CJJ Annual National Conference & Council of SAGs' Meeting: "Ensuring School Engagement and Success for Youth at Risk"

Joint Meeting: Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee and State DMC Coordinators
Gina Wood (VA), CJJ Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee Chair; Brad Richardson (IA), CJJ National DMC Coordinator Representative; Andrea Coleman, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; Nancy Gannon Hornberger, CJJ Executive Director; Mark Ferrante, CJJ Director, Leadership and Training Programs.
Q &A Session with TimeBanks USA Racial Justice Initiative: Edgar Cahn, Founder and Co-Leader, TimeBanks USA Racial Justice Initiative; Cynthia Robbins, Co-Leader, TimeBanks USA Racial Justice Initiative; Keri Nash, Associate for Legal Research and Outreach, TimeBanks USA, Racial Justice Initiative

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General Session: Resource Partner Updates and Keynote Address
Brief Resource Updates of Note:

• Jeffrey A. Butts, Executive Director, Criminal Justice Research & Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY: Positive Youth Justice – Framing Justice Intervention Using the Concepts of Positive Youth Development;
• Mark Fulop, Grants and Partnership Development Director, Reclaiming Futures: Supporting Youth with School and Community Connections to Increase Success;
• David Osher, Vice President, American Institutes for Research: A Collaborative Dashboard Approach to Enhance Transparency and Collaboration to Improve Youth and Family Outcomes. 

• Jeff Slowikowski, Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

• George Khaldun, Chief Administrative Officer, Harlem Children’s Zone, New York, New York

Concurrent Workshop: The Power of Collaboration: How Two Jurisdictions Reduced School Arrests, I Increased Safety and Improved Outcomes for Students
Presenters described a collaborative process successfully used to bring schools, police and other community stakeholders together to reduce school referrals to juvenile court.
Presenters: Hon. J. Brian Huff (AL), Presiding Judge, Jefferson County Family Court; Danielle Lipow, Director (AL), Juvenile Justice Policy Group, Southern Poverty Law Center; Hon. Steven Teske (GA), Presiding Judge, Clayton County Family Court.

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Concurrent Workshop: The Connect Effect: How a Community of Practice Bridges Systems to Benefit Youth
This workshop described the National Community of Practice (CoP) on Behavioral Health, an affiliation of 13 states and 21 national organizations allied to promote behavioral health and effective interventions, and ways to apply CoP concepts across agency and organizational boundaries and unite people in shared work.
Presenters: Joanne Cashman, Director, IDEA Partnership at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education; Claudette Fette, Parent, Texas Federation of Families; Judith G. “Judie” Storandt, Senior Staff Attorney, National Disability Rights Network.
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Concurrent Workshop: The Care Team Concept, Stark County, Ohio
This workshop focused on a school-based, multi-agency approach for prevention, early intervention and treatment services for youth, which increases protective factors and improves the likelihood of success at school, in the community and at home.
Presenters: Sally Efremoff (OH), Chief Magistrate, Stark County Family Court; Richard Hull (OH), Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Fairless School System, Stark County; Hon. David E. Stucki (OH), Senior Judge, Stark County Family Court
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Concurrent Workshop: The AMIkids Experiential Education Curriculum
Presenters provided a detailed description of the programs of AMIkids, an experiential education curriculum with supporting strategies to engage youth in learning and accelerate student achievement.
Presenters: Eric Hall, Director of Education, AMIkids, Inc.; Frank A. Orlando, Director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy at Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Betty Quintairos, Operations Manager, AMIkids, Inc.
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Concurrent Workshop: Learn to Earn: Improving Academics and Career/Technical Training in Placement
Youth returning to the community from placement face immense challenges. This workshop showcased how the Pennsylvania Academic and Career/Technical Training Alliance (PACTT) works to improve academic and career/technical training in residential facilities, provide employment training and improve linkages to schools and jobs, upon reentry.
Presenters: Candace Putter, Director, Pennsylvania Academic and Career/Technical Training (PACTT) Alliance; David Smith, Career and Technical Specialist, PACTT Alliance; Susan Will, Academic Specialist, PACTT Alliance

Concurrent Workshop: Research and Best Practice for Engaging Families to Increase Student Success
This workshop highlighted promising practices for engaging families at the school and district levels, as well as successful efforts to engage justice system involved youth and families to improve youth outcomes, school attendance and achievement. 
Presenters: Mishaela Durán, Director of Government Affairs, National Parent Teacher Association; Lucretia Murphy, Executive Director, Maya Angelou See Forever Academy; Heidi Rosenberg, Senior Research Analyst, Harvard Family Research Project

Concurrent Workshop: Addressing the School-to-Prison Pipeline Through the Reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind) and State Legislation
The important opportunities presented by the reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (or “No Child Left Behind Act”) to change policies that contribute to the over-use of zero tolerance and other punitive school disciplinary measures were provided. Presenters also shared ideas and strategies for addressing the school-to-prison pipeline crisis at the state legislative level.
Presenters: Dan Farbman, Staff Attorney, Advancement Project; Matthew Cregor, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

The Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) gratefully acknowledges the generous sponsors of the CJJ Annual National Conference & Council of SAGs’ Meeting:

	The 21st Century Foundation and the 2025 Campaign for Black Men and Boys
	American Institutes for Research (AIR)
	Boy Scouts of America
	Patricia Connell, Illinois
	Cindy Durham, Tennessee
	Elizabeth Glazer, New York
	Gerald and Linda Hayes, North Carolina
	Rev. Dr. James G. Kirk and Elizabeth Kirk, Maryland
	Learning for Life
	Ward Loyd and Suzanne K. Loyd, Kansas
	Missouri Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, Missouri Department of Public Safety
	National Association of Youth Courts, Inc.
	The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk (NDTAC)
	The National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN)
	New Mexico Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
	Reclaiming Futures
	David R. Schmidt and Carol H. Williams, New Mexico
	Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
	Youth Transition Funders Group (YTFG)