Native American Youth In The Juvenile Justice System

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Vita-C There are several requirements to develop and nurture strong relationships and commitment. The first of those requirements can be described as people and organizations taking large doses of Vita-C. Vita-C describes action words connoting a commitment to develop and enhance relationships. Vita-C includes: Collaboration: literally means working together. Coordination: arrangement in proper order or proper relation. Communication: a giving of information. Consultation: the act of seeking information or advice. Cooperation: the act of working together in united effort or labor. Clarity: clearness. Creativity: the quality of being creative (inventive, productive, constructive). Courage: bravery, meeting danger without fear. While there are more Vita C words, these eight are particularly necessary for successful interagency relationships. If agencies take high doses of Vita C, the result would be positive interagency accomplishments and a reduction of turfism and other negative attitudes and outcomes. Who is Responsible? Most agencies would prefer that the other agency be required to cooperate with them. The question of who is responsible for resource sharing and cooperation is one that many organizations would rather not answer. The reason is that for there to be true collaboration, the relationship between agencies must be a give and take, conscious, negotiated relationship. It is much easier to be a demanding, one sided and organizationally self-centered agency or government. Organizations often feel threatened when required to share information, resources, or other assets. However, agencies that work with children, youth and families often have mutual interest, goals, and clients that necessitate collaborative effort. This makes collaboration an important responsibility of agencies to ensure clients receive the best possible service and/or care. Coordinated effort is essential to assist children, youth and families with multiple needs that require overlapping services from multiple agencies and programs. Coordination of effort is the responsibility of all governmental and non-governmental agencies to minimize duplication of effort, services, and redundant red tape Effective collaboration is inclusive of each organization that shares a mutual interest, role or responsibility in service delivery, policy or program development and implementation. This includes public and private organizations and agencies and involving practitioners, administrators and policymakers. Various community groups, Page 124 of 158
such as businesses, schools, the faith community and tribal spiritual leaders should also be involved. Lastly, it is important to remember that the citizens of the community, village or tribe are often stakeholders in certain policies and should be included. This would involve elders, parents, young people, and volunteers. The Talking Stick is a tool used in many Native American Traditions when a council is called. It allows all council members to present their Sacred Point of View. The Talking Stick is passed from person to person as they speak and only the person holding the stick is allowed totalk during that time period. Levels of Interaction Resource sharing and collaboration should occur at all levels of interaction. For governments it includes Tribal, County, State and Federal agency representatives. There may be instances when reservation districts, chapter houses, or villages would be included. Towns and municipalities would also be included in many circumstances as well as quasi-governmental organizations such as Councils of Government, Conservancy Districts and other creations of government. Levels of interaction in the private sector would include profit and non-profit business and organizations. In communities, schools, community centers, the faith community and traditional and cultural resources represent the major levels of interaction. Vita-C Promotes Mutual Respect Resource sharing is based in applying Vita-C to promote and enhance relationships. By applying Vita-C, diverse groups establish common ground to share visions, goals and values that make resource sharing possible. Agencies understand and validate the other agencies’ needs and wants. Agency staffs spend more time together in positive and productive interaction and there is an understanding and appreciation of one another’s roles and responsibilities. Collaborative effort increases community benefits due to greater presence and cooperation of all the agencies existing in a community. Public Policy Support for Collaboration Policies help people focus on issues, not the person or agency. Public policy greatly increases the chances for achieving resource sharing and collaboration goals and can include statutes, ordinances, and standard operating procedures. Formal relationships for collaboration can be established through intergovernmental and Page 125 of 158
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