Volume 4, No. 1

January 6, 2006

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Special Request for Active Youth Court Programs
 
The National Youth Court Center is preparing to print the 2006 edition of the NYCC Directory.  If you work with an active youth court, teen court, peer court, or student court program please take a moment to review the address and contact information we have on file for your program on our website.  Go to

http://www.youthcourt.net//national_listing/index.htm and click on your state.  Check the listing for your program.  If any changes need to be made to your program information please note the program ID number and click here to send us your updated information.  If your active program is not listed, click here to enter your information.

Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities

Illinois Hosts Youth Court Training Summit

The Illinois Attorney General Office and the Illinois Youth Court Association is hosting the third in a series of youth court training summits. The summit, to be held Monday, January 23, 2006 at the Holiday Inn-Gurnee targets Northern Illinois counties. The panel topics include: an overview of how youth courts work, a presentation on the principles of balanced and restorative justice, an explanation of state legislated local funding mechanism available to all Illinois counties, and a presentation from youth court who participate in a youth court program. The summit is open to existing youth court programs as well as individuals interested in starting a new youth court program (juvenile justice or school-based) within their community. Individuals from Northern Illinois and the Chicago region are especially encouraged to attend. For more information and to receive an invitation, please contact Amy Zimmerman at azimmerman@atg.state.il.us

Kentucky Teen Court Conference

The Kentucky Teen Court Conference will be held on Wednesday February 1, 2006 at the Executive West Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information, contact Billy Stover at billys@kycourts.net or Robin Winkfield at Robin.Winkfield@kycourts.net.

Law-Related Education Conference Focuses on Separation of Powers

On January 26-28, 2006, in Phoenix, AZ, the American Bar Association (ABA) will hold the law-related education conference “Separation of Powers: Principles and Conflicts.” Hosted by the ABA’s Division for Public Education on a biennial basis, the National Law Related Education (LRE) Leadership Conference serves as the principal, national professional development meeting and networking conference for leaders in the LRE field.

OJJDP Administrator J. Robert Flores will address a plenary session at the conference, which will include a workshop focused on youth who are at risk for becoming delinquent. The conference is designed for law-related education coordinators, educators, and education administrators, curriculum developers, and supervisors, lawyers, judges, juvenile justice and law enforcement professionals, and others interested in teaching communities about the law and citizenship. For more information, including the agenda and registration form, visit the conference website at http://www.abanet.org/publiced/conference/lre06.html or call (312) 988-5720.

Are you planning a training event or conference?

The NYCC can provide youth court resources for you to distribute at your training events and conferences. Contact us at 859-244-8193 or via email at youthcourt@ncjfcj.org for more information.

Funding Announcements

NYCC Mini-Grants Available for National Youth Service Day Projects

The National Youth Court Center is offering 80 mini-grants in the amount of $250 to be used for conducting National Youth Service Day community projects during the weekend of April 21-23, 2006. Deadline for all National Youth Service Day Mini-grants is January 31, 2006.  If you are an active youth court program and have not received your application form, you can read the mini-grant information and download the application form at: http://www.youthcourt.net/NYSD_2006/2006_NYSD_info.htm.

Coming Up Taller Awards

The Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and reward outstanding after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs for underserved children and youth. Maximum Award: $10,000. Eligibility: Programs initiated by museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, universities, colleges, arts centers, community service organizations, schools, businesses, and eligible government entities. Deadline: January 30, 2006. http://www.cominguptaller.org/

Announcements

ABA Conducts Youth Court Referral Guidebook Advisory Committee Meeting

On December 8-9, 2005, the American Bar Association, with support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the National Youth Court Center, facilitated an Advisory Committee meeting for the development of a Referral Guidebook for youth courts.  More than 20 persons attended representing local youth court programs, state youth court associations, and national organizations that are involved in the youth court movement and related fields.  For a summary of the meeting, click here.

Youth Court Professional Development Institute in Chicago A Success!

More than 70 youth court coordinators and administrators participated in the 2^nd Youth Court Professional Development Institute in Chicago, Illinois on December 7-9, 2005.  the Institute featured more than 15 workshops during the 3-day period on topics such as restorative justice, program evaluation, school-based youth courts, training programs and agendas, funding, and volunteer recruitment. 

New NCJRS Report Available Online: Co-Offending and Patterns of Juvenile Crime

Criminal justice researchers and practitioners have long observed that juveniles tend to commit crimes in pairs or groups. This newly released National Institute of Justice report, Co-Offending and Patterns of Juvenile Crime, examines the phenomenon of co-offending, uncovering several related patterns of crime. Among the study’s findings is that offenders age 13 and under are more likely to commit crimes in pairs and groups than are 16- and 17-year-old offenders. The research also reveals that about 40 percent of juvenile offenders commit most of their crimes with others, and that co-offenders are more likely than solo offenders to be recidivists. The report concludes with a discussion of the implications for policy and practice. The report is available online at the National Institute of Justice Web site at:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/210360.htm.

Scholarships and Awards

2006 National Youth for Justice National Teach-In

The Third Annual National Teach-In encourages young people to teach one another about important questions of liberty, security, justice, and equality in America. The National Teach-In is open to groups of students in classrooms, in schools, clubs, after-school programs, and juvenile justice settings. Youth for Justice will award a mini-grant of $200 to the first 100 classes nationwide that register by January 31, 2006. For more information, visit http://www.crfc.org/yfj_teachin2006.html.

“National School and Business Partnerships Award”

The National School and Business Partnerships Award supports and recognizes the efforts of schools and businesses that partner to improve the academic, social or physical well-being of students. Maximum award: $10,000. Eligibility: Partnerships involving kindergarten through 12^th grade public schools and/or school districts and businesses. Deadline: January 30, 2006. http://www.corpschoolpartners.org .

Are you or someone you know a member of FFA? Scholarships Available!

Each year the National FFA Organization awards more than $2 million in scholarships to its members. Scholarships are given for a wide variety of experiences and career goals as well as higher education plans. Application deadline is February 15, 2006.For more information, visit http://www.ffa.org/programs/scholarships/index.html.

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