CJJA News
Facility Director/Superintendent Training, January 12-15, 2021 Application Link
CJJA has received provisional approval to release applications to invite you to apply for the Superintendent’s Training tentatively scheduled on January 12-15, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. A preview of the agenda includes: Best Practice and...
read moreInterested in Improving Outcomes for Youth in Custody? Call for Applications!
Since 2016, the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators and Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy have operated the Youth in Custody Practice Model Initiative—a research-based effort...
read moreCJJA Facility Director/Superintendent Training was a success!
The second cohort of the Facility Director/Superintendent Training Program was hosted in San Diego in January during the CJJA Winter Meeting and has been completed! Congratulations to all the participants from across the country! This...
read moreCJJA Summer Business Meeting 2020
The 2020 CJJA Summer Business Meeting was conducted virtually as result of travel restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic guidelines. The two day meeting offered participants a unique experience that was rich content through pre-recorded...
read moreNew Practices for Juvenile Justice Systems in the wake of Covid-19: What Will We Keep?
This year’s CJJA Summer Business meeting provided another opportunity to bring together Directors from across the country to talk about their Juvenile Justice Systems’ adaptations to living in a world with COVID-19. In partnership with Pew...
read moreCJJA Announces Virtual Training for Facility Directors and Superintendents
CJJA Announces Virtual Trainings for Facility Directors and Superintendents CJJA has received provisional approval to host the OJJDP/CJJA virtual August Facility Directors and Superintendents Training beginning on August 25, 2020....
read moreUNJAMMED 2020- A Blended Learning Initiative
Unjammed, The 2020 Version In partnership with the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators (CJJA) and with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, CEEAS is excited to announce that we will launch Unjammed 2020 this summer, with follow-up...
read moreUTAH’S JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM and THE WORK OF CONTINUED REFORM
In March 2017, Utah’s Governor, Gary R. Herbert signed a landmark comprehensive set of research-based reforms designed to improve Utah’s juvenile justice system. House Bill 239 (HB 239), was sponsored by Representative Lowry Snow and Senator Todd...
read moreCOVID-19 Practice, Policy and Emergency Protocols in State Juvenile Facilities
Protecting youth and staff from exposure to the virus has impacted every aspect of facility management in state juvenile justice systems. Direct care staff, managers and directors have developed creative solutions to address challenges and navigate...
read moreCJJA and PbS Awards Announcements for Outstanding Leadership In Juvenile Justice 2020
Once again, it is an honor to open the nomination field for the CJJA Outstanding Leadership in Juvenile Justice. Since 1994, the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators has been nationally known for connecting juvenile correctional CEO’s and...
read moreHow State Reform Efforts Are Transforming Juvenile Justice
The Pew Charitable Trusts, Issue Brief, November 2019 Agency leaders share the history and potential of research-driven policy change Overview Since 2012, a growing number of states have used data and research to inform sweeping policy changes that...
read moreCJJA Winter Business Meeting 2020
The January 2020 CJJA Winter Business Meeting was held in San Diego, CA. The two and a half days of rich content, presentations, think tanks and networking began on Friday with an informative start from MaryLee Underwood, JD Executive...
read moreLength of Stay Policy Academy Participants Announced
Teams from Bexar County, Texas; New York City, New York; and the states of Idaho, Oklahoma, and Maryland were selected to be part of Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators’ first-ever Length of Stay Policy Academy, a partnership with the Pew...
read moreSouth Dakota’s Juvenile Justice Landscape
In 2013 South Dakota had the second highest juvenile commitment rate in the country, despite our juvenile violent crime rate being 1/3 the national average. We were spending a significant amount of the state’s juvenile justice budget on out of home...
read moreFacility Director/Superintendent Training, January 11-14, 2020 Application Link
In response to the field’s growing need for a juvenile focused training for facility directors/ superintendents, the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA) in partnership with the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and...
read moreNew RFA Just Released for the Length of Stay Policy Academy!
CJCA is pleased to partner with the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform to release a Request for Applications for a new Length of Stay Policy Academy. The goal of the Policy Academy is to guide and support teams from...
read morePilot Facility Superintendent Training Program held in Boston in August was a success!
CJCA was very glad to welcome participants in the Pilot Program for the first CJCA Superintendent Training Program that was held on August 3-6 during the CJCA Summer Meeting. The program was created in response to field’s growing need for a...
read moreCJCA Awards for Outstanding Leadership Celebrated at Awards Night Ceremony in Boston on Aug. 2
Since 1994, the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators has been nationally known for connecting juvenile correctional CEO’s and advancing juvenile justice reform efforts across the country focusing on improving conditions of confinement,...
read moreConnecticut Judicial Branch CSSD RFP Announcement
RFP Announcement: Regions - Secure Juvenile Residential Treatment Program - Qualified organizations to provide a limited-secure residential facility to serve male adolescents Pre-Proposal Conference: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 1:30 pm at 90...
read moreA New Resource from Stop Solitary for Kids (SSK) Campaign on Reducing Room Confinement While Increasing Safety in Facilities
Written by Mike Dempsey, CJCA Executive Director A New Resource from Stop Solitary for Kids (SSK) Campaign How to Reduce Room Confinement While Increasing Safety in Facilities has been released. Now more than ever, room confinement is a...
read moreCJCA Awards for Outstanding Leadership In Juvenile Justice – deadline extended to May 31!
CJCA Awards for Outstanding Leadership in Juvenile Justice About the Awards: Since 1994, the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators has been nationally known for connecting juvenile correctional CEO’s and advancing juvenile justice...
read moreArkansas posting of Medical Services
Here is Arkansas’s posting of Medical Services, which is posted on the Arkansas DFA web site. http://www.arkansas.gov/dfa/procurement/bids/index.php
read moreCJCA Awards for Outstanding Leadership In Juvenile Justice
CJCA Awards for Outstanding Leadership in Juvenile Justice About the Awards: Since 1994, the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators has been nationally known for connecting juvenile correctional CEO’s and advancing juvenile justice...
read moreCJCA welcomes new directors in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Utah, Idaho and Missouri
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis appointed the former First District Court of Appeal judge and former secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation Simone Marstiller as the new secretary of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice...
read moreCJCA Winter Meeting held Jan. 11-13 in New Orleans
CJCA’s Winter Meeting was held in New Orleans on Jan. 11-13, 2019 in advance of the ACA Winter Conference where we had over 40 CJCA members and designees participating in the meeting along with over 50 associate members and guests, making...
read moreNational Gang Center Blog Discusses Study on Reducing Youth Gang Membership and Delinquency
JUVJUST an OJJDP News Service The JUVJUST listserv posts information on current juvenile justice issues, resources, and events of interest to subscribers. OJJDP did not fund the resource or activity described in this announcement and its posting...
read moreCJCA Toolkit: Recruiting, Hiring and Retaining Qualified Staff January 2019
CJCA has recently published the CJCA Toolkit: Recruiting, Hiring and Retaining Qualified Staff. Click here for the link to the new toolkit. During the past two decades, the issue of hiring and retaining juvenile justice staff has received increased...
read moreMacLaren takes STEPS to cool down young offenders
CJCA would like to share this article on the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) reducing isolation published in the Portland Tribune Click here for the link to the article. ...
read moreEngaging the Families of Youth in Custody: An Essential Goal for Juvenile Justice Practitioners
Engaging the Families of Youth in Custody: An Essential Goal for Juvenile Justice Practitioners By Hannah Oppermann, Michael Umpierre, and Shay Bilchik | January 9, 2019 click here for the link to this article posted on the Juvenile Justice...
read moreJUVJUST an OJJDP New Service – Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorized
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorized In December, President Trump signed into law the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018, reauthorizing and substantially amending the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974...
read moreThe Recidivism Trap | The Marshall Project
Commentary The Recidivism Trap Counting failure is no way to encourage success. Written by Jeffrey A. Butts and Vincent Schiraldi Any discussion of criminal justice policy inevitably includes the word “recidivism.” Usually more than once....
read moreKansas Continues to See Success of Juvenile Justice Reforms
Following two years of vigorous study and debate, Kansas passed comprehensive juvenile justice reforms in 2016. More than two years later, state officials examining performance measures see indicators of success across the system, as the narrower...
read moreNo delay in Arkansas trial for juvenile detention officers accused of conspiring to abuse, judge says
Written By Linda Satter November 24, 2018 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A jury trial for two former juvenile detention center officers accused of conspiring to abuse jailed teenagers at the White River Juvenile Detention Center in Batesville...
read moreApply Now for the Youth in Custody Practice Model Initiative
Applications due by January 11, 2019 Apply Now for the Youth in Custody Practice Model Initiative CJJR, in partnership with the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA), is currently accepting applications for the third round of the...
read moreThe Pew Charitable Trusts – New Interactive Tool: 50-state Data on Youth Confinement
The Pew Charitable Trusts published a new interactive tool that highlights the extent to which states are removing youth from their homes and sending them to juvenile residential facilities for noncriminal infractions like probation violations,...
read moreKicked to the Curb: Where Policy Has Failed Our Most Vulnerable Youth and the Fight for a Better Tomorrow
by Susan Lockwood (Author) Walk into any kindergarten classroom and choose six students. Would you be surprised to learn that one of those young students will drop out before finishing high school? Somewhere along the way, young students are losing...
read morePbS Convenes Community Residential Standards Review
Author: Kim Godfrey Committed to continuous improvement, the Performance-based Standards (PbS) Learning Institute convened a panel of national experts and practitioners to review the standards for PbS for Community Residential Programs. PbS held...
read moreCJCA Summer 2018 Meeting
The Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA) Summer Business Meeting was held Aug. 3-5, 2018 at the Hilton Minneapolis with 45 CJCA directors and designees participating.
CJCA’s signature program, the New Directors Seminar was held immediately preceding the meeting on Aug. 3-5 and was attended by seven new directors including Tracy Dompeling, AK; Chuck Supple, CA; Cathy Foley-Geib, CT; John Stevenson, DE; Trevor Spiegel, NE; John Munoz, Nevada and Joseph O’Leary, OR. Evaluations from the training have been very positive and indicated this continues to be a very valuable training for directors.
read more2018 PbS Barbara Allen-Hagen Award Video Spotlight: White’s Residential and Family Services
Performance-based Standards (PbS) is proud to announce White’s Residential and Family Services in Wabash, IN as the 2018 PbS Barbara Allen-Hagen Award winner in the community residential category. White’s was selected for their forward-thinking improvement plan to strengthen staff and youth relationships by empowering youths.
read more2018 PbS Barbara Allen-Hagen Award Video Spotlight: Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility
Performance-based Standards (PbS) is proud to announce Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility (YDF) in Sacramento, CA as the 2018 PbS Barbara Allen-Hagen Award winner in the detention/assessment category. YDF was selected for their coordinated and thoughtful approach to reducing the use of force and restraints.
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