Recent Past Projects Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Detention Study. with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) in Pittsburgh to evaluate the planned enhancement and expansion of the AIU's Truancy Prevention Program (TPP). Attendance Truancy Solutions (Aim) provides proven truancy reduction programs that utilize coaching and GPS tracking. Detention Education System The Alternative Education Program's detention education system offers instruction and school counseling to pre-adjudicated and adjudicated students at Shuman Detention Center, Auberle. 2014/2015 Program of Services Budget. Truancy Prevention Program. Comparative Analysis of Program of Services Budget to Total AIU Combined Budgets Including Steel Center Vo-Tech *. Procedure for Adoption of 2015/2016 Program of Services Budget. Truancy Prevention Program. Why is the Program of Services Budget the only AIU budget reviewed and. Tool Kit for Creating Your Own Truancy Reduction Program: Introduction. 3 pages. Adobe Acrobat File (19 KB) Chapter One: Overview of Truancy. 44 pages. National Center for Juvenile Justice. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Detention Study (2. The National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) has completed a study to determine the effectiveness of juvenile detention admissions screening in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania. The purpose of the report is to provide research useful for reducing possible racial and ethnic disparities in detention risk decision- making. The final project report is available here. Benton- Franklin Data Warehouse – Washington State MFC Project (2. In April 2. 01. 3, NCJJ entered into a 3- month contract with the Benton- Franklin Counties Juvenile Court Center to complete work on a Mac. Arthur Foundation Models for Change effort in Washington State to expand/improve the court center’s internal data reporting and analysis capacity. The Benton Franklin Juvenile Justice Center (BFJJC) had previously contracted with a vendor in 2. Juvenile Tracking System – JTS) to track the cases of youth and families referred to court on delinquency, dependency and Becca (truancy, ARY and CHINS) matters. Over the years, JTS has grown into a very comprehensive and complicated system collecting a myriad of information. However, BFJJC continued to struggle in the retrieval and meaningful use of the JTS database and in framing analytical/research questions so that demographic and programmatic data could be used in a way that facilitates routine monitoring of key case processing points and examination of program effectiveness/outcomes. With funds remaining from an earlier local Mf. C grant, BFJCC collaboratively teamed with NCJJ and Canyon Solutions to address these data reporting and analysis limitations. The focus of these report development efforts had been to provide the agency a better understanding of the types and volume of offender referral they received; to provide a more detailed examination of detention utilization; and to examine the effectiveness of programs/interventions which diverted and adjudicated youth are assigned to. These reports allow BFJJC to examine summary data through racial/ethnic, gender and age- specific lenses. California Dependency and Delinquency Calendaring Research (2. NCJJ entered a contract to provide technical consulting services to the California Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to evaluate existing calendaring and case flow management practices with four juvenile courts. The review in two of these courts (Placer and Yolo counties) examined both the delinquency and dependency dockets. The review in Fresno County was limited to dependency case processing and the review in San Bernardino County was specific to the delinquency docket. Final reports (proprietary) were completed and presented to each of the sites in 2. Dona Ana County, New Mexico, Case Processing Timeliness Study (2. NCJJ was awarded a contract to provide technical consulting services to the Dona Ana (3rd) District Court, Children Division VIII (Las Cruces, N. M.) in the following areas: 1) conduct an analysis of delinquency case processing time- frames that combines on- site interviewing/observations with an analysis of case processing data to examine case processing stages most prone to delays and 2) to identify potential areas where intake screening, petition filing and court handling of delinquency referrals can be improved. A final report (proprietary) was delivered in 2. George Junior Republic Research Study: Phase I (2. NCJJ was contracted by George Junior Republic (GJR) to conduct an evaluability assessment of this residential treatment provider’s array of services for delinquent and dependent boys. NCJJ researchers conducted site visits, documentation reviews, data system assessments and interviews to determine if the George Junior Republic program was ready to be evaluated and what form of evaluation would be most effective. George Junior Republic: Intermediate Outcomes Phase II (2. This project was an outcome evaluation of youth assigned to George Junior Republic (GJR). This study measured individual- level outcomes representing the accomplishment of program and treatment objectives including average length of stay, number of serious behavioral incidents, successful completion of competency- based or treatment interventions, participation in recreational activities, completion of community service, payment of restitution, progress in school, progress in point- level system, changes in assessed risk status, and status at release from GJR. This study also tracked results of behavioral/attitudinal assessments completed at intake and at exit. Information Sharing Webinar Design and Evaluation Project (2. NCJJ partnered with the Juvenile Law Center (JLC), the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps, (RFK) and the Mac. Arthur Foundation to provide web- based trainings on data sharing practices between courts, juvenile justice agencies, and community- based organizations who serve youth. This Information Sharing Project – Phase II was based on a curriculum developed jointly by JLC and RFK with consultation from NCJJ during the Models for Change initiative. The project developed a series of webinar trainings which remain a valuable online resources available on the Mac. Arthur Foundation's Models for Change systems reform website here. Juvenile and Family Law Digest. In an effort to keep juvenile justice professionals informed of significant judicial decisions in matter relating to juvenile and family law, for decades the Center produced a publication entitled Juvenile and Family Law Digest which was distributed to members of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and other practitioners in the field. The Digest included monthly summaries of recent case law and classified each entry under one of over 2. Lucas County Aftercare Reform Project (2. NCJJ worked with the Lucas County Juvenile Court to adapt a comprehensive aftercare model developed in Pennsylvania to meet the particular characteristics and needs of the Lucas County Juvenile Court and Probation Department. To achieve this purpose NCJJ: 1) conducted a thorough assessment of Lucas County’s aftercare process, including the scope and nature of that process; 2) carefully adapted the Pennsylvania model to match the unique characteristics of the Lucas County and Ohio Department of Youth Services systems of residential treatment and aftercare; and 3) worked collaboratively with the Lucas County Juvenile Court and Probation Department to develop and implement a new case management model for youth in placement. Middlesex Vicinage, NJ Dual System Collaboration/Integration Project (2. The purpose of this initiative was to improve outcomes for dually involved and multi- system youth in Middlesex Vicinage, NJ. This purpose was achieved through the collaborative efforts of contractors (NCJFCJ/NCJJ and John Tuell) and key actors in Middlesex Vicinage, NJ. During the course of this project, NCJJ identified and convened an executive planning committee; identified critical issues related to dual- system youth; achieved consensus on NCJJ’s approach; assessed data availability and quality; “mapped” current processes; identified and critiqued risk/needs assessment capacities; reviewed/critiqued data describing the target population; and made specific recommendations for implementation of the model. Models for Change Initiative (2. The Center served as the Technical Research Center to the Mac. Arthur Foundation's juvenile justice reform efforts in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, and Washington. The goals of Models for Change were to: 1) develop useful and responsive models of documentation and assessment of efforts; 2) document and assess the planning and implementation phases of targeted areas of improvement; 3) provide baselines and measure intermediate outcomes of efforts at the state and pilot levels and on five key "vital sign" outcomes and assessing the impact; and 4) develop a toolkit for planning, implementing, and measuring model systems efforts. National Juvenile Probation Census Project (2. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) supported the development and implementation of the National Juvenile Probation Census Project. The purpose of this project was to develop a reliable count of the number and characteristics of youth under juvenile probation supervision in the United States and an understanding of the juvenile probation offices that supervise them. NCJJ served as a subcontractor to Westat on this project. Together NCJJ and Westat worked on developing two surveys: 1) the Census of Juveniles on Probation (CJP) and 2) the Census of Juvenile Probation Supervision Offices (CJPSO). These surveys were designed to provide juvenile probation professionals, policy makers, and researchers with high quality data about the nature and scope of juvenile probation. National Resource Center for Legal and Judicial Issues (2. The. NRCLJI is a national collaborative technical assistance project which was funded. Children's Bureau at the U. S Department of. Health and Human Services (HHS). The principal collaborators were. ABA's Center for Children and the Law (lead agency), the National Center. State Courts, and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court. Judges. The NRCLJI is one of ten resource centers funded by the. Children's Bureau, with this resource center focused on supporting and. Child Welfare Agencies and Court. Improvement Projects on a wide variety of topics affecting youth in the. NCJJ was hired to act as the. A. variety of qualitative and quantitative methods are used to asses the. NRCLJI staff and. Evaluation staff also provide support and. NRCLJI staff and consultants to build their internal. National Technical Assistance to the Juvenile Court Project (1. The Technical Assistance to the Juvenile Court Project operated between 1.
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