Jonathan I. Cloud, Cofounder, JVD Consulting Group, LLC
Phelan Wyrick, Gang Program Coordinator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Leadership for Truancy Reduction: Practices, Partnerships, and Policies

This training session will focus on a comprehensive set of best practices by courts, schools, prosecutors, and law enforcement to reduce truancy, divert youth from delinquency, and engage youth in school. In addition, participants will learn how to engage in active planning to create more effective policies; to inform legislation at the local, state, and federal levels; and to develop partnerships to finance these efforts.

Joan Byer, Judge, Jefferson (KY) Circuit Court, Family Division
Kaki Dimock, Youth Resiliency Project Director, People's Regional Opportunity Program, Portland, ME
Stephon Gilkey, Coordinator, Meyzeek Youth Services Center, Jefferson County (KY) Public Schools
Kimberly Lynn Henry, Research Associate, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
William C. Hodges, Chief Administrative Officer, State Attorney’s Office, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida
Paul D. Kesner, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education
Jeffrey A. Kuhn, Executive Director, National Truancy Prevention Association
Heather MacGillivary, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst, National Center for School Engagement, Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
Terri L. Martinez-McGraw, Assistant Principal, Pueblo (CO) School District 60
Ken Seeley, President, National Center for School Engagement; President, Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
Harry L. Shorstein, State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida
Marty Tombari, Senior Research Analyst, National Center for School Engagement, Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
Richard A. Vlavianos, Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court, Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin
Jennifer S. Wong, RAND Corporation
Janet Chiancone, Research Coordinator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This full-day interactive workshop will showcase Meeting the Needs of Juvenile Female Offenders, the curriculum developed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the National Institute of Corrections. Participants will learn to analyze their juvenile justice system and service delivery process using a female-responsive approach to effect systemic change and integrate female-responsive concepts and practices into programs or services for juvenile female offenders. In addition, the workshop will address juvenile female risk factors in various settings, staffing issues, and how to find and evaluate resources.

Leslie S. LeMaster, Correctional Program Specialist, Academy Division, National Institute of Corrections
Launa M. Kowalcyk, Correctional Program Specialist, Academy Division, National Institute of Corrections
Conchita M. Rivers, Administrator, Security Division Drawings Program, Texas Lottery Commission
Deborah Slates-Ciocco, Juvenile Probation Officer, Westmoreland County (PA) Juvenile Probation Department
Gwendolyn Dilworth, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Identifying Youth With the Greatest Need and Strengthening Families To Develop Our Nation's Youth

The keynote speaker will set the stage for the conference, which revolves around themes identified in the Final Report of the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth: helping youth with the greatest need, strengthening families to develop our nation’s youth, holding programs and ourselves accountable, and what works. This up-to-date information will help participants develop a greater understanding of who these youth are and how America's families and communities can better address their needs.

Keynote speakers will be identified in a separate general session program available outside the ballroom on the day of the event.

This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of the many issues related to missing children and the resources available to address them. It will address stranger and noncustodial family member abductions and the multitude of services that are available to address these issues.

Ronald C. Laney, Associate Administrator, Child Protection Division, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Robert Hoever, Deputy Director of Special Operations, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Donna Linder, Executive Director, Child Find of America; Past President, Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organizations
Todd Misel, Captain, Iowa Department of Public Safety
Liss Hart-Haviv, Executive Director, Take Root

Panelists will present major findings from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's juvenile corrections data collection efforts. Presentations will include summary findings from the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and the Juvenile Residential Facility Census to provide an overview of the population of youth in correctional facilities, as well as the security, operations, and services of those facilities. In addition, panelists will present new findings from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement, including information about their backgrounds, offenses, experiences while living in correctional facilities, and plans for the future.

Melissa H. Sickmund, Senior Research Analyst, National Center for Juvenile Justice
Barbara Allen-Hagen, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Janet Chiancone, Research Coordinator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

There is now well-established evidence that adolescents' unsupervised affiliation with deviant peers leads to increases in their deviant behavior. Ironically, the most common practice in the fields of education, mental health, corrections, and community housing is to segregate unruly children from the mainstream peer group and to place them in groups composed exclusively of deviant peers. Segregation occurs in juvenile corrections through training schools, boot camps, and incarceration. Unfortunately, the practice of segregating deviant children and adolescents in correctional as well as other settings can result in adverse effects. The goals of a group working on this issue in an Executive Session at Duke University are to review the evidence and to make recommendations to address the public policy problem of deviant peer contagion. This session will provide an overview of this 3-year comprehensive analysis of the problem of deviant peer contagion with an emphasis on promising juvenile justice solutions to the problem.

Kenneth Dodge, Director, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
Joel Rosch, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
Kathi Grasso, Senior Juvenile Justice Policy and Legal Advisor, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Child Trends, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, will present recently published research on indicators of positive youth development and perspectives of disadvantaged youth on those measures obtained through cognitive interviews. The presentation will include research on life satisfaction, hope, gratitude, money management/frugality, generosity, spirituality and purpose, parent-youth relationships, peer relationships, and school engagement.

Harry Wilson, Associate Commissioner, Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Laura Lippman, Director, Data and Measurement, Child Trends
Greg Matthews, Senior Research Assistant, Child Trends
Elizabeth Wolfe, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Recent research indicates that the stage of life from ages 14 to 24 years is exceptionally risky. New insights into brain development, gained through the use of new technology, demonstrate specific conditions that exist in the brain only during adolescence. Linking this research to the stages of adolescent development has generated better understanding of the way in which adolescents perceive the world, themselves, and their behaviors. Participants will explore the connections between the adolescent brain and their behavior and discuss the motivation for these connections in light of new research.

Michael Nerney, Michael Nerney and Associates
Stephanie Rapp, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will acquaint participants with best practices for mental health/suicide risk screening and assessment, provide information on the prevalence of mental health disorders among youth in the juvenile justice system, and review current standards for assessment and management of suicidal behavior in juvenile justice settings.

Gail A. Wasserman, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director, Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Columbia University
Larkin S. McReynolds, Research Coordinator/Senior Data Analyst, Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice; Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Debra L. Kaplan, Clinical Director, Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Columbia University
Karen Stern, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will focus on best practices in treating juvenile sex offenders in confinement as well as in the community. Panelists will provide an overview of the latest empirically based best practices in juvenile sex offender management.

Steven H. Jones, Judge, Juvenile Court of Sullivan County (TN), Division II
Madeline (Mimi) Carter, Principal, Center for Effective Public Policy
Kurt Bumby, Senior Manager, Center for Effective Public Policy
Mark Chaffin, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Research, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Research Director, National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth
Thomas Murphy, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

For 10 years Dr. Robert F. Anda has been co-principal investigator for the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, a collaborative study with Kaiser Permanente. He played the principal role in the design of the study, subsequent analysis of the ACE Study data, and preparation of its numerous scientific publications. He heads a team of five staff persons at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who work on the ongoing aspects of the ACE Study.

Robert F. Anda, Co-Principal Investigator, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kristen Kracke, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Protecting teens from sexual exploitation by older partners is an issue of great importance. Teens in sexually exploitive relationships are at risk for negative outcomes, including unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, violence, and social and behavioral difficulties at school and in the community. Furthermore, their older partners are in danger of violating state laws with potentially serious legal consequences. This workshop will provide participants with a better understanding from existing research about exploitive relationships between teens and their older sexual partners. In addition, it will identify research gaps that, when improved, can lead to better prevention and protective interventions.

Alma Golden, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Kristin Moore, President and Senior Scholar, Child Trends
Howard N. Snyder, Director of Systems Research, National Center for Juvenile Justice

Methamphetamine is a drug of growing concern in many communities, especially in areas where youth are using the drug. The federal government has been increasingly focused on this drug, with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy overseeing the federal effort to disrupt the illicit market for methamphetamine and reduce use among adults and youth. This workshop will describe the state of the national and international methamphetamine problem and the federal government's response to it.

John C. Horton, Associate Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Jerry Frankenheim, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Deane Dougherty, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The goal of this workshop is to present the final product for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's major mental health project: A Comprehensive Model for the Identification and Treatment of Youth With Mental Health Needs in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System. The model is based on four cornerstones-collaboration, identification, diversion, and treatment-and addresses these issues at every critical intervention point within the juvenile justice system. An additional goal is to provide audience members with a blueprint for how they can transform their state and local mental health and juvenile justice systems to better meet the needs of youth involved with both systems. The model is designed so that practitioners, administrators, and policymakers can work on transforming their entire system or can select a single intervention point (e.g., arrest, detention) or facility for improvement.

Joseph J. Cocozza, Vice President for Research, Policy Research Associates; Director, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Kathleen Skowyra, Consultant, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Eric Trupin, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
Karen Stern, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Programmatic Approaches and Research: Early Childhood Maltreatment and Later Delinquency (This workshop is also offered on Wednesday, January 11, 8:30-10:30 a.m.)

This workshop will address family violence and resilience in child victims, etiology and prevention of aggression in children and adolescents, and evidence-based practices in social work.

Cathy Spatz Widom, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Terence P. Thornberry, Director, Research Program on Problem Behavior, Institute of Behavioral Science; Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder
David L. Olds, Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Preventive Medicine; Director, Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Kristen Kracke, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Janis Wolak, Research Assistant Professor, Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire
Staca Urie, Education Liaison, NetSmartz Workshop, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Teri Schroeder, President/Program Director, i-SAFE America, Inc.
Judi Westburg-Warren, President, Web Wise Kids, Inc.
Katherine Darke Schmitt, Coordinator, Child Abuse and Neglect Program, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will teach juvenile justice practitioners how to use the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's performance measurement systems to measure and document the performance of their programmatic and systems change efforts and will explore resources that are available for long-term program evaluation.

Marcia I. Cohen, Vice President of Research and Evaluation, Development Services Group, Inc.
Susan Jenkins, Senior Research Associate, Consulting Services and Research Inc.
Lisa Del Balso-Reynolds, Deputy Director, Development Services Group, Inc.
Mary Poulin, Project Manager, Justice Research and Statistics Association
Heidi Hsia, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The educational rights of children are not reduced or changed when children are in an institutional setting. Since most of the children in juvenile justice facilities have issues that must be addressed by multiple agencies, it is important to develop comprehensive plans and entry and exit strategies that include educational placements to maximize the potential outcomes for these youth. This panel will discuss the profiles of youth who are being educated in institutions, their rights, and strategies that states have used to address issues related to these rights. The panel will also discuss how Title I, Part D, addresses the No Child Left Behind Act requirements (including assessment and screening, teacher quality, and records transfer and support for transition) and professional development.

Gary Rutkin, Education Program Officer, U.S. Department of Education
Thomas O’Rourke, Associate Superintendent for Educational Services, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
Joyce Burrell, Senior Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research
Heather Griller Clark, Project Director, Arizona Detention Transition Project and Learner Outcomes for Merging Two Worlds, Arizona State University
Thomas Murphy, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Over the past 12 years, the Balanced and Restorative Justice model has been incorporated into the juvenile court purpose clauses of 23 states and has formed the basis for juvenile justice policy reform in 15 states and many local jurisdictions. The principles of balanced and restorative justice have provided juvenile justice systems with a range of alternative practices that address the needs of victims, offenders, and communities. Participants in this workshop will learn concrete ways in which the principles of balanced and restorative justice can be applied to the following critical systemic issues facing juvenile justice: (1) reintegrating juvenile offenders in a way that allows them to present a new image of themselves as resources through community service based on a strengths-based model of civic engagement; (2) developing system performance measurement based on outcomes grounded in genuine community needs and expectations; (3) designing restorative group conferencing programs that involve the offender, family, victim, and community members in nonadversarial dialog about how to repair the harm of crime and resolve conflict in residential facilities, reentry, and community-based alternatives to confinement; (4) applying restorative justice practices in minority communities with the specific goal of addressing disproportionate confinement of minority youth in juvenile justice systems.

Gordon Bazemore, Director, Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University
John P. Delaney, Jr., Deputy District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney, Philadelphia
Dennis Maloney, President, Justice Solutions
Dee K. Bell, Operations Manager, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
Cheryl Graves, Director, Community Justice for Youth Institute, Northwestern University School of Law
Peter Freivalds, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

There is no question that the policy of transferring juveniles to adult court is controversial. A significant amount of recent research has been critical of the policy's influence on recidivism and its benefit to public safety. The question for many is not whether the entire policy is unsound, but under what circumstances transfer is a good idea and what criteria should be used. This panel will discuss what is a good "cutoff point" for determining when to make the decision to transfer a juvenile to adult court and when the decision is likely to meet with diminishing returns for society.

Thomas F. Geraghty, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Professor of Law, and Director of Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law
Donna M. Bishop, Professor, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
Gordon A. Martin, Jr., Associate Justice, Massachusetts Trial Court
Michael Shader, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Lessons Learned: Collaborating To Support Long-Term Recovery Following Crisis in a School Setting: The Role of Federal, Local, and Other Partners

Traumatic events can have a far-reaching impact on schools and communities that are attempting to cope with the aftermath of tragedy. Because school settings have their own, unique features that may present barriers, recovery efforts are often challenged by a variety of factors including media attention, lack of medical and mental health services, poverty, cultural differences, and geographic isolation. This workshop focuses on lessons learned from a variety of crises and suggests ways to incorporate them into emergency response and crisis management planning. Panelists will share their perspectives on how incidents that occurred in Jonesboro (AR), Springfield (OR), Columbine High School (CO), and Red Lake (MN), along with the events of September 11, continue to impact their students and staff.

John Calhoun, Consultant, Safety of Children and Youth, Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, National League of Cities
Andrew O. Moore, Senior Consultant, Municipal Network on Disconnected Youth, Institute for Youth, Education and Families, National League of Cities
Charles Lyons, Acting President and Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia Safe and Sound
Richard Saito, Lieutenant, Community Services-Crime Prevention, San Jose (CA) Police Department
Scott Pestridge, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will focus on the reasons for and appeal of delinquent behavior (e.g., gang involvement) and the importance of channeling youth into prosocial activities with equal or greater excitement, adventure, status, daring, and reward. Juvenile justice has to take a youth development approach in all of its programs and services, which means examining the disconnect between youth and society.

Jonathan I. Cloud, Cofounder, JVD Consulting Group, LLC
Scott Larson, Chairman, Reclaiming Youth International; Founder and President, Straight Ahead Ministries
Cathann Kress, Director, Youth Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Scott Pestridge, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Programmatic Approaches and Research: Early Childhood Maltreatment and Later Delinquency (This workshop is also offered on Tuesday, January 10, 3-5 p.m.)

This workshop will address family violence and resilience in child victims, etiology and prevention of aggression in children and adolescents, and evidence-based practices in social work.

Cathy Spatz Widom, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Terence P. Thornberry, Director, Research Program on Problem Behavior, Institute of Behavioral Science; Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder
David L. Olds, Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Preventive Medicine; Director, Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Kristen Kracke, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The workshop will help practitioners develop competency with respect to cultural sensitivity and historical trauma. It will focus on essential concepts related to cultural sensitivity and historical trauma, appropriate terminology and applications of these topics, the strengths and vulnerabilities of Native Peoples with respect to these topics, and how to integrate these topics into professional work engagements. This workshop will be a blend of lecture and discussion, using case examples and small-group work assignments.

Michael Yellow Bird, Director, Center for Indigenous Nations Studies; Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Kansas
Laura Ansera, Tribal Youth Program Coordinator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will discuss 10 core principles for providing high-quality delinquency representation through indigent defense delivery systems. The goals of the session are to increase practitioner awareness of juvenile indigent defense issues, to recommend necessary reforms, and to foster juvenile court-practitioner collaboration in improving juvenile defense practices.

Jerrauld Jones, Judge, Norfolk (VA) Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Sandra Simkins, Assistant Chief, Juvenile Unit, Defender Association of Philadelphia
Richard C. Goemann, Independent Indigent Defense Consultant and Assistant Federal Public Defender, Richmond, VA
Patricia Puritz, Executive Director, National Juvenile Defender Center
Peter Freivalds, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will explore the intersection of programs for runaway and homeless youth and domestic violence programs as they work collaboratively to address adolescent dating violence.

William Riley, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tammy Lemmer, Special Projects Manager, Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
Chris Cox, Hoyleton Youth and Family Services
Juley A. Fulcher, Director of Public Policy, Break the Cycle
Linda Hilts Lamas, Executive Director, Park Place Outreach, Inc.
Jennifer Yeh, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Workshop participants will hear how the U.S. Department of Education is expanding mentoring across America through its school-based mentoring initiative. They will learn why and how the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is making extraordinary efforts to reach those children and youth who have one or both parents incarcerated. In addition, they will learn about the partnership between the U.S. Department of Justice and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) to provide mentoring to at-risk Hispanic youth. A representative from BBBSA will describe the organization's innovative Hispanic mentoring initiative.

Bryan Williams, Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Education
Curtis Porter, Director, Youth Development Division, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
David I. Arrambide, Associate Director of Training and Staff Development, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Eric Stansbury, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Communities In Schools: Strategies To Help Kids Stay in School and Prepare for Life

This workshop will focus on the Communities In Schools (CIS) philosophy that "programs don't change kids; relationships do." It will review CIS's research-based philosophy that every child needs and deserves five basics: a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to learn and grow, a healthy start and a healthy future, a marketable skill to use upon graduation, and a chance to give back to peers and the community. CIS emphasizes bringing already existing community resources into schools to help students succeed, tailoring strategies to the needs and assets of each school community, and using alternative school settings for particularly troubled youth (such as the Performance Learning Centers developed by CIS of Georgia).

Albert Coleman, Vice President for Government Relations, Communities In Schools of Georgia
Robert A. Seidel, Director of Government Resources, Communities In Schools National
Irene Luna, Lieutenant, City of McAllen (TX) Police Department
David Kennedy, Communities In Schools of Hidalgo County (TX)
Robin Delany-Shabazz, Director, Concentration of Federal Efforts Program, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Breaking Down the "Service Wall" When Working With Young Offenders

This workshop is designed to identify the challenges and barriers service providers face when working with young offenders. The outcomes of this activity will be (1) the identification of obstacles that prevent service providers and young people from making connections that lead to positive gains for youth and positive outcomes for community-based programs and (2) the identification of corresponding solutions. Panelists will include service providers and young ex-offenders, who together have been successful in overcoming such barriers. Workshop participants and panelists will identify obstacles (“bricks”) and build a wall. Then they will work together to identify remedies to remove each brick of the wall.

This workshop will present current research and models regarding the use of risk and needs assessments across the country.

Barry Krisberg, President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
David Gaspar, Senior Consultant, National Council on Crime and Delinquency

This panel session is designed to give participants a unique opportunity to learn about what is working in juvenile drug courts from three very different perspectives-a judge, a drug court graduate whose life was changed by the experience, and the primary researcher on the national juvenile drug court study. Participants will also have an opportunity to ask questions and engage in open dialog with the three panelists. This workshop is geared toward both seasoned drug court professionals and participants who are unfamiliar with drug courts.

Marilyn Roberts, Deputy Administrator for Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Henry Weber, Drug Court Consultant, Weber Consulting Group
John Roman, Senior Research Associate, Program on Law and Behavior, Justice Policy Center, The Urban Institute
Juvenile drug court graduate

The primary goal of this workshop is to provide conference attendees with an understanding of the mental health problems experienced by tribal youth and of culturally appropriate best practices in tribal youth mental health assessment and treatment services.

Denise Middlebrook, Public Health Advisor, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
RoseMary Shaw, Director, Osage Nation Counseling Center
Sandra Barrett, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will introduce participants to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and provide them with strategies for managing and addressing the needs of youth with FASD who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.

Linda L. Chezem, Office of the Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Dan Dubovsky, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Specialist, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Joyce A. Holl, Executive Director, Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Karen Stern, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will profile several successful reentry strategies that focus on the role of the family and faith-based organizations in helping youthful offenders return to the community following a period of confinement. In addition, it will examine the conceptual underpinnings of the three phases of the reentry continuum: institutional, transitional, and community followup.

David M. Altschuler, Principal Researcher, Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
Carol Shapiro, President, Family Justice
Tina Saetti, Lead Caseworker, Boston Juvenile Reentry Initiative
Thomas Murphy, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This panel will present information on trends in girls' delinquency and girls' pathways to delinquency, present an overview of early findings of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Girls Study Group project, and discuss the implications of the findings for promoting resiliency among girls and for prevention and treatment programming.

Margaret A. Zahn, Project Director, Girls Study Group; Director, Crime, Justice Policy, and Behavior Program, RTI International
Barry C. Feld, Girls Study Group Member; Centennial Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Diana Fishbein, Girls Study Group Member; Director, Transdisciplinary Behavioral Science Program, RTI International
Barbara Allen-Hagen, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The purpose of this workshop is to present management concepts to build leadership capacity and organizational competency in the planning and delivery of juvenile services. The workshop will enhance a juvenile-focused unit or the delivery of juvenile services within a police department. The session will demonstrate and promote the exchange of information to encourage interagency networking to maximize resources within a community and discuss effective decisionmaking to enhance prevention, intervention, and enforcement efforts. The program will also address high-risk victims, child protection, and AMBER Alert issues.

Ron Laney, Associate Administrator, Child Protection Division, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Joe Canibano, Consultant and Program Coordinator, Fox Valley Technical College
David W. Kellar, Captain, Kokomo (IN) Police Department
Gary O’Connor, Program Manager, Fox Valley Technical College

Mentoring: Resources, Resources, and More Resources

Participants will hear from the nation's leading youth mentoring organizations, which offer a wide range of resources to support mentoring efforts, and will learn how to enhance or implement a mentoring program in their own community. Presenters will discuss a wide range of resources, including training, publications, child safety protocols, technical assistance, funding, and more. Those who attend this workshop will get the latest information on what the private and public sectors offer to support their community's mentoring needs.

Michael Garringer, Resource Advisor, National Mentoring Center, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Alison T. Fritz, Senior Policy Advisor, Corporation for National and Community Service
Joyce Corlett, Director of Program Development, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Lynn Ziegenfuss, Mentoring Director, National Network of Youth Ministries
Judy Strother Taylor, Project Director, Mentoring Resource Center
Kristi Zappie-Ferradino, Director, Products and Online Services, National Mentoring Institute, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership
Scott Peterson, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration recognizes that individuals develop at their own pace. No two participants in a development program will proceed at the same pace or at the same level of engagement and success. This phenomenon presents many challenges for those responsible for the delivery of activities and services that support participants' progress toward specific goals. Through the Office of Youth Services, simple Excel tools have been developed to track where participants are within the continuum of services (the "pipeline"). The pipeline tools offer case managers and their supervisors the opportunity to periodically assess where all participants are along the continuum of services offered, so that they can determine where challenges or barriers may exist and more effectively engage each participant.

These interactive demonstrations allow conference attendees to ask questions and gather information about various organizations and programs.

Carrie Marchant, Program Author, Moral Kombat

The Council of State Governments, in cooperation with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, is currently supervising the introduction of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles. At issue are the management, monitoring, supervision, and return of juveniles, delinquents, and status offenders who are on probation or parole and who have absconded, escaped, or run away from supervision and control to states other than the one in which they were sentenced. Also at issue is the safe return of juveniles who have run away from home and, in doing so, have left their state of residence.

John J. Mountjoy, Director, National Center for Interstate Compacts, Council of State Governments

Strengthening Families To Prevent Violence

This workshop will introduce participants to the American Psychological Association's Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence Program. Participants will learn about the importance of providing positive role models and teaching violence prevention skills to children at an early age, risk factors and consequences of violence, the importance of effective parenting to prevent violence and other behavioral problems, basic elements of early violence prevention skills (anger management, discipline, and social problem solving), and the impact of media violence on children.

Julia M. da Silva, Program Director, Adults and Children Together Against Violence Program, American Psychological Association

Workshop participants will learn about the scope of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, with a focus on the latest developments in its ongoing effort to reach youth with marijuana prevention messages.  Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug among America's youth. Despite the growing scientific evidence of the harm it can cause, many youth-as well as parents and other adults-see the drug as benign. Research shows that marijuana use by youth can lead to significant health, social, learning, and behavioral problems at a crucial time in their lives-when their young bodies and minds are still developing. In response to this challenge, the Media Campaign has partnered with some of the nation's leading public health, parenting, and drug-prevention groups to alert parents and teens to the risks of youth marijuana use. The Media Campaign's Marijuana Initiative has established a track record of success in reaching parents and getting them to seek information, support, and tools to engage in conversation with their kids about the risks of marijuana.

Robert W. Denniston, Director, National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Office of National Drug Control Policy  

The role of the prosecutor in the juvenile justice system is challenging and complicated. On any given day, prosecutors may face juveniles who have committed offenses ranging from the most violent and heinous offense to the simple act of shoplifting a candy bar. Prosecutors are aware that frequently juvenile delinquents are themselves the victims of crime and abuse. Prosecutors must be prepared to balance the rehabilitative needs of all types of juvenile offenders with community safety and victim restoration concerns, as well as the fundamental concepts of fairness and justice. This workshop will address the role of the prosecutor in juvenile delinquency and the community and the role of the prosecutor in preventing and intervening in child abuse. Victor Vieth will deliver a moving presentation, "Unto the Third Generation: A Call to End Child Abuse in America Within 120 Years," a blueprint to end child abuse within three generations.

Victor I. Vieth, Director of Child Abuse Programs, American Prosecutors Research Institute
John P. Delaney, Jr., Deputy District Attorney, Trial Division, Philadelphia
Delores Heredia Ward, Director, National Juvenile Justice Prosecution Center, American Prosecutors Research Institute
Caren Harp, Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Union County (AR) Prosecutor’s Office
Peter Freivalds, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Underage drinkers account for 10-20 percent of all alcohol consumed in this country. In a newly released study conducted by the American Medical Association, underage drinkers said they found it easy to obtain alcohol from an adult, particularly at parties. A report from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation found that underage drinking costs the United States $62 billion annually in deaths, injuries, property damage, and related economic and productivity losses. This interactive workshop will discuss the issues and data related to underage drinking, provide an overview of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program, and explore science-based best and most promising practices, including effective law enforcement approaches. Participants will have the opportunity to assess their own state cost data, review state and local success stories, and receive tools to facilitate the assessment of their local community's underage drinking problems and contributing factors.

Linda Chezem, Office of the Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Johnnetta Davis-Joyce, Director, Center for Policy Analysis and Training, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
William B. Patterson, Jr., Senior Program Manager for Law Enforcement, Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Diane Riibe, Executive Director, Project Extra Mile
Felicia Donelson, Youth Coordinator, National Capital Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking
Sharon Cantelon, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Preeti Puri Menon, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The emergence and recognition of youth gangs on reservation land creates the potential for gang members to be used as conduits for criminal activity (including the trafficking of illegal drugs, particularly for tribes that border Canada and Mexico). While reservation gangs are not typically rooted deeply within the communities, research shows that without intervention by police and the community, their activities will become increasingly focused on criminal and entrepreneurial activities. By learning how to recognize the signs and assess the level of activity, communities can approach and diffuse gangs, one gang member at a time. The goal of this workshop is to present a realistic, combined community and police approach to reducing youth gang activity within tribal communities. This approach includes forming partnerships and developing strategies to identify and impact individual gang members.

David J. Rogers, (Nez Perce) Tribal Law Enforcement Specialist, Fox Valley Technical College
Patrick Dunckhorst, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Too Dear at Any Cost: Preventing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth and Working With Youth at Risk

The workshop will describe the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's anti Commercial Child Sexual Exploitation demonstration program. Three of the panelists are survivors who are currently involved in rescue and prevention work in New York , Atlanta , and San Francisco. They will speak on the need for comprehensive programs that include law enforcement, education, job training, juvenile courts, social services, and housing to protect victims of commercial exploitation. They will describe strategies for reaching victims of child commercial sexual exploitation and youth at risk of being exploited.

Rachel Lloyd, Executive Director, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services
Norma J. Hotaling, Founder and Executive Director, Standing Against Global Exploitation Project
Katherine Darke Schmitt, Coordinator, Missing Children/Child Abuse and Neglect Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will provide information regarding how selected Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program grantees have addressed the challenges of collaboration and sustainability.

David Osher, Managing Director, American Institutes for Research
Michael J. Furlong, Professor, Gevritz Graduate School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara
Two Safe Schools/Healthy Students site evaluators
Kellie Dressler-Tetrick, Branch Chief, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

In this workshop, participants will learn about innovative ways youth in the juvenile justice system are being helped with drug and alcohol problems. Panel members will share real-life examples and preliminary research findings on how the lives of youth are being changed at 10 Reclaiming Futures sites around the nation through a 6-step program involving juvenile courts, service providers, community members, and families working together to reclaim the lives of our youth. Reclaiming Futures is a $21 million initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Laura Burney Nissen, National Program Director, Reclaiming Futures; Associate Professor of Social Work, Portland State University
Jeffrey A. Butts, Research Fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children, The University of Chicago
Stephen Antkowiak, Training Coordinator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Statutory rape laws are meant to protect our nation’s young people. When these laws are broken, victimized young people should feel confident that our legal system will punish the offenders. The effective management of this complex crime demands the use of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach that includes all involved organizations and agencies, particularly victim advocates, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, judges, healthcare providers, school officials, and other professionals who work with teens. This workshop will explore the philosophical and practical barriers to reporting statutory rape and present the perspectives of experts from a variety of disciplines.

Alma Golden, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Domenic F. Trunfio, First Chief Assistant District Attorney, Onondaga County (NY) District Attorney’s Office
Jonathan Klein, American Academy of Pediatrics
Mary Beth Semerod, Executive Director, Rape and Victim Assistance Center of Schuylkill County (PA)

Participants will receive an overview of the detention reform movement and its objective to streamline the juvenile detention system. Presenters will describe the widely heralded Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), created to demonstrate that states and localities can establish more effective, efficient systems to accomplish the purposes of juvenile detention. The objectives of JDAI are to reduce the number of children inappropriately or unnecessarily detained, to minimize the number of youth who fail to appear in court or reoffend pending adjudication, to redirect public funds toward successful reform strategies, and to improve conditions of confinement.

Bart Lubow, Director, Program for High-Risk Youth, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Eve Munson, Project Director, Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Scott Pestridge, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will highlight programs that have had an impact on creating safe and healthy environments for learning. It will provide information about strategies to engage students in meaningful school and community activities that have had a positive influence on teaching and learning.

Targeted Outreach Initiative

This workshop will focus on the Targeted Outreach initiative used by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in their delinquency prevention, gang prevention and intervention, and reentry support efforts. Through referrals from schools, courts, law enforcement, and community youth service agencies, the tested and proven Targeted Outreach program identifies and recruits delinquent and at-risk youth into ongoing club programs and activities.

Joe Mollner, Senior Director of Delinquency Prevention, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Thomas Murphy, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Even as the rates of juvenile crime and delinquency have decreased over the past several years, the issue of gangs has continued to plague urban and rural communities across the country. This town hall meeting will provide up-to-date information on the U.S. Department of Justice’s response to gangs and offer participants an opportunity to have relevant questions answered by a variety of renowned experts from federal agencies and national and local organizations.

Dr. Edward J. Latessa will discuss the principles of effective juvenile justice programming and emphasize the value and utility of employing evidence-based and research-driven practices in planning, administering, and evaluating programs. Dr. Robert Ballard will discuss how the adventure of scientific exploration and discovery can be transformed into exciting learning programs for kids and will highlight Immersion Presents-a partnership between the Office of Justice Programs, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-to develop a new suite of adventure programs to reach at-risk youth across the nation. In addition, the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will recognize the Topeka Juvenile Correctional Facility for its work in support of this conference.

Edward J. Latessa, Chairman and Professor, Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati
Robert Ballard, Founder and President, Institute for Exploration, Mystic Aquarium

The Coordinating Council for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention recognizes that, to build upon known successes and provide youth with opportunities for a better tomorrow, communities must come together to identify their problems, assess their resources, and select strategies and programs that are the most likely to succeed. This interactive cyber workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to work with the White House Helping America’s Youth strategic planning tool and other community planning resources. Personnel with expertise in the field of community planning and program implementation will assist participants with the following stages of diagnosis and treatment: mobilization, assessment, planning, and implementation.

Resources and More Resources: Federal Agencies Each Share Resources From Their Agency (This workshop is also offered on Thursday, January 12, 2:45-4:45 p.m.)

This workshop will educate participants about the most current resources available from the federal government, including current funding sources, Web sites, listservs, publications, and other related and appropriate resources from the specific federal agency presenting. This information will allow conference attendees to be better prepared to implement and/or enhance community initiatives for youth and families. Workshop presenters will include representatives from the following federal agencies:

U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Defense, Family Advocacy Program
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Citizen Corps
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Corporation for National and Community Service
National Archives
USA Freedom Corps, Executive Office of the White House

This workshop will examine the basics of the new Guidelines for Juvenile Integrated Information Sharing (JIIS). Early lessons indicate that integrated information sharing can promote effective coordination of multiple services to foster better informed decisionmaking regarding juveniles in the context of justice, education, and health and welfare. By the end of the session, participants will understand the three components of effective JIIS, determine prerequisites for JIIS success, and conduct a preliminary assessment to determine their jurisdiction's readiness to implement JIIS.

Jennifer Mankey, Executive Director, Center for Network Development
Stephanie L. Rondenell, President and Chief Technology Officer, Alpha Consulting Group
Gwendolyn Dilworth, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Kimberly J. Mitchell, Research Assistant Professor, Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire
Michelle K. Collins, Director, Exploited Child Unit, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Michael Harmony, Lieutenant, Bedford County Sheriff’s Office
Christopher Holloway, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Mildred Martinez, Gang Reduction Program Coordinator, Office of the Mayor, Los Angeles
Esther M. Welch, Gang Reduction and Intervention Program Coordinator, Office of the Virginia Attorney General, Richmond
Laura Kallus, Director, PanZou Project, North Miami Beach
Lisa Patrick, Project Coordinator, Milwaukee Gang Reduction Project, Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance
Phelan Wyrick, Gang Program Coordinator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will examine some of the barriers and successful approaches to linking juvenile offenders to workforce investment systems and will highlight two promising programs. In addition, it will examine a new training curriculum that will equip youth correctional workers with the knowledge and tools they need to prepare youth for successful reintegration. This curriculum incorporates the most up-to-date information on youth workforce development strategies and approaches that have proven to be relevant for young offenders.

David E. Brown, Deputy Director, District of Columbia Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services
John Dillow, Project Manager, The Living Classrooms Foundation
Thomas Mike Buzbee, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Trades Center
Kia N. Harris, Director of Training, Center for Research and Professional Development, National Juvenile Detention Association
Thomas Murphy, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will provide a framework for connecting school and community interventions, provide a base of information that can support school-community collaboration, and help participants understand the relationship between support, academic achievement, and short- and long-term outcomes for children and youth.

Mary Magee Quinn, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research
David Osher, Managing Director, American Institutes for Research
Kellie Dressler-Tetrick, Branch Chief, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The workshop will focus on new developments in the Performance-based Standards (PbS) project, including the new performance profiles that are used to help juvenile correctional facilities target improvements in data quality and in facility operations related to improving youth and staff safety. Panelists will demonstrate some of the new diagnostic tools that allow PbS teams working in facilities to examine their performance results and explore how operations in one domain affect other domains.

Edward J. Loughran, Founding Executive Director, Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators
Akin Fadeyi, Implementation Director, Performance-based Standards Project, Council of Juvenile and Correctional Administrators
Patricia Leeman, Superintendent, Bethel Youth Facility, Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice
Aaron B. McCorkle, Jr., Detention Center Administrator, South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
Barbara Allen-Hagen, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will look at the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) emphasis on ensuring that the needs of high-growth/high-demand industries are met in part through the employment of young offenders. As part of the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative, youth offenders are being offered greater access to new, emerging, and better job opportunities with promising career ladders. In order to guide youth offenders into high-growth industries, DOL grantees have identified the workforce needs in high-growth, high-demand, and economically critical industries. Based on their state and local economies, selected grantees will share their understanding of the workforce challenges facing these industries and the solutions developed to overcome these barriers.

Tommy Stewart, Executive Director, Spirit of Peace Community Development Corporation; Weed and Seed Site Coordinator, Dayton, OH
Deborah Scales, Dayton (OH) Weed and Seed and Spirit of Peace Community Development Corporation
Jasmin Benab, Coordinator, Girls Youth Leadership Program and Summer Youth Employment Program, Columbia Heights (DC) Weed and Seed
Jack O’Connell, Director, Statistical Analysis Center, Dover, DE
Tessie Ajala, Training Coordinator, Outreach to New Americans, National Crime Prevention Council
Robert Samuels, Strategic Community Development Officer, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Gregory Thompson, Associate Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
John A. Tuell, Senior Director, Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems Integration Initiative and the Juvenile Justice Division, Child Welfare League of America

National Mentoring Month celebrates mentoring and the positive impact it can have on young lives. During National Mentoring Month, we recognize the dedicated individuals who volunteer their time to mentor young people, and we encourage more citizens to give back to their communities as mentors. The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention invites you to join them to honor mentors and mentees for their contributions and efforts. Former Baltimore Oriole and 12-year major league veteran, Bill Ripken, joins Dr. Wilson Goode and David Eisner to celebrate the importance of caring adults in the lives of youth who give their time and energy in communities across America to teach young people life’s lessons for success on and off the field.

Resources and More Resources: Federal Agencies Each Share Resources From Their Agency (This workshop is also offered on Thursday, January 12, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

This workshop will educate participants about the most current resources available from the federal government, including current funding resources, Web sites, listservs, publications, and other related and appropriate resources from the specific federal agency presenting. This information will allow conference attendees to be better prepared to implement and/or enhance community initiatives for youth and families. Workshop presenters will include representatives from the following federal agencies:

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Labor
Corporation for National and Community Service
Office of National Drug Control Policy

Workshop participants will learn about the new Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines released by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. They will learn how to begin to improve the manner in which juveniles are handled in their community.

Maurice Portley, Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals
Anne Cadwallader, Juvenile Justice Specialist, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
James H. Dillon, Judge, Erie County (NY) Family Court
Vivian C. Beamon, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Safe Start for Children Exposed to Family Violence: National Perspective

This workshop focuses on lessons learned from and promising practices identified by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Safe Start Demonstration Project, a national initiative that is focused on very young children exposed to violence. Panelists will describe strategies and implications in three key areas: (1) the family support approach, which is family centered and community based, culturally competent, and voluntary; (2) the use of early childhood systems to reach young children as part of a universal prevention system; and (3) innovative practice approaches between social service providers, mental health professionals, and police to respond to and treat children exposed to violence.

Alan S. Fox, Safe Start Director, San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families
Deborah B. Johnson, Director of National Services, Children’s Institute
James Lewis III, Chief Operating Officer, National Center for Children Exposed to Violence, Yale Child Study Center
Kristen Kracke, Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop will highlight the capabilities of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Web-based mapping program using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The purpose of this program is to develop the capacity to display crime problem areas as well as community and government resources that can be used to control crime and delinquency. This mapping tool will also incorporate local crime and delinquency and demographic data to analyze the relationship of social and economic factors to crime trends.

William Woodruff, Deputy Administrator for Policy, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Ronald Wilson, National Institute of Justice
Charles Reynolds, Special Expert on Geographic Information Systems, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Robert Samuels, Strategic Community Development Officer, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Sarah S. Breen, Operations Researcher/Geographic Information Systems Contractor, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This workshop focuses on how to create an effective interagency sex offender accountability program. Panelists will discuss effective ways to overcome professional and turf-related issues, the use of memorandums of understanding, and the effective use of information and technology.

Ronald C. Laney, Associate Administrator, Child Protection Division, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Andrew Molloy, Senior Policy Advisor for Corrections, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Phil Keith, Manager, AMBER Alert Program, Fox Valley Technical College
Donna M. Uzzell, Director of Criminal Justice Services, Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Stephanie Bryn, Director, Injury and Violence Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Susan P. Limber, Professor and Associate Director, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University
Donni LeBoeuf, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention