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• Strong links to family and community. • Staff counselors provide services and supervision. • Open-dorm model that promotes a therapeutic approach. Note: This content was not delivered during the listening session. It is provided as a reference. Sources for this description are 1) Advocates for Children and Youth, www.acy.org and 2) an online booklet from the Missouri Division of Youth Services, www.dss.mo.gov/dys/articles/progservice.pdf. • Seamless transition and postrelease services. Session Participants Identities of the family participants have been kept confidential. Other participants included: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention • Jeff Slowikowski, then-Acting Administrator. • Melodee Hanes, then-Acting Deputy Administrator for Policy. • Sue Hoag-Badeau, former Senior Fellow. Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children • Gina Womack, Executive Director. • Charmaine Washington. • Crystal Alphonse. • Ernest Johnson. • Linda Curry. • Gilcia Vasquez. • Sabrina Lewis. Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice • Orlando Martinez, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Coordinator, Orleans Parish. • Girard Melancon. • Donna Bowie, Family Liaison. Contact information for participants from the organizing agencies, where available, is provided in appendix B.
Chapter 2. Family Listening Session: April 27, 2011 Overview On April 27, 2011, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) hosted a family listening session in Washington, DC, with nine family members from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The family members invited to the listening session have or have had a child involved in the juvenile justice system. Organized in collaboration with the Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ), the family listening session afforded participants an opportunity to highlight and learn more about the challenges in dealing with the juvenile justice system. Facilitators from OJJDP and CFYJ asked family members to share their experiences, engage in meaningful dialog, and raise issues in a safe environment that encouraged disclosure without compromising confidentiality. Session Format The format of the session included brief introductions by family members and staff from OJJDP and CFYJ. Session facilitators assured the family participants that no names or other identifying information would be used outside the room. Family members were asked to respect the confidentiality of others in the room. Further, family members were advised that the session would be recorded for note-taking purposes only and that OJJDP would be producing a document in association with this listening session. In the interests of time and brevity, facilitators framed questions in a manner that objectively directed the family members while allowing the sharing of information regardless of its relevance to the questions posed. The session’s success was contingent on all of the family members being afforded an opportunity to share their experiences. In turn, they were asked to provide direct, succinct responses. The full list of questions, found in appendix A, served as background information and as a tool to clarify comments shared throughout this report and to inform and guide the questions posed to family members during the family listening session. Below is a summary of the participants’ responses. 7
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