Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform The Federal Role (2014) / Chapter Skim
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Each of these partners must be committed to a common goal, such as the one envisioned here of a developmental approach to juvenile justice reform, to realize the desired outcomes in each state, local, and tribal jurisdiction. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
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SOURCE: OJJDP presentation to the Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental pproach in A Juvenile Justice Reform, January 21-22, 2014. tion-sharing.
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. Other factors that the GAO has identified as enhancing and sustaining collaborative efforts involve engagement in eight specific practices: "defining and articulating a common outcome; establishing mutually reinforcing or joint strategies; identifying and addressing needs by leveraging resources; agreeing on roles and responsibilities; establishing compatible policies, procedures, and other means to operate across agency boundaries; developing mechanisms to monitor, evaluate, and report on results of collaborative efforts; reinforcing agency accountability for collaborative efforts through agency plans and reports; and reinforcing individual accountability for collaborative efforts through performance management systems" (U.S.
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5 Remarks of the Honorable Karol V Mason, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, at the meeting of the Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform, February 14, 2014, Washington, DC.
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As discussed in Chapter 2, one hallmark for a developmental approach to juvenile justice reform is incorporating the perspective of system-involved youth and families in decision making around juvenile justice interventions and reform agendas for system improvements. The coordinating council, which includes juvenile justice stake holders, provides an opportunity to fully engage justice-involved youths and families at the federal level and to include their perspectives in guiding policy, practice, and reform.
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For example, OJJDP staff report that the 2013 NRC report now permeates the agency's work with federal partners. However, the committee was unable to discern whether and how OJJDP has used the authority of the coordinating council to reinforce the developmental approach in each of the council's member agencies or to recommend future federal activities.
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Recommendation 5-4: OJJDP, with the support of the attorney general, should use the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention strategically to implement key components of developmentally oriented juvenile justice reform through interagency, intergovernmental (federal-state-local partnering) , and public-private partnering activities with specific measurable objectives.
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For example, separate categorical funding sources could be aligned and delivered through an OJJDP demonstration project. Recommendation 5-5: OJJDP should work with its federal agency and Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention partners (i)
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Medical and dental care School discipline Civic engagement Family literacy School resource Housing Case management officers Nutrition , Other: arts/culture; Community service , Family counseling Teen courts/specialty Transportation Planning coordination family literacy; courts, and collaboration ESL* Substance abuse Bullying prevention Mentoring Peer interventions Indigent defense Collaborations -- Evaluation treatment community agencies Mental health and Dropout prevention Vocational and Violence reduction Risk assessment , Short-term crisis Technical assistance behavioral services and recovery occupational placements and training (including anger training; management)
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This model took root across the nation, spreading to nearly 2,000 communities in more than 40 states and demonstrating the positive dividends of collaboration among law enforcement, mental health providers, advocates, and federal agencies such as SAMHSA and BJA (Council of State Governments' Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project, 2005; National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2012) .16 16 SAMHSA and BJA have funded initiatives that adopt this model, including SAMHSA's Law Enforcement and Behavioral Health Partnerships for Early Diversion grantees and the BJA-funded Council of State Governments' Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project.
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Recommendation 5-6: OJJDP, with support of the attorney general, should support and participate in an American Bar Association project to formulate a new and updated volume of standards for juvenile justice based on the developmental approach. 17 Personal communication on juvenile standards from Kevin Scruggs, Director, Criminal Justice Standards Project, American Bar Association, to Richard Bonnie, Chair, Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform, July 2014.
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. Recommendation 5-7: OJJDP should increase its capacity to provide training and technical assistance by initiating or capitalizing on partnerships with national organizations that provide training and guidance to their membership and recognize the need for enhanced training in the hallmarks of a developmental approach to juvenile justice reform.
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An example of this approach is already under way with the IACP and the MacArthur Foundation, with OJJDP support. In June of 2011, the IACP entered into a multiyear project with the MacArthur Foundation to increase the leadership role of state and local law enforcement executives in addressing juvenile justice issues.
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