Volume 2, No. 6
June 3, 2004
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Training and Technical
Assistance Opportunities
Want to learn how to
develop a youth court?
There are a few slots
remaining in the new program track for the Implementing and Enhancing
Youth Court Programs training seminar in Louisville, KY on July 12-14,
2004 and Portland, OR on September 27-29, 2004. The registration
deadline for the Louisville seminar is June 11, 2004! You can register
online at
www.youthcourt.net or contact the NYCC at
859-244-8193 or via email at
youthcourt@ncjfcj.org for a registration brochure.
Utah State Youth Court Conference
The conference is for all youth court
programs in Utah and is geared mainly for the students. The conference
will be held in Salt Lake City at the Wyndham Hotel on June 16-19,
2004. Registration fee is $70.00. For more information contact
Kathleen Zeitlin at 801-322-1815 or email
slpcourt@xmission.com.
Indiana Teen Court Conference
The IN Youth Services
Administration is conducting it’s 5th Annual Teen Court
Conference on June 28-30, 2004. For information, contact Katy York or
Craig Campbell at 317-238-6955.
National Youth Court Month is Approaching
National Youth Court Month Action Kit
September 2004 is
National Youth Court Month. It’s time to start planning! This year’s
theme is “Serving Communities, Changing Lives.” The National Youth
Court Month Action Kit will be available on the NYCC website later by
June 11, 2004.
Youth Court Success Stories
This year, the National
Youth Court Center would like to collect and post an online compilation
of success stories from youth courts across the country. If you
have a story that illustrates the way that your youth court program is
serving your community or changing lives of the young people it serves,
we’d like to hear from you. To send us your story, go to
http://www.youthcourt.net/12-month_campaign/2004_YC_Month/Serving_Communities.htm.
Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2004.
Volunteer Hall of Honor
As we have done the past
two years, the National Youth Court Center will post a Volunteer Hall of
Honor on its website where youth courts can nominate two volunteers (one
adult and one youth) to be recognized for the outstanding contribution
they make to their local programs. Nominations must be made by a youth
court coordinator. To nominate your volunteers, go to
http://www.youthcourt.net/12-month_campaign/2004_YC_Month/hall_of_honor.htm.
The
deadline for nominations is August 1, 2004.
What Events are you Planning
for National Youth Court Month?
We plan to post on our website the types of
events and activities that youth courts are planning to conduct for
National Youth Court Month. Click
here to let us know what you are
planning to do.
Announcements
Thank You to National Youth Service Day Participants
Thank you to the 55 youth court programs that
participated in National Youth Service Day activities on April 16-18,
2004. To learn more about the valuable service these programs provided
to their communities and to see pictures from their events, go to
http://www.youthcourt.net/resources/2004_NYSD_highlights.htm
To learn more about National Youth Service Day and to see the types of
projects conducted by others involved in NYSD activities, visit the
Youth Service America Website at
www.ysa.org/nysd.
Funding
Available For Service-Learning Projects
The Constitutional Rights
Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2004-2005 Robinson
Mini-Grant Program. CRF's Robinson Mini-Grant Program honors the late
Maurice R. ("Robbie") Robinson, founder of Scholastic, Inc. Each year,
thanks to a generous grant from The Maurice R. Robinson Fund of New York
City, CRF awards mini-grants of up to $600 for K-12 service-learning
projects designed to address serious community issues. For more
information and the application go to
http://www.crf-usa.org/network/crf_robin.html
June 2004:
National Safety Month
Sponsored by
the National Safety Council (NSC), National Safety Month provides an
opportunity to focus on community problems and offer programs,
solutions, and safety tips to help keep Americans safe and healthy. For
more information on The National Safety Council visit their website at
http://www.nsc.org. NSC's 2004
Youth Safety Awards Program
publicly
recognizes achievements by youth-serving organizations and individuals
of all ages in promoting safety and health. Read more about the award
and download an entry form.
In The News
The following news articles on
youth courts are among those that appeared online in the month of June. For a listing of
other past news articles related to youth courts, please visit the
“In
the News” section of the NYCC website.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/suncities/articles/
0528brown0521Z1.html
05-28-04:
Teens get one last chance in Peer Court
http://www.ivpressonline.com/articles/2004/05/28/news/news08.txt
05-24-04:
Funding shortage threatens teen court
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2004/05/24/news/01first.txt
Awards and Scholarships
The NYCC’s website lists awards and scholarships for which youth courts can nominate their youth volunteers. Some of the postings on this site include:
Presidential Freedom Scholarships Available to Honor High School Students for Outstanding Service
Two students
from every high school in the country are eligible to receive $1,000
Presidential Freedom Scholarships in recognition of their outstanding
service to the community. The annual college scholarship program, which
will award up to 8,000 scholarships, is administered by the
Corporation's Learn and Serve America program.
The deadline for
applications is July 16. Information and applications are available at
www.nationalservice.org/scholarships.
United States Senate Youth Program
The annual
United States Senate Youth Program, established in 1962 by U.S. Senate
Resolution, will be held in Washington, D.C., from February 26 - March
5, 2005. Two student leaders from each state, the District of Columbia
and the Department of Defense Education Activity will spend a week in
Washington experiencing their national government in action. Students
will visit Capitol Hill, the White House, Supreme Court, Pentagon and
State Department and will each be awarded a $5,000 College scholarship
for undergraduate studies.
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation will pay all expenses for the
Washington Week, including transportation, hotel accommodations and
meals.
Application deadlines vary by state and can be found at http://www.hearstfdn.org/ussyp/.
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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