NYCC Update Volume 2 Number 10


Volume 2, No. 10	October 6, 2004
If you would like to unsubscribe from the NYCC Update, please click here Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities OJJDP’s Partnering to Prevent Truancy: A National Priority The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (U.S. Department of Education) will host a 2 ½ -day conference on December 6–8, 2004, in Washington, DC. This conference will provide participants with a multidisciplinary approach to programs and resources for addressing the problem of truancy and related issues. The conference program will present practical approaches and strategies for achieving successful outcomes to the truancy problem in schools and communities. Conference participants will attend dynamic plenary sessions, informative workshops, and interactive roundtable discussions. To register online and view the conference agenda, go to http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/2004TruancyConference/index.html National Youth Court Month Highlights September was National Youth Court Month, and the staff of the National Youth Court Center would like to know what your youth court program did to celebrate. Please fill out our online Youth Court Participation Form so we can list your program's activities on our website in our "Highlights from National Youth Court Month" section. Until the highlights are posted, read what other youth court programs planned for National Youth Court Month. Funding Opportunities Funding Available for Service Projects on Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday The Corporation for National and Community Service recently announced that it is making available approximately $600,000 in grant funding to organizations that commemorate the 2005 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday with volunteer service projects. <<more>> The Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant Youth Service America and State Farm are proud to present the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant. The grant is now available to teachers/professors, youth (ages 5-25), and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects for National Youth Service Day 2005, April 15-17. One hundred grants of $1,000 are available to youth, teachers/professors, and school-based service-learning coordinators. Interested individuals may apply online by October 18, 2004 (Please note this is a receipt deadline, not a postmark deadline). To learn more about this grant and National Youth Service Day, please visit http://www.YSA.org/nysd to access resources to help you develop a great service project and prepare a quality grant application. Announcements Help the National Youth Court Center Update its Database! In September, everyone in the NYCC database received a Database Update Form in the mail. If you haven't already, please complete and return the form in the self-addressed, stamped envelope to the NYCC as soon as possible. We need this information to assure our youth court listing and other contact information is accurate. Thank you for your support! Publications and Resources Selected Topics on Youth Courts: A Monograph This publication contains six articles that draw on the ideas and expertise of many who work in youth courts throughout the United States, as well as on the experience of staff at the National Youth Court Center, who have researched and worked with youth courts on a national level for more than ten years. The articles contained within the Monograph include: Addressing Truancy in Youth Court Programs Underage Drinking and Other Substance Abuse: Opportunities for Prevention and Intervention by Youth Courts An Overview of School-Based Youth Court Program Design Options Building Culturally Relevant Youth Courts in Tribal Communities A Comparison of Statewide Youth Court Associations and Networking Groups Media Access Guidelines for Youth Courts The Monograph will be mailed to all active youth court programs in the NYCC's database and is also available online at http://www.youthcourt.net/publications/monograph.pdf. Policymakers Support Youth Court Growth, Voices and Recommendations from the Field Legislators are seeking innovate and creative ways for dealing with youth who engage in unlawful behavior. This policy brief, written by Sarah S Pearson from the American Youth Policy Forum, discusses how youth court is emerging as a promising program for youth and communities. The policy brief will be mailed to all active programs in the NYCC's database and is also available online at http://www.youthcourt.net/publications/policybrief2004.pdf. Serving Communities, Changing Lives: Youth Court Success Stories A compilation of personal stories from current and past youth court volunteers, past youth court respondents, parents, and staff about their positive experiences with youth court. Available as an online document only at http://www.youthcourt.net/12-month_campaign/2004_YC_Month/success_stories1.pdf. In The News The following news articles on youth courts are among those that appeared online in the month of September. For a listing of other past news articles related to youth courts, please visit the “In the News” section of the NYCC website. Some of the postings on this site include: 09-30-04: Area youths being judged by their peers http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/ 0,1413,200~20949~2442382,00.html 09-28-04: Mayor Bill Johnson declares teen court week http://www.10nbc.com/news.asp?template=item&story_id=12687 09-22-04: Teen court back in session http://reviewappeal.midsouthnews.com/news.ez?viewStory=25561 09-17-04: Teens on Trial http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/1027246.html 09-09-04: Teen Court gets its day in city http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9617382.htm 09-02-04: Teen court to begin soon http://www.watsekatimesrepublic.com/articles/2004/09/02/news/ 858news01.txt Feedback We are always interested in your comments and ideas. Please contact us. Have things you would like us to include in future issues of the NYCC Update? Click here.	Sponsored by: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Operated by: American Probation and Parole Association POSTER SALE !!! For a limited time, buy 10 posters - get FIVE FREE!!! For details, click here Poster order form Encourage Others to Join! Increase support for your youth court on a local level by keeping your local stakeholders informed of what is going on nationally in the youth court field. Print a copy of this issue and distribute it to your advisory committee members, board of directors, and youth volunteers. Encourage them to visit www.youthcourt.net where they can register to receive a free copy.
Contact Us: National Youth Court Center Phone: 859-244-8193 c/o American Probation and Parole Association Fax: 859-244-8001 P.O. Box 11910 Email: youthcourt@ncjfcj.org Lexington, KY 40578 Main website: www.youthcourt.net Youth website: www.ycyouth.net

Volume 2, No. 10

October 6, 2004

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Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities

OJJDP’s Partnering to Prevent Truancy: A National Priority

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (U.S. Department of Education) will host a 2 ½ -day conference on December 6–8, 2004, in Washington, DC. This conference will provide participants with a multidisciplinary approach to programs and resources for addressing the problem of truancy and related issues. The conference program will present practical approaches and strategies for achieving successful outcomes to the truancy problem in schools and communities. Conference participants will attend dynamic plenary sessions, informative workshops, and interactive roundtable discussions.

To register online and view the conference agenda, go to http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/2004TruancyConference/index.html

National Youth Court Month Highlights

September was National Youth Court Month, and the staff of the National Youth Court Center would like to know what your youth court program did to celebrate. Please fill out our online Youth Court Participation Form so we can list your program's activities on our website in our "Highlights from National Youth Court Month" section. Until the highlights are posted, read what other youth court programs planned for National Youth Court Month.

Funding Opportunities

Funding Available for Service Projects on Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

The Corporation for National and Community Service recently announced that it is making available approximately $600,000 in grant funding to organizations that commemorate the 2005 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday with volunteer service projects. <<more>>

The Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant

Youth Service America and State Farm are proud to present the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant. The grant is now available to teachers/professors, youth (ages 5-25), and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects for National Youth Service Day 2005, April 15-17.

One hundred grants of $1,000 are available to youth, teachers/professors, and school-based service-learning coordinators. Interested individuals may apply online by October 18, 2004 (Please note this is a receipt deadline, not a postmark deadline).

To learn more about this grant and National Youth Service Day, please visit http://www.YSA.org/nysd to access resources to help you develop a great service project and prepare a quality grant application.

Announcements

Help the National Youth Court Center Update its Database!

In September, everyone in the NYCC database received a Database Update Form in the mail. If you haven't already, please complete and return the form in the self-addressed, stamped envelope to the NYCC as soon as possible. We need this information to assure our youth court listing and other contact information is accurate. Thank you for your support!

Publications and Resources

Selected Topics on Youth Courts: A Monograph

This publication contains six articles that draw on the ideas and expertise of many who work in youth courts throughout the United States, as well as on the experience of staff at the National Youth Court Center, who have researched and worked with youth courts on a national level for more than ten years. The articles contained within the Monograph include:

Addressing Truancy in Youth Court Programs
Underage Drinking and Other Substance Abuse: Opportunities for Prevention and Intervention by Youth Courts
An Overview of School-Based Youth Court Program Design Options
Building Culturally Relevant Youth Courts in Tribal Communities
A Comparison of Statewide Youth Court Associations and Networking Groups
Media Access Guidelines for Youth Courts

The Monograph will be mailed to all active youth court programs in the NYCC's database and is also available online at http://www.youthcourt.net/publications/monograph.pdf.

Policymakers Support Youth Court Growth, Voices and Recommendations from the Field

Legislators are seeking innovate and creative ways for dealing with youth who engage in unlawful behavior. This policy brief, written by Sarah S Pearson from the American Youth Policy Forum, discusses how youth court is emerging as a promising program for youth and communities. The policy brief will be mailed to all active programs in the NYCC's database and is also available online at http://www.youthcourt.net/publications/policybrief2004.pdf.

Serving Communities, Changing Lives: Youth Court Success Stories

A compilation of personal stories from current and past youth court volunteers, past youth court respondents, parents, and staff about their positive experiences with youth court. Available as an online document only at http://www.youthcourt.net/12-month_campaign/2004_YC_Month/success_stories1.pdf.

In The News

The following news articles on youth courts are among those that appeared online in the month of September. For a listing of other past news articles related to youth courts, please visit the “In the News” section of the NYCC website. Some of the postings on this site include:

09-30-04: Area youths being judged by their peers
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/
0,1413,200~20949~2442382,00.html

09-28-04: Mayor Bill Johnson declares teen court week
http://www.10nbc.com/news.asp?template=item&story_id=12687

09-22-04: Teen court back in session
http://reviewappeal.midsouthnews.com/news.ez?viewStory=25561

09-17-04: Teens on Trial
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/1027246.html

09-09-04: Teen Court gets its day in city
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9617382.htm

09-02-04: Teen court to begin soon
http://www.watsekatimesrepublic.com/articles/2004/09/02/news/
858news01.txt

Feedback

We are always interested in your comments and ideas. Please contact us.

Have things you would like us to include in future issues of the NYCC Update? Click here.

Sponsored by:

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Operated by:

American Probation and Parole Association

POSTER SALE !!!

For a limited time, buy 10 posters - get FIVE FREE!!! For details, click here

Poster order form

Encourage Others to Join!

Increase support for your youth court on a local level by keeping your local stakeholders informed of what is going on nationally in the youth court field.

Print a copy of this issue and distribute it to your advisory committee members, board of directors, and youth volunteers.

Encourage them to visit www.youthcourt.net where they can register to receive a free copy.

   Contact Us:
    National Youth Court Center                                                            Phone: 859-244-8193
    c/o American Probation and Parole Association                              Fax: 859-244-8001
    P.O. Box 11910                                                                                Email: youthcourt@ncjfcj.org
    Lexington, KY 40578                                                          Main website: www.youthcourt.net
                                                                                               Youth website: www.ycyouth.net