March/April OJJDP News@ a Glance - Lead article: Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program.
NCMHJJ National Policy Academy on Improving Services for Youth with Mental Health and co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Involved with the Juvenile Justice System
The Academy is designed to provide selected sites with the opportunity to serve as laboratories of learning around the development of effective programs for youth with mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system. Visit MCMHJJ's website at the link above for more detailed information and instructions on how to apply to participate in this event which will take place September 13-15, 2005.
NTTAC ARC Federal Funding Toolkit - Click on this link which will take you to a series of nine tools designed to support aspects of the Federal grant writing process intended to access resources for community and faith-based organizations and to navigate the Federal funding process.
Red Hook Justice: A Legal Revolution Grows in Brooklyn - On May 24, 2005, PBS will air this one-hour documentary that tells the story of the first year of operations at the Red Hook Community Justice Center, a community-based court that seeks to address crime and disorder in an isolated, low-income Brooklyn neighborhood.
See your local TV listings for times. For more information about the Red Hook Community Justice Center, click on this link: http://www.courtinnovation.org
Restorative Justice In Action - June 2-6, 2005, the Community Justice Institute at Florida Atlantic University will present its first annual restorative justice conference. Topics will include re-entry and civic engagement, balanced and restorative justice performance measures, and conferencing. Click on the link above for details.
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FirstStep
FirstStep is a tool developed for case managers and outreach workers to help assist their clients who are homeless access Federal benefit programs. FirstStep focuses on food stamps, Medicaid, Medicare, one-stop career center system, social security, SCHIP, SSI, TANF, VA Health Care and VA Compensation. FirstStep comes on a CD-ROM. This web site will tell you more.
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School Nurses in the UK Warn About Teen Group Sex
BBC News online warns that daisy-chaining, where acts are performed with multiple partners, is putting teenagers' health at risk. Daisy chaining involves groups of older teenagers going round to each other's homes and having sex in a similar way.
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Antidepressant Medication and Children: Tips for Parents
This National Mental Health Association Children's Fact Sheet is intended to help parents better understands and make decisions about the use of SSRI antidepressant medications for their children.
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Giving Back: A Community Service-Learning Manual for Youth Courts
Community service is the most popular sentencing option in most youth courts. This manual from the Constitutional Rights Foundation applies school-based, community service-learning methods to the needs of youth courts for sentencing options for their peers. Available in pdf format in four sections with a total of about 100 pages.
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The Cheapest High
Inhalants are 12- and 13-year-olds' drug of choice. This article from the Connect For Kids web site says they are cheap, legal, fast-acting, and dangerous. An estimated 50% of inhalant-related deaths are caused by Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome, which occurs when the inhalant abuser is startled, causing the release of a burst of chemicals that trigger cardiac arrest.
Signs of inhalant abuse:
- Paint stains on the fingers or mouth
- A chemical smell on the breath
- Vomiting
- Watery eyes
- Poor muscle control
- Confusion, and
- Items such as shoe polish, spray cans and solvents disappearing or found in the child's room.
The earlier a child abuses inhalants the more likely he is to become drug dependent. Use at a very young age often indicates social and psychiatric problems.
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The Afterschool Hours: A new Focus for America's Cities
The afterschool hours are an ideal time to reinforce children's learning gains, provide enrichment opportunities, and supplement the academic curriculum offered at school.
Children who attend an afterschool program miss fewer days of school and show better rates of homework completion and school behavior, and higher test scores, when compared with their peers.
This report looks at eight cities' efforts to address the need for afterschool activities and the tools and resources available to mayors and council members to strengthen afterschool programming. The report also identifies promising practices in municipal leadership and afterschool programming. 70+ page pdf file.
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Male Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
Both the complete January 2005 report and an executive summary are available at the link above. From the executive summary:
Slightly less than one-half of all perpetrators were male.
Of these, about one-half (51%) were biological fathers, an additional one-fifth occupied some other parental role (adoptive fathers, stepfathers, mothers' boyfriends), and
About one-quarter were in nonparental relationships (including relatives, foster parents, day care providers, or friends) to their victims.
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The Resilience Project
This project of the Raising Resilient Children Foundation disseminates information to assist adults to raise, support, and develop stress hardy children. Among the resources available at this site are monthly newsletters from Dr. Sam Goldstein (at http://www.samgoldstein.com/) and Dr. Robert Brooks, a resiliency quiz, books and videos. Founded by Goldstein and Brooks, based upon a research proven framework for fostering resilence and hope in children.
The Judges' Page - An Internet newsletter especially for judges with dependency jurisdiction published three times a year. The Judges' Page is published jointly by NCJFCJ and the National CASA association and is written by judges for judges.
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OJJDP Online - the Statistical Briefing Book: The Statistical Briefing Book at OJJDP Online presents direct access to statistics and trends in juvenile justice and victimization. click here.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Information and News: Contact NCJRS at www.ncjrs.org and click on Juvenile Justice. An entire library of research, news and information about juvenile justice, kids and families.
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