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Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series

Mentoring Youth Involved in

the Juvenile Court System

February 20, 2020


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Facilitator Intro

Dana Jones

Conference and Training Manager,

Indiana Youth Institute

MENTOR Indiana Affiliate.

Background in Adult Learning, Early

Childhood Education and Business

Administration. Prior to IYI, worked

at Indiana Department of Education.


• Effective Practices for Mentoring

• Modes of Mentoring

• Models of Mentoring

• Learning and Successes

• Mentoring with a Trauma Informed Lens

Today’s Webinar


Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring


Juvenile Intervention & Faith-based Follow-up

Jefferson Walker

Early Intervention

Program Director

Jefferson Walker graduated from the

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

with a degree in Early Childhood

Education. He comes to JIFF from

Memphis Athletic Ministries where he was

a middle school youth coordinator and

Up2Us coach. Prior to that, he served for 4

years at Kids Across America, an urban

youth sports camp located in Missouri.

Jefferson is passionate about seeing

change in the lives of youth, and also

empowering them to make a difference in

their families and communities around

them.



Ronald Frazier

Juvenile Case Mentoring

Program Director

Ronald Frazier has been fully committed to

serving the greater Memphis community

since arriving in 2005 from the south side

of Chicago. Faith, character and integrity

have been his driving force while serving in

the mental health arena, providing an

insurmountable amount of time, energy,

and effort into community service projects,

and fundraiser initiatives via fraternal

relations (Prince Hall Masons). Ronald

came over to JIFF in late 2015 as a case

mentor, and has been on absolute fire for

the JIFF mission of bringing an end to "the

destructive cycle of juvenile crime”.


Family Court of St. Louis County

Marlon Chambers

Mentor Specialist

20 year Juvenile Justice Service

professional and Mentor Specialist

for the Family Court of St. Louis

County, providing community

volunteer mentors for court-

involved youth in the St. Louis

County area. A steady advocate of

personal improvement and, a

Mentor.


Trauma-informed programming

Dr. Karlin Tichenor

Director of Social

Emotional Health

Dr. Tichenor spent more than 6 years working

simultaneously with both the Michigan State

University as well as the Lansing School District in

a variety of student service and behavior

intervention roles, and most recently held the

position of Associate Superintendent of School

Culture. In August of 2019, Karlin joined the

Indiana Youth Institute as the Director of Social

Emotional Health where he has the opportunity to

develop and deliver curriculum, trainings and

supports for youth serving organizations.

Dr. Tichenor is a two-term minority fellow through

the American Association of Marriage and Family

Therapy (AAMFT) and the Substance Abuse, and

Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Minority Fellowship Program and a Future Faculty

Fellow through the State of Michigan and Michigan

State University.


History

• Founded in 2003, moved into present location in 2009. (Abe Scharff YMCA)

• Mission is to break the destructive cycle of juvenile crime through Christ centered intervention (10 to 18 year old males & females)

• Vision is to see youth flourish free from a life of crime

• Over 900 youth referred by YSB in last 12 years, 18 zip codes.


Defining the Problem

• Juvenile Court averages 10,000 cases per year.

• Complaint can involve multiple offenses or single

offense.

• 871 youth in 2016 admitted to the juvenile

detention center – average nightly occupancy of

around 65 individuals

• Cost to place a youth in detention, $250/day,

average stay is 60 days = $15,000.

• JIFF cost for 16 week intervention program is

$5,200 at serving 150 youth per year.


JIFF YOUTH PROFILE

The JIFF gym is seldom empty!A previous-proud student from JIFF holds up his college ID for this picture!


JDAI

• Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiatives

• Nationwide – Annie E Casey Foundation

• Best practices model to reduce the number of

youth incarcerated through restorative justice

practices and evidence based programming

• DMC: Disproportionate Minority Contact

• JIFF: City of Memphis and Shelby County

contracts to implement programming for court

involved youth in 18 zip codes


Restorative Justice Practices


ERC – Evening Reporting Center

• Launched 2016

• National model

• Males Ages 12 – 17

• 1 or 2 arrests

• 20 days

• Goal: come to court arrest free

• FY 2018: 96 youth served

• 80%-90% success while in program


EIP – Early Intervention Program

• Launched 1993

• Ages 10 – 17

• Male & Female

• # of Arrests: 2 or 3

• Success Rate – 90%

• FY2018: 165 youth served


EIP Model


JIFF Case Mentoring

Simulated Funeral


JIFF Logic Model


Other Activities Engaged In


LIVE LIFE TOGETHER (LLT)PROGRAM


LLT – Live Life Together


AND THE RESULT IS….


Cornelius


Family Court of St. Louis County Mentor Program

The Mentor Program was created in January of

1993 with a grant from the Office of Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.

It focused on males,

African-American youth

in need of a Mentor.


Family Court of St. Louis County Mentor Program Mission

To provide delinquent youth, who have been

referred to the Family Court of St. Louis County,

with a positive adult role model.


Modes of Mentoring

Individual

and

Site Mentoring


Individual Mentoring

A one-on-one structured and trusting relationship that brings youth together with caring individuals who offer guidance aimed at supporting the character and development of the youth.


Site Mentoring

A group-based approach to foster learning, positive social skills, community engagement and awareness as facilitated by community partners.


Site Mentoring Impact

2018-19

Youth Served = 25

DYS Commit = 1

Adult Cert. = 0

Youth Diversion = 96%


Program Funding

Missouri Department of Youth Services-DYS

DYS Grant funds the one-on-one mentors, transportation and monies for food for the program.


Trauma Informed Mentoring

Understanding and Responding

Organizationally


Defining Trauma

Exposure to death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, actual or threatened sexual violence (DSM)

An event, series of events, or set of circumstances experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being. (SAMHSA)


Main Types of Trauma

Acute – single incident

Chronic – repeated and prolonged over time

Complex – exposure to varied and multiple events, often of an invasive, interpersonal nature


Examples of Traumatic Occurrences

• Natural disasters

• Sexual Abuse

• Physical Abuse

• Domestic Violence

• Medical Injury, illness, or procedures

• Community violence

• Neglect, deprivation

• Traumatic grief

• Victim of crime

• Kidnapping

• Accidents

• School violence

• Loss


Principles of Trauma Informed Care

1. Safety

2. Trustworthiness and Transparency

3. Peer Support

4. Collaboration and Mutuality

5. Empower, Voice, and Choice

6. Cultural Historical, and Gender Issues


Trauma Informed Practices

• The Four Rs1. Basic REALIZATION and understanding of

trauma

2. RECOGNIZE signs of trauma

3. RESPOND by applying the 6 principles of trauma informed care

4. RESIST re-traumatization


A Trauma Informed Organization

• Routinely screen for trauma exposure and related symptoms

• Use evidence-based, culturally responsive assessment and treatment for traumatic stress and associated mental health symptoms

• Make resources available to children, families, and providers on trauma exposure, its impact, and treatment

• Engage in efforts to strengthen the resilience and protective factors of children and families impacted by and vulnerable to trauma

• Address parent and caregiver trauma and its impact on the family system

• Emphasize continuity of care and collaboration across child-service systems

• Maintain an environment of care for staff that addresses, minimizes, and treats secondary traumatic stress, and that increases staff wellness


Practical Implications

• Train staff and mentors on trauma awareness, its impact, and strategies to support youth using the six (6) principles and maintain focus on this work

• Goal 1 – trauma informed lens for all adults

• Goal 2 – learn the difference between responding and reacting

• Goal 3 – support youth based on their presenting needs from a strengths-base perspective

• Incorporate concepts of trauma informed principles into all aspects of the organization above and beyond the interaction with youth

• Organizational Culture

• Practices

• Policies

• Partnerships

• Collaborations

• Advocate for trauma-informed practices from volunteers, staff, board members and community collaborations


Q&A

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Contact our Panelists

Ronald Frazier

JCM/ERC Program Director

[email protected]

Jefferson Walker

EIP Program Director

[email protected]

Marlon Chambers

Mentor Specialist

[email protected]

Dr. Karlin Tichenor

Director of Social Emotional Health

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]





Resources

• Mentoring for Youth who have Been Arrested or

Incarcerated

•Mentoring for Youth and Young Adults During Reentry

from Confinement

•The Mentoring Toolkit 2.0: Resources for Developing

Programs for Youth who are Incarcerated

•Supporting Young People In the Wake of Violence and

Trauma

https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/index.php/30-topic-areas/173-mentoring-for-youth-who-have-been-arrested-or-incarcerated.html

https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/index.php/what-works-in-mentoring/model-and-population-reviews.html?id=165

https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/index.php/what-works-in-mentoring/resources-for-mentoring-programs.html?id=406

https://www.mentoring.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/JPMC-Trauma-Resource.pdf


Additional ResourcesAffiliates

Affiliates serve as a clearinghouse for training, resources, public

awareness and advocacy. Find your local affiliate here:

http://www.mentoring.org/our-work/our-affiliates/

Mentoring Connector

Recruit mentors by submitting your program to the Mentoring

Connector https://connect.mentoring.org/admin

National Mentoring Resource Center

Check out the OJJDP National Mentoring Resource Center for no-

cost training and technical assistance and evidence-based

mentoring resources

http://www.mentoring.org/our-work/our-affiliates/

https://connect.mentoring.org/admin

http://www.nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/


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