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AGENDA: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13Thursday, October 13, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.(continued)WorkshopsThe West Side Story Project(Track: Law Enforcement Partnerships)National Harbor 4–5Pamela Beal, WriterKim Bogucki, Seattle Police DepartmentLinda Puoplo, City of White Plains (New York) Youth BureauModerator: Tawana Waugh, Office of Community OrientedPolicing ServicesThis session will examine the West Side Story Project, whichbegan in 2007 as an innovative collaboration between theSeattle Police Department, the Seattle Police Foundation,and Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre. This project created anopportunity for law enforcement to partner with a local theaterin cooperation with schools and youth organizations todevelop new approaches to gang prevention, youth violence,youth-police relations, and cultural conflict. Participants willlearn how they can form a collaboration between police,schools, and theater to develop and implement their ownWest Side Story Project, as well as plan for pre- and postprojectsurveys to measure outcomes and other importantresults for followup activities.The National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence:An Update for Policy and PracticeNational Harbor 6David Finkelhor, Crimes Against Children Research Center,University of New HampshireSherry Hamby, Department of Psychology, Sewanee: theUniversity of the SouthHeather Turner, Department of Sociology, University of NewHampshireModerator/Presenter: Kristen Kracke, OJJDPThis workshop will provide an overview of the National Surveyon Children Exposed to Violence. Participants will learnabout the latest findings, particularly in the area of polyvictimizationor multiple kinds of victimization. In addition, thepanel will discuss how to use the findings and the surveyinstrument to screen youth for a broad range of violenceexperiences and to better assess their levels of risk andtrauma for intervention. The panel will also discuss thepolicy and practice implications for these key findings.Federal Role in Equal Opportunity to Educationand Access to Justice for Juvenile JusticeSystem-Involved YouthNational Harbor 10Anurima Bhargava, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department ofJusticeJonathan Smith, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of JusticeModerator: Lynn Overmann, U.S. Department of JusticeThis workshop will allow the audience to interact with federalstaff from the Department of Justice’s Educational Opportunitiesand Special Litigation Sections of the Civil RightsDivision and the Access to Justice Initiative. The workshopwill highlight education, conditions of confinement, courtimprovement, access to legal counsel, and related justiceissues that impact vulnerable children who are at risk forbeing incarcerated or who are in state custody.Comprehensive Anti-Gang Strategies(Track: Anti-Gang Strategies)National Harbor 11Candace Kane, Project CeaseFireModerator: Dennis Mondoro, OJJDPPanelists will discuss the different components of OJJDP’sComprehensive Anti-Gang Strategy and how communitiescan access resources to assist them in addressing theirspecific youth violence/gang issues. Participants will learnhow to access successful prevention and intervention strategiesto address their response to youth gang issues andhow to work collaboratively with other federal agencies andcomponents of the Department of Justice on this complexsocial issue.Privacy: The Need To Know and the Need To ShareNational Harbor 12–13Judge Anthony Capizzi, Montgomery County (OH) JuvenileCourt; Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Privacy andInformation Quality Working GroupDr. Donald Bross, Kempe Foundation for the Prevention andTreatment of Child Abuse and NeglectJeff McDonald, Jefferson County (Colorado) Juvenile AssessmentCenterModerator: Christopher Traver, Bureau of Justice AssistanceThis session will address the need to ensure privacy andprotect sensitive data as a critical element of informationsharing to achieve positive outcomes for juveniles involvedin the justice system. Presenters will discuss need-to-knowinformation cases within a local juvenile assessment centerand the issues and concerns about the need to shareinformation in this environment. The session will coverprivacy concerns from both juvenile justice and child welfare20
Thursday, October 13, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.(continued)research perspectives and the family and youth perspective,based on focus group discussions from the National JuvenileInformation Sharing Initiative’s pilot sites. The goal of thissession is to promote improved procedures and policies ofinformation sharing across federal, state, and local agenciesand with youth and juvenile services within communities.National Center for Youth in Custody(Track: Youth in Custody)Potomac 1–3David Rousch, National Partnership for Juvenile ServicesTim Decker, Council of Juvenile Correctional Administratorsand Missouri Division of Youth ServicesElissa Rumsey, OJJDPModerator: Carol Cramer Brooks, National Center for Youthin CustodyPresenters in this workshop will provide the foundationalbasis for the work of the National Center for Youth in Custodyas well as an overview of the services that it provides.Presenters will discuss the Center’s three priority serviceareas: (1) providing those involved in youth custody serviceswith tools to improve their organizational culture, particularlythe conditions of confinement; (2) supporting and enhancinginvolvement in the core requirements of the Juvenile Justiceand Delinquency Prevention Act; and (3) understanding,strengthening, and promoting family and community engagementin all aspects of youth custody.Children’s Advocacy Centers: MultiagencyPartnerships To Protect ChildrenPotomac 4–6Robert E. Cramer (retired), Former Member of CongressChris Newlin, National Children’s Advocacy CenterMuriel Wells, National Children’s Advocacy CenterModerator: Lou Ann Holland, OJJDPPanelists will discuss Children’s Advocacy Centers, whichuse multidisciplinary teams of professionals involved in childprotective, victim advocacy, law enforcement, prosecution,and physical and mental health services to coordinate theinvestigation, treatment, and prosecution of child abusecases. The panel will examine how this innovative modelcoordinates the response from the criminal and civil systemswith a strong focus on the needs of each individual childand how Children’s Advocacy Centers have revolutionizedthe response to child sexual abuse in the United States andother countries.Changing the Culture of Violence: A Neighborhood-Based Approach to Crime PreventionChesapeake 1–3David E. Whittaker, Chicago Area ProjectHoward Lathan, Chicago Area ProjectMichael A. Borum, South Shore Drill TeamJoy Hernandez, Chicago Area ProjectRickey Williams, Chicago Area ProjectModerator: Karen J. Bachar, OJJDPThis session will examine successful strategies and locallybased approaches to community crime prevention thatengage indigenous leaders, residents, and youth in planningand implementing strategies to reduce youth involvement incriminal activity. This session will also explore 75 yearsof the Chicago Area Project’s practices and programs,including its advocacy-based approach to neighborhood andyouth development and capacity-building strategies thatsupport neighborhood youth and community developmentpractitioners.Following the Evolution: What Works, the ModelPrograms Guide, and CrimeSolutions.gov(Track: Reconstructing the Ivory Tower)Chesapeake 4–6Denise Gottfredson, Department of Criminal Justice andCriminology, University of MarylandMarcia Cohen, Development Services Group, Inc.Phelan Wyrick, Office of Justice ProgramsModerator: Brecht Donoghue, OJJDPPresenters will discuss the evolution of the Office of JusticePrograms’ (OJP’s) evidence-based efforts, how OJPidentifies and reviews programs, and the current state ofevidence-based program development. The discussion willfocus on the publication of the National Institute of Justice’sPreventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn’t, What’sPromising in 1997; OJJDP’s development of the Model ProgramsGuide in 2000; and the June 2011 launch of OJP’sCrimeSolutions.gov, which offers online resources that userigorous evaluation evidence to assess program effectivenessacross a broad range of juvenile and adult criminaljustice and victims’ programs.The Invisible Population: Mothers in the JuvenileJustice System (Track: Girls at the Margin)Chesapeake D–FJeannette Y. Pai-Espinosa, The National Crittenton FoundationMalika Saada Saar, The Rebecca Project for Human RightsLaurie A. Westley, Girl Scouts of the USAModerator: Kristie Brackens, OJJDPAGENDA AT A GLANCEAGENDA: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13Panelists will discuss the needs of pregnant and parentingyoung women under correctional supervision and share21
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