coordinating council on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention

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Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

www.juvenilecouncil.gov

U.S. Departments of Education, Justice, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ● Office of National Drug Control Policy ● Corporation for National and Community Service

Background Information on the Council

Current Membership Information

Council Activities and Decisions

Meeting Calendar

November 30, 2006


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Background Information on the Council

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act established the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Council) as an independent body within the executive branch of the federal government. The Council's primary functions are to coordinate federal juvenile delinquency prevention programs, federal programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles, and federal programs relating to missing and exploited children.

The Council, which is chaired by the Attorney General, meets quarterly and at the call of its Chair. The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) serves as the Council's Vice Chair.

The Council, as restructured by the 1992 amendments to the JJDP Act, is composed of nine ex officio members and nine nonfederal members who are juvenile justice practitioners. The ex officio members are the Attorney General; the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, and Housing and Urban Development; the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service; and the Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security. The President may designate other key federal officials with significant decision making authority to serve on the Council.

For more information, visit the Council Web site at www.juvenilecouncil.gov.

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Membership

Coordinating Council members and designees

ORGANIZATION MEMBER DESIGNEE

1 Department of Justice Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General

2 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

J. Robert Flores, Administrator

J. Robert Flores, Administrator

3 Department of Health and Human Services

Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary Jerry Regier, Principal Deputy/Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

4 Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary Mason M. Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Administration

5 Department of Education Margaret Spellings, Secretary Deborah A. Price, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe Schools and Drug-Free Communities

6 Department of Housing and Urban Development

Alphonso Jackson, Secretary Ronald Ashford, Director, HOPE VI Community and Supportive Services

7 Office of National Drug Control Policy John P. Walters, Director Bertha Madras, Associate Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs

8 Corporation for National and Community Service

David Eisner, Chief Executive Officer

John Foster-Bey, Senior Advisor, Office of Research and Policy Development

9 Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Julie Myers, Assistant Secretary (Written in statute as the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization.)

John Pogash, National Juvenile Coordinator, Detention and Removal Operations

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Current Membership Information

A practitioner member vacancy exists on the Coordinating Council.

STATUTE MEMBER APPOINTED

Members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, after consultation with the minority leader of the House of Representatives.

10 Adele L. Grubbs June 1998 by N. Gingrich

11 Michael Mahoney March 2001 by D. Hastert

12 Gordon A. Martin, Jr. March 2001 by D. Hastert

Members appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate.

13 Steven H. Jones October 2004 by B. Frist

14 Bill Gibbons October 2004 by B. Frist

15 Larry Brendtro October 2004 by T. Lott

Members appointed by the President of the United States.

16 Bray B. Barnes December 2003 by G.W. Bush

17 Victor Rodriguez December 2003 by G.W. Bush

18 VACANT

Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Council must have a Designated Federal Official (DFO) responsible for the operation of the Council. The DFO is―Robin Delany-ShabazzDirector, Concentration of Federal Efforts Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 810 7th Street, NW, Room 3327 Washington, DC 20531202-307-9963202-354-4063 [email protected]

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Recent Action Items - Summary

Mentoring activities. An interagency council has been established and an executive director, Theresa Clower, hired. The Mentoring Council has been meeting since July 2006. This item will be managed through that body, with reports back to the Council on a regular basis.

White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth (WHTF) recommendations and other Council activities. (Refer to the matrix on pages #6-9 of this PowerPoint handout.) A discussion on the pertinent recommendations and on how to best coordinate among member agencies in fulfillment of the Council’s mandate will be part of discussions as the November-December 2006 planning session.

Strategic planning tools. Council members were asked to help ensure the continued relevance of the Community Guide To Helping America’s Youth (www.helpingamericasyouth.gov) by promoting it with grantees and constituents. Members were invited to participate in the development of the analytical toolset known as the Strategic Mapping and Resource Topography (SMART) by enhancing the database and providing suggestions for improvement.

Interagency agreements and joint efforts. Four agencies -- CNCS, Labor, SAMHSA and HUD – applied for and received funds through Concentration of Federal Efforts to advance efforts to coordinate with federal agencies and state and local entities in support of Council goals. Funding for FY06 proposed activities is under discussion. Several member agencies including DOJ, HHS, ED, and CNCS and USDA continue to work on the DOL-led Vision for Youth initiative. Quarterly updates of ongoing activities are provided at Council meetings.

Council Activities and Decisions

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1 Improve coordination of mentoring programs

(pp. 5, 38).

Juvenile Mentoring Program ongoing.

Supporting National Mentoring Partnership and National Network of Youth Ministries to recruit mentors from faith-based community.

Participate in Federal Mentoring Council.

With National Mentoring Partnership, developing data collection/analysis system.


DOJ’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is working closely with The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and its VISTA program to coordinate mentoring efforts for reentry initiatives.




Developing an initiative to increase the number of mentors for disadvantaged youth.

Established the Federal Mentoring Council and working group.

2 Support state and local community planning process (pp. 5, 41).

Established National Truancy Prevention Association to serve as truancy clearinghouse and help communities build truancy programs.

Developing computerized strategic planning tool to eliminate service gaps and duplication.

See DOL notes re: Shared Youth Vision.

Convening 12 states to develop performance measures for youth programs.

Re-funding nine states through State Youth Development Collaboration Grants.

Co-occurring State Incentive Grants (COSIG) provide funds to States to build or enhance service system infrastructure to provide effective, integrated treatment and services for people with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.

New Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) State Incentive Grants enable states and communities to build prevention capacity and infrastructure to reduce substance abuse-related problems.

New State Mental Health Transformation Grants will assist states to develop a Comprehensive Mental Health Plan, build mental health services infrastructure, and promote implementation of science-based mental health interventions.


Working with ED in areas of mutual interest (e.g., literacy, GED program, alternative education).

Initiated during 3 regional forums and led by DOL, the Departments of Labor, Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services have combined efforts with state agencies to increase efficiency and delivery of services to the nation’s neediest youth through followup of coordinated state and local policies and approaches. (Shared Vision for Youth)

5–10 pilot states will be identified to demonstrate the types of partnerships and integration strategies that should be used to target the neediest youth.

A collaborative Internet-based workspace is being developed to enhance state initiative partners and cross-state communication.

Governor letters were mailed on July 8th to encourage them to support the implementation of the new Shared Youth Vision.

A Crosswalk of Key Federal Program Definitions and Program Policies was created to adddress policy issues that present obstacles to cross-agency collaboration.

A Federal Funding Matrix was created to provide states with information on funding from each of the Federal agencies that is available in their state to serve the neediest youth.

A Federal/State Bench Marking Tool was created to provide states with broad principles to assist them in gauging the effectiveness of their collaborative efforts.

An e-mail system, [email protected], was established to effectively disseminate information and correspond with state teams. This also allows state teams to ask questions and receive responses expeditiously from Federal Team Partners.

A new Web site was launched in July: http://www.doleta.gov/ryf to maintain archived information on the work that the Federal partnership has completed and up-to-date information on current efforts.

Developing an initiative to assist local housing authorities in pilot cities to help public housing residents achieve economic self-sufficiency.


See DOL notes.

Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign briefings.

Community program planning and implementation through anti-drug coalition grants.

National Anti-Drug Coalition Institute training for community coalitions.

As required by statute, each state submits a statewide unified comprehensive cross-stream service plan that involves all local service programs.


* Due to the fact that there are no recommendations from the Task Force that apply to its mission, the Department of Homeland Security is not included in this chart.

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3 Develop a unified protocol for Federal “What Works” clearinghouses (pp. 8, 55).

Participating in the Federal Collaboration on What Works.



4 Build a rigorous and unified disadvantaged youth research agenda (pp. 8, 65).

Created and filled new research coordinator position as of August 2005. Due to PART (performance measures) process, development of research agenda to begin fall 2006. In interim, focusing on coordinating research programs within OJP agencies.

Completed design study for national evaluation of Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program.

Finished study of “Promising Strategies to End Youth Homelessness.”

Evaluating programs for homeless youth. Evaluating abstinence education programs

and other approaches to teen pregnancy prevention.

Evaluating portions of John Chafee Foster Care Independence Program.

Plan to evaluate all DOL youth programs.

Coordinating with OJJDP on random assignment evaluation of Avon Park correctional facility.

Provided funding for a random-assignment impact evaluation of six selected youth offender sites to test the effectiveness of alternative sentencing and aftercare services.

Provided funding for labor-oriented data analysis of work undertaken by the Northwestern Juvenile Project on behalf of DOJ.

Planning out-of-school youth data collection.

Funded random assignment evaluation of Parent Drug Corps.

Solicited proposals to fund random-assignment evaluation of AmeriCorps.

Involved in a random-assignment, multiyear longitudinal study of AmeriCorps participants.

Analyzing a CNCS-funded survey of youth volunteering.

5 Improve data collected on the well-being of families (pp. 9, 67).

Participating in the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, as well as participating in planning meetings of the National Child Study.

Produced chart book of indicators of social context of families.

Participating in the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

Expanded offender-oriented data collection templates to include information related to housing, homelessness, foster care, independent living, temporary shelter, etc.

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6 Increase parent involvement in federal youth programs (pp.11, 95).

Parent groups are required to be part of advisory councils that oversee formula grant funding.

Developing guide and Web site for parents on teen health.

Through state collaboration projects, emphasizing parents and youth as partners in youth programming.

Developed Web site: Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free.

Require support for and inclusion of family and youth partnerships in planning, management, and evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program.

Promote and support states and communities implementing family-driven and youth-guided care.

Working with grantees to ensure that parental involvement is integrated into local program service offerings.

Media Campaign’s Parent@Work Program.

7 Recruit youth for federal grant review panels (pp. 11, 98).

DOJ currently does not have any grant programs appropriate for youth involvement in the review process.

Including college students in Family and Youth Services Bureau grant review.

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8 Develop standards for measuring grantee performance (pp. 9, 69).

Developed and implementing performance standards and more empirical evaluations that use higher scientific standards.

Expanding evaluation of seven-city Truancy Reduction Program to build foundation for design of research-proven best practices.

Evaluating model program to enforce underage drinking laws.

Implementing agency wide performance measurement system for all grants; is focused on outcomes. (Refer to rec #9.)

Developing common terms, instruments, and definitions for MCP evaluation.

Added and modified performance measures for the Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) and MCP programs.

Encouraging the use of evidence-based practices through the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

Developed standard performance measures and definitions specific to offender-serving grantees.

Applicants self-nominate performance measures.

Corporation staff approves performance measures.

Grantee funding tied to performance reporting.

Measuring annual performance of AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and Senior Corps.

9 Implement grantee-level performance measurement guidelines (pp. 9, 81). Implementing agency wide

performance measurement system for all grants, including formula, block, earmarked, and discretionary programs; is focused on outcomes. The system will encompass a performance measurement Web page with specific guidelines for grantees, training, and individual assistance, as needed.

Studying homeless youth profiles and program caseloads to improve outcomes in agencies.

Drug-Free Communities Program emphasizes outcome goals in grant announcement.

Grantees will be required to track National Outcomes Measures

ETA implemented standard performance measures and goals for offender-serving grantees.

ETA implemented three common measures for all ETA youth programs.

ETA issued guidance letter 28-04 in April of 2005 that established policy for common measures.

ETA revised reporting instructions to collect common measures in FY 2005. States will begin reporting on the common measures in their first quarterly report due in November 2005.

Placed new requirements for performance measurement in AmeriCorps rules.

10 Conduct rigorous oversight of earmarked grantees (pp. 10, 84).

Monitors earmark grantee progress through performance measures.

Implementing agency wide performance measurement system for all grants; is focused on outcomes. (Refer also to rec #9.)

Earmarked grantees assigned to program officer.

Earmarked grantees submit measurable goals and progress reports; reports go to congressional staff.

* Due to the fact that there are no recommendations from the Task Force that apply to their mission, the Department of Homeland Security is not included in this chart.

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11 Expand mentoring programs to special target groups such as foster care and migrant youth (pp. 13, 119).

DOJ does not have funding to expand mentoring programs, but is working through the Council to support this expansion by CNCS and HHS.

Expanding MCP program. Through technical assistance to grant recipients, DOL continues to encourage the integration of mentoring components by using local mentoring-based organizations.

Mentoring program targets disadvantaged middle school youth.

Supporting through Federal Mentoring Council.

12 Target youth who are in public care, such as foster care homes and juvenile justice institutions (pp. 12, 103).

Implementing Juvenile Ready4Work Initiative.

Developing faith-based juvenile corrections reentry program with the State of Florida.

Studying youth who are aging out of foster care.

In October, 2005, will have completed evaluability assessment of discharge/transition planning as homeless prevention strategy.

Focus on children in juvenile justice and child welfare settings as a priority in the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program.

Awarded five foster care youth demonstration grants; currently providing oversight and technical assistance. Grants are more than halfway through the first program year and it is hoped that second- and third-year funding will be secured. The Institute for Educational Leadership is currently conducting an implementation evaluation, funded by Casey Family Programs, to be completed in December of 2006.

More than $155.4 million in investment in a youth offender portfolio that involves 48 grantees covering approximately 133 sites that provide a variety of workforce development services to at-risk and offender youth.

The newest addition to the Youth Offender Portfolio was awarded on July 1, 2005. Sixteen grants were awarded a total of $15.6 million to serve youth who have been touched by the juvenile justices system to prepare them for entering high-growth, high-demand industry occupations. These grants are located in 11 states and are projected to serve 3,200 youth by the end of the grant period in 2006.

DOL has invited its current Youth Offender Portfolio Grantees to attend OJJDP conference. An all-grantees meeting will be held and three additional workshops will be offered.

Oregon’s Social Learning Center Treatment Foster Care Program is ongoing.

Title I grants to LEAs are ongoing.

Possible DHS collaboration on youth aging out of foster care.

13 Target youth with a high number of factors putting them at risk, such as children of incarcerated parents and migrant youth (pp. 12, 105).

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children initiative.

Gang Reduction Program.

Abstinence education. Refining data collection on

homeless youth programs. Data collection on youth aging out

of foster care. Developing an initiative to achieve

substance abuse resiliency and recovery response.

Access to Recovery includes improving access and outcomes for substance abuse treatment for parents and adolescents.

Participating in federal review group to assess feasibility of administering mental health screenings in various service systems.

Designing initiative to help migrant farmworker families.

The Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 3-04, “The Employment and Training Administration’s New Strategic Vision to Serve Youth in a Demand-Driven Economy under the Workforce Investment Act,” will be rescinded and reissued as a new guidance letter to include Indian and Native American youth and youth with disabilities as neediest youth populations.

Reading First Initiative. Student drug testing in schools.

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Coordinating Council members sponsoring meetings in 2006 and 2007

DATE AGENCY LOCATION OFFICIAL TO MAKE OPENING REMARKS

POINT OF CONTACT

March 3, 2006 ONDCP White House Conference Center726 Jackson Place, NWWashington, DC 20005

John Walters, Director, ONDCP Jason Cole

June 2, 2006 HHS 200 Independence Ave., SW, Rm. 800

Washington, DC 20201

Alex Azar, Deputy Secretary, HHS Mary Moorehouse

September 8, 2006 DOJ 810 Seventh Street, NW, 3RD floorWashington, DC 20531

J. Robert Flores, Vice Chair Robin Delany-Shabazz

November 30-December 1, 2006 (meeting & planning session)

DOJ University of Maryland, College ParkPrince George’s Room, Stamp

Student Union

J. Robert Flores, Vice Chair Robin Delany-Shabazz

March 2, 2007 ED TBD TBD Bryan Williams

June 8, 2007 USDA TBD TBD Suzanne LeMenestrel

September 14, 2007 (note date change from prior sched.)

ONDCP TBD TBD Javier Cordova

December 7, 2007 TBD Tentative: Annual planning session TBD TBD

2006/2007 Sponsors

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The Council will hold its quarterly meetings on the following dates in 2006 (subject to meeting space availability).

2006 Meeting Calendar

Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Meetings (9:15 am–12:30 pm ET) and afternoon staff/practitioner post- meetings (1:15–3 pm ET)

Council Planning Team Conference Calls at 2 pm ET

Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) Meetings (fall meeting scheduled for 10/23–24/06 in Columbia, South Carolina)

FACJJ Annual Report Committee Meeting

2006 National Conference, Building on Success: Providing Today’s Youth With Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow

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The Council will hold its quarterly meetings on the following dates in 2007 (subject to meeting space availability).

Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Meetings (9:15 am–12:30 pm ET) and afternoon staff/practitioner post- meetings (1:30–3 pm ET)

Council Planning Team Conference Calls at 2 pm ET

2007 Meeting Calendar

FACJJ Annual Report Committee Meeting

FACJJ Spring 2007 Meeting

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