OJJDP National Conference Program - Office of Juvenile Justice ...

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