and local businesses. This “connection” seeks to change community norms through a marked decrease in tolerance for violence by treating violence like a disease and addressing the “transmitters” of violence. By employing credible messengers (SOW’s) from the community who otherwise would have difficulty securing employment, the SNUG program also helps fulfill effective re-entry practices.
Presenters:
Jeffrey Clark, SNUG Program Director
Jerome Brown, Statewide Director of Training at Albany SNUG
This webinar is free for CJJ members. To become a member, click here.
To register for this webinar, click here.
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Would You Like to Blog for CJJ? |
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CJJ is looking for bloggers for CJJ Today to author stories and posts about juvenile justice. We're particularly interested in stories from State Advisory Group members or staff, CJJ individual or youth members, and CJJ organizational members, about issues at the state or local level, interesting programs or approaches, and perspectives about the course of juvenile justice reform at the local or state level. We also welcome blog posts from other juvenile justice system stakeholders. Blog posts can be between 400-750 words in length. Click here to see our other guidelines for blogs.
Suggested topics could include:
- School to Prison Pipeline;
- Girls in the Juvenile Justice System;
- Remedying Racial and Ethnic Disparities;
- Adolescent Brain Development;
- Evidence-Based Practices;
- Status Offenses;
- Family and Youth Involvement; or
- Promising Practices or Program Spotlights.
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In March 2021, Iowa’s SAG, the Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, voted to create and allocate resources to form a new subcommittee composed entirely of youth and young adults with either lived or proximate experience to Iowa’s juvenile justice system, recognizing the necessity of youth-adult partnerships to create a better juvenile justice system in Iowa. After that vote, the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (who provides staff support to the SAG) hired a young adult with lived experience to help lay the foundation. This individual created the framework for a subcommittee manual, an application process and orientation and onboarding materials. In December of 2021, the new subcommittee, the Youth Justice Council, had their first meeting.
This new subcommittee consists of seven young adults who represent different counties, identities and life experiences who virtually meet biweekly on Sunday evenings. The Youth Justice Council is tasked with creating their own priority areas and projects, providing recommendations to the SAG, and to advance youth engagement efforts within the juvenile justice system. Members have voted to have leadership positions, including a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Public Relations and more. The Chair of the Youth Justice Council co-creates agendas, facilitates the meetings and represents the subcommittee on the SAG.
Since their first meeting, members of the Youth Justice Council have been appointed to the Chief Justice’s Juvenile Justice Task Force, served on the state’s Family and Youth Engagement Summit planning team, presented at several meetings and events, and hosted a youth engagement training for the SAG in partnership with the Coalition for Juvenile Justice. The Youth Justice Council has also identified projects to focus on, which include: a Bill of Rights for youth in detention, ensuring youth have access to tampons in detention and group homes, and to ensure access to hygiene products for youth of color.
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Other News and Announcements |
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New Publications and Resources
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention released two reports:
The Pew Charitable Trusts released the following publications:
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CJJ invites you to share news from your SAG, organization, state, or region! Inclusion and editing of submissions are subject to CJJ editorial guidelines. |
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The Juvenile Justice Monitor is brought to you by staff and volunteer leaders of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, and supported by membership fees paid by CJJ's State Advisory Group Members, Members at Large, Organizational Members, and allies. We are grateful to all for their ongoing support.
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006-1631
(202) 827-9751
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