NYCC Update Volume 2 Number 10


Volume 4, No. 2	February 2, 2006
Encourage others to subscribe! Forward this message to others you think would be interested so they can subscribe to the NYCC Update. Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities Register for the Implementing & Enhancing Youth Courts Training Seminar Are you interested in developing a youth court? Are you a new youth court coordinator or director? If so, the National Youth Court Center is pleased to announce an Implementing and Enhancing Youth Courts Seminar in Denver, Colorado on April 24-26, 2006. Space is limited, so register early. For more information, please go to http://www.youthcourt.net/training_ta/2006/CO_Overview.htm. Register by March 8, 2006 to take advantage of discounted registration rate. Lifesavers 2006 Conference The 2006 Lifesavers Conference will be held April 9-11, 2006 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.lifesaversconference.org. Street Law Announces 2006 Supreme Court Summer Institute Street Law, inc. is holding a Supreme Court Summer Institute on June 15-20 and June 22-27 in Washington, D.C. To qualify you must be a secondary social studies teacher and be willing to train other teachers. Completed applications with a letter of recommendation must be postmarked by March 20, 2006. For more information, visit www.streetlaw.org. National After School Association Conference The National After School Association will host its national conference February 22-25, 2006 in Louisville, KY. For more information, please log onto http://www.naaconference.org. 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 Opportunities National Youth Court Center’s NYSD Mini-Grant Application Deadline Extended The application deadline for the National Youth Court Center’s National Youth Service Day mini-grants has been extended until February 15, 2006. Youth, teen, peer, or student courts that want to organize and conduct a community service project during National Youth Service Day are eligible to apply. Up to 80 $250 mini-grants will be awarded. Program coordinators or administrators must submit the application form. Awards will be allocated on a first come, first-served basis to youth courts that submit a valid application. This is your chance to take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to empower youth and show your community spirit. For more information log onto http://www.youthcourt.net/NYSD_2006/2006_NYSD_info.htm. Youth Invited to Create Hurricane Relief Projects Through Katrina's Kids Community Service Grants WASHINGTON- January 26, 2006 - In conjunction with National and Global Youth Service Day, April 21-23, 2006, Youth Service America, America's Promise, and Katrina's Kids are offering seventeen $1000 grants to young people (ages 5-25), to implement sustainable relief projects supporting the hurricane relief efforts in the Gulf Region. Projects will be launched on National and Global Youth Service Day, and must be youth created and led. Applications will be accepted through March 3, 2006. To apply, please visit www.ysa.org/awards and download an application. For more information about the Katrina's Kids Community Service Grants, please contact the Outreach Department at 202-296-2992, ext. 17 or email: myoung@ysa.org. 2006 Learn and Serve America Grant Competition The Corporation for National and Community Service announced its 2006 Learn and Serve grant competition to support high quality service-learning projects that engage students in community service projects linked to academic studies. Grant funds will be divided between school-based, community-based, higher education, and tribal and U.S. territory programs. Application deadlines for school-based applications are February 2, 2006, February 28 for higher education entities, and March 7 for school-based competitive, community-based, and tribal and territories. For more information, visit http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp. 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. Announcements First Lady Speaks At the Federal Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Conference In her opening remarks at the Federal Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention conference, “Building on Success: Providing Today’s Youth With Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow,” First Lady Laura Bush described some of the many challenges facing our nation’s youth. The first lady also emphasized the role of Helping America’s Youth Initiative in helping young people grow up strong and healthy. For more information on the Helping America’s Youth Initiative, go to http://www.helpingamericasyouth.gov/. OJJDP Program Manager Scott B. Peterson Receives Lewis Hine Award A special congratulations goes out to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Program Manager, Scott B. Peterson. On January 30, 2006, Peterson was honored as the recipient of the prestigious Lewis Hine Award for his outstanding service to youth. In 1997, Peterson was instrumental in developing a national framework for youth courts, teen courts, peer courts, and school-based courts in Washington, D.C., which is being used across the country as well as Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Peterson’s goals are to improve the lives of troubled youth, to improve the handling of abuse and neglect cases in our criminal justice system, and to reduce the length of time children are forced to linger in the foster care system. A panel of judges from corporations, nonprofits, and foundations selected award recipients from hundreds of nominations submitted by governors, mayors, CEOS, and nonprofit leaders from across the country. BJS Report Examines Indicators of School Crime and Safety The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has released “Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2005.” A joint effort by BJS and the National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It also provides current detailed statistical information on the nature of crime in schools, school environments, and responses to violence and crime at school. National Committee of State Youth Court Associations and Networking Groups Convenes Representatives from 18 state youth court associations and networking groups will convene in New Orleans, LA on February 6-8, 2006 to discuss plans to enhance, expand, and unite state associations and networking groups serving teen, student, peer, and youth courts. For more information, contact Scott B. Peterson at Scott.Peterson2@usdoj.gov. Town Hall Meetings on Underage Drinking The Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee for the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) is supporting a series of town hall-style meetings to take place in communities across America on or around March 28, 2006 in order to help educate young people and caring adults about the risks associated with underage drinking. These local Town Hall Meetings will give local communities the opportunity to come together to learn more about the new research on underage drinking and its impact on both individuals and the community, and to discuss how their community can best prevent underage alcohol use and alcohol-related driving. These Town Hall Meetings are designed to alert and empower the community to take more long term action as well as generate interest from the media. Youth Court participants can play a vital role in these Town Hall Meetings, especially when addressing long-term community action with strategies that are known to be successful. To find out how to get involved or help plan an event in your community, go to www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/townhall. If you would like additional information or assistance, particularly in addressing the alcohol-related driving piece of underage drinking issues, please feel free to contact Cheryl Neverman at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at cheryl.neverman@nhtsa.dot.gov. Job Posting—San Diego Teen Court Executive Director The San Diego Teen Court Program is searching for a new Executive Director. Click here to access the job description. Deadline to apply: February 17, 2006. Scholarships and Awards Kohl’s Kids Who Care Program Sponsored by Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. the Kids Who Care Program is open to ages 6 through 18 who reside in Kohl’s Department Store communities and who have not graduated high school as of March 15, 2006. The program awards over $200,000 in scholarships annually to young people who volunteer in their communities. Consumers who nominate children for the Kohl’s Kids Who Care must be at least 21 years of age. Kohl’s Department Stores employees are ineligible. Nomination forms are available in Kohl’s Department Stores on February 1, 2006 through March 15, 2006. Click here to access the Kohl’s Kids Who Care Program. American Foreign Services Association Essay Contest Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wants to know what youth grades 9-12 think about the role of Foreign Service and its members in today’s world. First place winners will receive $2,500; second place winners will receive $1,250; third place winners will receive $750. Deadline for entry is March 1, 2006. For more information, visit http://mirror.afsa.org/essaycontest/. In The News The following news articles on youth courts are among those that appeared online in the month of January. For a listing of other past news articles related to youth courts, please visit “In the News” section of the NYCC website. Some of the postings on this site include: 01-20-06: Leadership Frisco class takes on juvenile justice http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1426&dept_id=528197&newsid=15966628&PAG=461&rfi=9 01-20-06: Teen Court Success http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail2817.cfm?Id=0,45361 01-16-06: A Growing Problem http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/37921.html 01-08-06: Teen Court an alternative for offenders http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/75643.asp 01-06-06: Teen Court debuts in Commerce City http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article /0,1299,DRMN_15_4368072,00.html 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 !!! While supplies last, buy posters at reduced prices!!! For details, click here Youth Court Version Sold Out Poster order form Encourage Others to Join the more than 3,300 persons who receive the NYCC Update each month! 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.
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Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities

Register for the Implementing & Enhancing Youth Courts Training Seminar

Are you interested in developing a youth court? Are you a new youth court coordinator or director? If so, the National Youth Court Center is pleased to announce an Implementing and Enhancing Youth Courts Seminar in Denver, Colorado on April 24-26, 2006. Space is limited, so register early. For more information, please go to http://www.youthcourt.net/training_ta/2006/CO_Overview.htm.

Register by March 8, 2006 to take advantage of discounted registration rate.

Lifesavers 2006 Conference

The 2006 Lifesavers Conference will be held April 9-11, 2006 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.lifesaversconference.org.

Street Law, inc. is holding a Supreme Court Summer Institute on June 15-20 and June 22-27 in Washington, D.C. To qualify you must be a secondary social studies teacher and be willing to train other teachers. Completed applications with a letter of recommendation must be postmarked by March 20, 2006. For more information, visit www.streetlaw.org.

The National After School Association will host its national conference February 22-25, 2006 in Louisville, KY. For more information, please log onto http://www.naaconference.org.

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.

National Youth Court Center’s NYSD Mini-Grant Application Deadline Extended

The application deadline for the National Youth Court Center’s National Youth Service Day mini-grants has been extended until February 15, 2006. Youth, teen, peer, or student courts that want to organize and conduct a community service project during National Youth Service Day are eligible to apply. Up to 80 $250 mini-grants will be awarded. Program coordinators or administrators must submit the application form. Awards will be allocated on a first come, first-served basis to youth courts that submit a valid application. This is your chance to take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to empower youth and show your community spirit. For more information log onto http://www.youthcourt.net/NYSD_2006/2006_NYSD_info.htm.

Youth Invited to Create Hurricane Relief Projects Through Katrina's Kids Community Service Grants

WASHINGTON- January 26, 2006 - In conjunction with National and Global Youth Service Day, April 21-23, 2006, Youth Service America, America's Promise, and Katrina's Kids are offering seventeen $1000 grants to young people (ages 5-25), to implement sustainable relief projects supporting the hurricane relief efforts in the Gulf Region. Projects will be launched on National and Global Youth Service Day, and must be youth created and led. Applications will be accepted through March 3, 2006.

To apply, please visit www.ysa.org/awards and download an application. For more information about the Katrina's Kids Community Service Grants, please contact the Outreach Department at 202-296-2992, ext. 17 or email: myoung@ysa.org.

2006 Learn and Serve America Grant Competition

The Corporation for National and Community Service announced its 2006 Learn and Serve grant competition to support high quality service-learning projects that engage students in community service projects linked to academic studies. Grant funds will be divided between school-based, community-based, higher education, and tribal and U.S. territory programs. Application deadlines for school-based applications are February 2, 2006, February 28 for higher education entities, and March 7 for school-based competitive, community-based, and tribal and territories. For more information, visit http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp.

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.

Announcements

First Lady Speaks At the Federal Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Conference

A special congratulations goes out to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Program Manager, Scott B. Peterson. On January 30, 2006, Peterson was honored as the recipient of the prestigious Lewis Hine Award for his outstanding service to youth.

In 1997, Peterson was instrumental in developing a national framework for youth courts, teen courts, peer courts, and school-based courts in Washington, D.C., which is being used across the country as well as Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Peterson’s goals are to improve the lives of troubled youth, to improve the handling of abuse and neglect cases in our criminal justice system, and to reduce the length of time children are forced to linger in the foster care system.

A panel of judges from corporations, nonprofits, and foundations selected award recipients from hundreds of nominations submitted by governors, mayors, CEOS, and nonprofit leaders from across the country.

BJS Report Examines Indicators of School Crime and Safety

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has released “Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2005.” A joint effort by BJS and the National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It also provides current detailed statistical information on the nature of crime in schools, school environments, and responses to violence and crime at school.

National Committee of State Youth Court Associations and Networking Groups Convenes

Representatives from 18 state youth court associations and networking groups will convene in New Orleans, LA on February 6-8, 2006 to discuss plans to enhance, expand, and unite state associations and networking groups serving teen, student, peer, and youth courts. For more information, contact Scott B. Peterson at Scott.Peterson2@usdoj.gov.

Town Hall Meetings on Underage Drinking

The Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee for the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) is supporting a series of town hall-style meetings to take place in communities across America on or around March 28, 2006 in order to help educate young people and caring adults about the risks associated with underage drinking.

These local Town Hall Meetings will give local communities the opportunity to come together to learn more about the new research on underage drinking and its impact on both individuals and the community, and to discuss how their community can best prevent underage alcohol use and alcohol-related driving. These Town Hall Meetings are designed to alert and empower the community to take more long term action as well as generate interest from the media. Youth Court participants can play a vital role in these Town Hall Meetings, especially when addressing long-term community action with strategies that are known to be successful.

To find out how to get involved or help plan an event in your community, go to www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/townhall.

If you would like additional information or assistance, particularly in addressing the alcohol-related driving piece of underage drinking issues, please feel free to contact Cheryl Neverman at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at cheryl.neverman@nhtsa.dot.gov.

Job Posting—San Diego Teen Court Executive Director

The San Diego Teen Court Program is searching for a new Executive Director. Click here to access the job description. Deadline to apply: February 17, 2006.

Sponsored by Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. the Kids Who Care Program is open to ages 6 through 18 who reside in Kohl’s Department Store communities and who have not graduated high school as of March 15, 2006. The program awards over $200,000 in scholarships annually to young people who volunteer in their communities. Consumers who nominate children for the Kohl’s Kids Who Care must be at least 21 years of age. Kohl’s Department Stores employees are ineligible. Nomination forms are available in Kohl’s Department Stores on February 1, 2006 through March 15, 2006. Click here to access the Kohl’s Kids Who Care Program.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wants to know what youth grades 9-12 think about the role of Foreign Service and its members in today’s world. First place winners will receive $2,500; second place winners will receive $1,250; third place winners will receive $750. Deadline for entry is March 1, 2006. For more information, visit http://mirror.afsa.org/essaycontest/.