Department Reports

July 2016

Chief Executive Officer Report to the Board of Directors

July 2016 This CEO report is my last one before I retire on July 31. I want you to know this has been the most

fulfilling and rewarding experience in my career. The mission and the work of NCJFCJ is, without a doubt, a most important and essential part of our nation’s health and well-being. I am thrilled to be a small part of the very large never-ending endeavor that is NCJFCJ.

We moved into our beautiful new office space at 300 E. 2nd Street in April. Everyone played a vital role

in getting us organized for the move. Cheryl Davidek and David Wohler were tasked with coordinating every part of the move---you can only imagine what it takes to move two offices that have been each occupied for almost 20 years into one new office and have it go smoothly. They accomplished that with the help of many staff who were laser focused on the success of the move. We also had several staff volunteer their time the weekend of the move—that was very much appreciated. Even some of our spouses and significant others got in on the task too, providing extra trucks and extra muscle. April 4, 2016 was our first “official day” in the new office.

The Pittsburgh office is also negotiating new space. Cheryl Davidek and I have been working with

Melissa Sickmund and Kristy Connors (NCJJ) and David Thor (Colliers International) for the past several months looking at practical space options. It has been narrowed down to two negotiations—keeping NCJJ in current location, but downsizing the footprint; or moving into new space more centrally located in the Southside Works core. A decision can be made and contract signed most likely by the end of July or early August, 2016.

The first part of May 2016 was spent interviewing a national pool of CEO candidates and then hiring

Joey Orduna Hastings to lead NCJFCJ. She was the Board of Directors unanimous selection. Great job everyone!

Dawn Gibbons and I continued outreach to many individuals both in Nevada and in other states. It

remains a challenging task but we are carrying the message of our outstanding organization and our essential work to many who have indicated an interest in hearing about ways to help out.

I have been working for most of this spring with CTM to book our Annual Conferences through 2019.

The 2017 Conference will be in Washington DC, July 16-19, at the Grand Hyatt. The 2018 Conference will be in Denver, Colorado, July 22-25, at the Hyatt Regency Denver in the vibrant downtown area. The 2017 National Juvenile Justice Conference will be in New York City at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square February 12-15. We negotiated a great rate for the hotel--$181.00 p/n. We were close to signing a contract for 2019 Annual Conference but could not get the terms we wanted that far out. There are many advantages (advanced planning for judges and other participants, being able to engage leaders in the community, fundraising, etc.) to knowing two to three years out where we will be for our premier conferences.

Dr. Shawn Marsh’s last day at NCJFCJ was May 13th. He assumed his new role with UNR July 1st as a

tenure-track associate professor and director of the Judicial Studies Degree Program. I know we will

continue to work with Shawn in many capacities. Most recently, he presented for us at CANI the first week in June.

At the end of April, I hired Dr. Michael Noyes as Chief Program Officer for Juvenile Law. He will be a

huge asset in our efforts to improve juvenile and family court practice across the nation. He is a former chief juvenile probation officer, a former director of community corrections in Pennsylvania, and director of Dallas County Texas Community Supervision and Corrections Department. He holds a doctorate in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and serves as an adjunct graduate and undergraduate instructor in criminal justice and criminology at UNR, UT Dallas, and Sam Houston State.

In May, Judge Darlene Byrne, Dawn Gibbons, and I attended the Congressional First Ladies luncheon

in Washington DC which honored First Lady Michelle Obama. Judge Darlene Byrne and I attended the Casey Family Programs 50th Anniversary in Washington DC

on May 18th. It was held at the National Museum of American Indians. We held an Open House in Reno on June 15th for the community to see our new home. With over 100

in attendance, it was a huge success and our guests were all very impressed with our beautiful office space. We had a fabulous food spread and held a real champagne toast which featured a couple surprises including a Proclamation from Senator Dean Heller as well as a surprise gift for me so I always have a piece of NCJFCJ with me!

On June 23, at the 28th Ace Awards, the Reno-Tahoe American Marketing Association announced the

NCJFCJ as winner of the coveted People's Choice award for our national public relations campaign for Ending Indiscriminate Juvenile Shackling. Area marketing professionals and advertising agencies submitted more than 140 entries for the competition.

Incoming CEO Joey Hastings, CPO Michael Noyes, and I spent June 27-30 in Washington DC. We

met with many of our partner organizations ( NJDC, NJJPC, APA,OJJDP—OVW did not want to schedule a meeting with us). We also had several meetings on the Hill (Leahy, Reid, Booker, Heller, Takano, Honda, Amodei, Titus). We also met via phone conference with OMB to have conversation about 2018 President’s budget. We also spent time with Ellen Fern, Kuna Tavalin, and Russell Armstrong—Washington Partners, our lobby/advocate firm.

July 6-8, 2016 Judge Darlene Byrne and I attend the Florida Coalition for Children (FCC) Annual

Conference in Orlando. FCC is one of our partner member organizations. NCJFCJ sponsored the “judicial track” and Judge Byrne presented on the Enhanced Resource Guidelines (ERG). In addition, she was on a plenary town hall panel with 4 Florida legislators. As is her style, she knocked it out of the park---promoting the great work of NCJFCJ. We were mentioned numerous times during the conference and distributed many copies of the ERG. The CEO of FCC, Kurt Kelly, introduced both Judge Byrne and me to everyone during the opening plenary session and gave us kudos for our outstanding work.

  

 

Administration Department Report to the Board of Directors

July 2016 This was an exciting few months! The office move was a huge effort – and it all came together with everyone pitching in at every level. We were especially fortunate to have a law firm – Littler Mendelson – donate five complete office furnishings including desks, shelf units, side chairs, and credenzas, as well as file cabinets, plants, lobby chairs, and dishes for our conference room. Essentially we combined three offices into one during a two-day moving marathon. We even brought over the lettering/sign from the outside of the campus office, and had it placed in the new office. It looks amazing! We spent the next few months settling in, disposing of items we could no longer use (a much bigger job than you might think!), and planning for the Open House held June 15.

Special thanks go to: David Wohler and Diedra Thiesse for leading the efforts at the two old locations ALL of our wonderful staff volunteers on the two moving days

Jeanne Karadanis for helping on move day Judge Darlene Byrne for design assistance with the space planner

The Culture Committee for organizing a wonderful “First Morning” breakfast In the move process, we evaluated our records and materials, and digitized all Annual Conference and Board of Directors records prior to 2013 in a consistent, searchable format. We are putting in place a process to add to these digitized records annually. Continued review of space options with NCJJ was conducted, and a tentative decision was made to pursue a new lease at the current location for a portion of the space now occupied.

While moving, implementing a new and improved network, and planning for an Open House and Annual Conference, we also moved forward with initial steps to replace our outdated primary database with a more modern, cloud-based system. Review of data tables is complete, and we have started on configuration of the membership module, as well as initial staff training. We are also working on an upgrade to the time sheet system and testing / refining the online travel approval program.

We are so happy to welcome Joey Orduna Hastings as our new leader, but also reluctant to say goodbye to the one and only Mari Kay!

    

 

Finance Department Report to the Board of Directors

July 2016 Accounting The Accounting staff have been staying busy keeping up with the daily work as well as starting to prepare for the fiscal year end which will be coming up shortly. We have been working on implementing a new travel expense system as well as training for our new membership/registration system. We just completed the 403(b) audit and will be working on the Form 5500 for both the retirement plan and the health plan. The Form 990 is also due to be completed for all three of our entities. We are settling into our new building and are excited about our new spaces as well as being able to interact with staff from our other locations. In May we said goodbye to our Registrar, Cesi Kelley. In June we welcomed our new Registrar, Kristi Jones. We are excited to have Kristi join us. Financial Grants Management In the current fiscal year, Financial Grants Management has developed 27 budgets and submitted 27 proposals for a total of $12,368,541. Through today four projects have been closed: one federal program, one foundation project and two fee for service contracts. The estimated profit on the fee for service contracts is $47,771 (26.54% of the contract amounts). From March 2016, five site visits have been conducted by the Department of Justice with no findings. As of today Financial Grants Management is overseeing financially 54 programs. We are also preparing for one more site visit from the Department of Justice scheduled to take place in July. Dues to the high volume of projects, the Financial Grants Management will be posting for an additional Grants analyst position.

Human Resources

Department Report to the Board of Directors July 2016

The Human Resources Staff The Human Resources Department has three full-time staff members on its team: Steve Casper, SPHR, Director of Human Resources; Lauri Watkins, PHR, SHRM-CP, Human Resources Generalist and Rachel Silver, Human Resources Assistant.

Human Resources Overview The mission of the NCJFCJ Human Resources Department will always be “to acquire, develop, and retain talent; align the workforce with the organization; and be an excellent contributor to the organization. From a modern, strategic point of view, the term ‘human resource’ defines employees as a resource — an asset that provides competitive advantage to an organization and on whom organizational success is leveraged.”

The focus for this Department will continue to be a strategic partner with management. The Human Resources Department accomplishes its mission by researching employment trends, developing and implementing leadership and staff training programs, monitoring the performance management system, keeping the benefit programs compliant with the Affordable Care Act, and ensuring that employment policies are current. At all times, the Human Resources Department endeavors to support and enhance the NCJFCJ’s most important asset — the talent and capabilities of its employees. In addition to the strategic role of the Human Resources Department, emphasis has been placed on developing an organization wide succession plan for the coming year.

Key recruiting efforts this year included the implementation of the recruiting plan and hiring of the NCJFCJ’s next Chief Executive Officer, as well as the hiring of a new Chief Program Officer for Juvenile Law Programs.

Organizational Employment Summary For the reporting period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, the following statistics represent the make-up of NCJFCJ’s human capital.

Recruitment The Human Resources Department processed a total of 306 applications for 21 open positions and participated in successfully filling 16 of those positions to date. This is compared to 564 applications processed for 25 open positions for the same period in 2015.

Current Employment As of June 30, 2016, NCJFCJ maintained the following staff levels:

TOTAL STAFF BY DEPARTMENT Department Full Time Part Time Total

Administration* 12 0 12

Conference & Travel Management 4 1 5

Development 1 0 1

Finance** 8 0 8

Family Violence & Domestic Relations 19 3 22

Juvenile Law 20 0 20 National Center for Juvenile Justice 17 2 19

Total 81 6 87

*Combines Administration, Chief Executive Office, and HR

**Combines Finance and Grants Management

NEW/REHIRES BY DEPARTMENT

July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016

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CTM 3 DEV 0 FIN 2 FVDR 5 JLAW 5 NCJJ 0 Total 16

DEPARTURES BY DEPARTMENT

July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016

ADM 1 CTM 5 DEV 0 FIN 2 FVDR 2 JLAW 4 NCJJ 4 Total 18

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ADM CTM DEV FIN FVDR JLAW NCJJ

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Employee Demographics - Ethnicity

As of June 30, 2015

Ethnicity # of EE's % White 69 79% Black/African-American 3 3% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Island

0 0%

Asian 8 9% American Indian or Alaska Native

0 0%

Two or More Races 5 6% Hispanic or Latino 2 2% TOTAL 87 100% Female 70 80% Male 17 20%

Employee Demographics -- Age

As of June 30, 2015

Age # of EE's % <30 11 20% 30-39 26 30% 40-49 23 26% 50-59 16 18% 60-64 8 9% 65+ 3 3% TOTAL 87 100%

43.88 Average Age: 43.88

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0% 6%2%

White

Black/African‐American

Native Hawaiian orOther Pacific Island

Asian

American Indian orAlaska Native

Two or More Races

Hispanic or Latino

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New Hire Demographics - Ethnicity

As of June 30, 2016

Ethnicity # of EE's %

White 8 50% Black/African-American

0 0%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Island

0 0%

Asian 3 19% American Indian or Alaska Native

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Two or More Races 3 19% Hispanic or Latino 2 13% TOTAL 16 100%

Female 14 88% Male 2 13%

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Conference and Travel Management Department Department Report to the Board of Directors

July 2016 Since our last report in March, 2016, the CTM Department has executed the following:

Onsite logistics for the 2016 National Conference on Juvenile Justice in Las Vegas with over 500 attendees.

Successfully launched the new NCJFCJ Travel System called Egencia, a corporate travel division of Expedia, Inc. The system is now being utilized by staff and will eventually be rolled out to non-staff.

The 79th Annual Conference in Monterey, California is days away and the Annual Conference team is currently working hard to finalize the details and logistics for the various events.

Nearly 50 grant-funded meetings throughout the U.S. have been scheduled for this fiscal year so far.

Completed the venue search and contracts for the 2017 and 2018 Annual Conferences. The 2017 Annual Conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC, while the 2018 Annual Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, CO.

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Juvenile Law and Family Programs Department Report to the Board of Directors

July 2016 The Juvenile and Family Law Programs (JFLP) provide juvenile and family courts and related professionals and agencies with the education, technical assistance, and evaluation support to improve outcomes for children, families, and victims of domestic violence. The JFLP includes the Family Violence and Domestic Relations (FVDR) program and the Juvenile Law (JL) program. Program Highlights During the reporting period, the JFLP trained 2,938 judges and other professionals through 67 conferences, workshops, or webinars. Also, the JFLP provided technical assistance - including in-person, and telephone or e-mail assistance - to 375 individuals. This report includes information on several projects and key issues in the field that the JFLP has been focused on during the reporting period, such as trauma, domestic violence, child support, and juvenile drug treatment courts. Enhanced Resource Guidelines – In June, the JFLP announced the release of the Enhanced Resource Guidelines (ERGs). The Enhanced Resource Guidelines are available in an electronic format on the NCJFCJ website and are now available in hard copy to be distributed nationally. Efforts are under way to promote the ERGs at both national and state conferences in partnership with CIPs. On a local level, four of the eight Implementation Sites have received an intensive ERG training for key stakeholders and judicial officers. The JFLP’s Child Abuse and Neglect team will continue to promote training in the other Implementation Sites and Project ONE sites during this upcoming year The United State of Women Summit – In June, four JFLP staff attended the first ever United State of Women Summit (Summit), which was convened by the White House to celebrate the work that has been done by and for women and girls and to discuss how to take action to keep moving this work forward. JFLP staff attended sessions on economic empowerment, health and wellness, educational opportunities, violence against women and girls, entrepreneurship and innovation, and leadership and civil engagement. More than 5,000 invited celebrities, activists, business leaders, and leaders in the domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking fields attended this historic Summit. Reimagining, Reinvigorating, and Moving Forward – In June, the JFLP, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), the Office for Victims of Crime, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Family Violence Prevention and Services Program co-hosted “Reimagining, Reinvigorating, and Moving Forward to End Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking,” a day-long event following the United State of Women Summit (Summit). This event provided an opportunity to dialogue further on topics addressed in the violence against women and girls session at the Summit. Four hundred and fifty leaders from national, state, tribal, and local organizations that fight domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking discussed promising practices, innovative approaches, and addressing the needs of survivors in marginalized communities with respect to criminal justice responses to violence against women and girls; survivor health; shelter and housing; economic justice; Native and Tribal community responses to violence against women and girls; youth and children; and technology.

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Juvenile Drug Court Learning Collaborative – In May, six new Learning Collaborative (LC) sites were selected to participate in the LC Project: Clackamas County, Oregon; Harris County, Texas; Humboldt County, Nevada; Montgomery County, Ohio; Rankin County, Mississippi; and Salt Lake City County, Utah. This was an extremely competitive selection process with JFLP staff and faculty reviewing 45 applications and using a 28 point scoring sheet to rate each site on foundational criteria. These sites join 12 sites actively working within the LC Project currently (for more information see http://www.ncjfcj.org/juvenile-drug-court-learning-collaborative-online-application-packet). Implementation Sites Project – The Implementation Sites Project continues to thrive as the new sites implement best practices and learn from Mentor Model Courts. A Lead Judges' All-Sites meeting is planned for September 2016. During this meeting, the Lead Judges will be focusing on practices and principles of strengthening families and developing both an individual and national, project-based action plan. The Implementation Site Lead Judges are beginning to highlight their accomplishments both within their states and nationally. JFLP staff will be recruiting additional sites through a competitive application process that will be sent out at the end of the summer. Conferences and Training National Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking – In May, the JFLP held its third National Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking (NJIDCST). Thirty-one judges from around the country attended and participated in training and peer-to-peer discussions about the challenges faced by victims of domestic child sex trafficking who come before the court system. Participants were also provided with a platform to learn about how to develop or enhance their abilities to work with the complexity of DCST cases by: identifying the risk factors of at-risk children or children currently being trafficked; understanding effective prevention and intervention strategies for each individual to improve case outcomes; and building upon their self-efficacy to collaborate with others to work toward preventing and ending domestic child sex trafficking. Consistent with prior year evaluations, participants in 2016 reported increases in knowledge across all segments. Also of note is the number of participants who indicated they would change practice to screen, assess, or evaluate and identify appropriate placement options for victims. The JFLP will conduct a second Institute in September 2016 and three in 2017. Judicial Leadership Summit on Domestic Violence – In June, the JFLP, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women and the Center for Court Innovation hosted a Judicial Leadership Summit on Domestic Violence (Summit) in Palm Springs, CA. The Summit was designed to engage the judicial community to identify best judicial practice and develop a plan to advance these best practices and promote long-term sustainability. Thirty-six judges from all over the country including NCJFCJ past presidents, board members, and incoming President-Elect, Katherine Tennyson, attended the Summit. The momentum created at the Summit places the NCJFCJ at the precipice of national judicial engagement in domestic violence and sexual assault. School-Justice Partnership Project All-Sites Meeting – In May, JFLP staff held the first All-Sites Meeting for 16 collaborative teams and 56 participants involved in the project. The 2.5 day meeting took place in Atlanta, GA, which allowed Judge Steve Teske and members from his school-justice collaborative to assist as faculty for the meeting. The meeting focused on information sharing, data collection and analysis, and site to site networking.

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Restorative Justice Roundtable – JFLP staff, the Center for Court Innovation, and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women co-hosted a roundtable discussion in Santa Fe, NM, on restorative practices in cases of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and dating violence. More than 30 experts, including state and tribal court judges, attended the two-day Roundtable in May and sought to identify the need for alternative approaches to intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and dating violence for individuals and communities; frame restorative justice and tribal peacemaking as they relate to intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and dating violence; identify when alternative approaches could be beneficial; examine current restorative justice practices in tribal and state court settings that could be safely and effectively replicated; identify limitations with the restorative justice approach and necessary safeguards; understand how intersecting identities affect this discussion; and develop a set of guidelines for approaching restorative intervention for intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and dating violence. Virtual Interpretation Roundtable – Due to concerns around the country regarding inadequate language access services in courts, the JFLP, in partnership with OVW and National Center for State Courts, hosted a roundtable discussion on “Virtual Interpretation for Courts in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases.” The roundtable focused on learning about the current status of virtual interpretation in courts, examining barriers to virtual court interpretation in domestic violence and sexual assault cases; identifying promising practices; discussing how to identify interpreters for virtual interpretation, how to train them, and how to partner with domestic violence and sexual assault agencies to train them; identifying the costs associated with virtual interpretation; and developing a blueprint, toolkit, and guiding principles for virtual interpretation. Civil Protection Order Guide implementation – In April, JFLP staff hosted a judicial roundtable on custody and other child-related relief in civil protection orders (CPOs). The roundtable, held in Washington, D.C., brought together a small group of experienced judges and several subject matter experts to identify the challenges to including effective child-related relief in CPOs and to begin to develop strategies for addressing those challenges. The vibrant discussion yielded a draft set of suggested principles for addressing child-related relief in CPOs. Juvenile Drug Court T&TA Project – JFLP staff conducted six onsite technical assistance visits focused on implementing recommended practice (e.g., targeting and eligibility, incentives and sanctions, phase structure, etc.). These two-day site visits included an assessment of needs, court observation, and facilitated strategic planning. JFLP staff also conducted 10 topic-specific trainings in the form of conference inserts, statewide Juvenile Drug Court (JDC) events, and individual subject matter workshops. In June, JFLP staff trained and exhibited at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals Annual Training conference (Anaheim, CA) – a conference with more than 5000 participants. The JFLP’s JDC Project sponsored eight sessions with participant numbers ranging from 50 – 80 people per session. JFLP staff managing the exhibitor booth disseminated 795 publications and received 86 T&TA requests during the conference. National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence (NJIDV) – The National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence (NJIDV) project provided two Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases (EJS) Workshop Replications to Minnesota and Oklahoma. Both states contacted JFLP staff and requested a national NJIDV faculty team to travel to their jurisdictions to provide education and input to the local judiciary in each community in order to help create a greater understanding of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, improve tools for handling the day-to-day legal issues, and create a stronger sense of their community roles to help prevent and end violence. The Minnesota State EJS Workshop hosted 40

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judicial officers from across the state. The Oklahoma City EJS Workshop provided training to 30 judicial officers from across the county. 20thAnnual Child Abuse and Neglect Institute (CANI) – The JFLP hosted a very engaged and enthusiastic group of 48 judges at this year’s CANI. The program was at capacity within weeks of announcing the dates. Funding The JFLP received $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), to provide enhanced training and technical assistance and to implement an effective firearms response at the local, state, and tribal levels. The JFLP submitted several proposals during the report period:

Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody (CPC) ($1 million; one year) – to continue leading the Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody. If successful, this award will secure $6.5 million dollars over five years to build capacity among advocates and other professionals in child welfare and child custody systems to improve outcomes for victims and their children. Projects will focus on statewide interdisciplinary collaborations, development and dissemination of materials for self-represented litigants, creation of a domestic violence CLE program, and continued training and technical assistance across the country. Through the CPC, JFLP staff provide training and technical assistance to the broad range of professionals who work on children exposed to domestic violence, the overlap of domestic violence and child maltreatment, or with custody cases involving domestic violence. Training and Technical Assistance to Technical Assistance Providers ($400,000 supplemental request) – At the request of OVW, the JFLP applied for supplemental funding to provide a legal assistance to victims conference, a roundtable on procedural justice, an advocacy roundtable, a comprehensive and new TA provider meeting, and a rural grantee orientation. Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence – In partnership with Futures Without Violence and the Center for the Study of Social Policy, the JFLP will be submitting a proposal to develop, implement, and support innovative collaborative models targeted toward improving the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in families that are experiencing domestic violence. This project will combine the expertise of the Juvenile Law and Family Violence and Domestic Relations Program Departments and will include an intensive research component led by NCJFCJ’s Research and Evaluation Department.

The JFLP submitted three competitive funding applications to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP):

OJJDP FY 2016 Juvenile Drug Courts Training and Technical Assistance Program ($1 million/12 months)

OJJDP FY 2016 National Girls Initiative ($750K/12 months)

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OJJDP FY 2016 Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems Program ($600K/24 months)

The JFLP will also partner with the National Network to End Domestic Violence to apply for funding from the Office for Victims of Crime’s solicitation for a program to develop a needs assessment and a judicial training and technical assistance materials on cyber violence.

Publications Guidelines for Examining Intimate Partner Violence: A Supplement to the AFCC Model Standards of

Practice for Child Custody Evaluations (Guidelines), After five years of work in collaboration with the NCJFCJ and with consultation from the Battered Women's Justice Project, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) has completed its Guidelines. The Guidelines, which are aspirational in nature, were developed to assist members of AFCC and others who conduct child custody evaluations, and examine how they should identify the occurrence of intimate partner violence and the possible effects on children, parenting, and co-parenting. The Guidelines are available on AFCC's website.

Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts: Clarifying Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations of Juvenile

Drug Court Teams, published by the JFLP’s Juvenile Drug Court (JDC) Project.

The Right Youth for Your Juvenile Drug Court, published by the JFLP’s Juvenile Drug Court (JDC) Project.

Synergy, (Spring 2016), released in May by the JFLP’s Resource Center for Domestic Violence: Child

Protection and Custody, this issue focuses on collaboration between domestic violence organizations and child welfare workers and, in line with the collaboration theme, provides insight from a number of different vantage points on this important topic. The issue contains an article on the Child Abuse and Protection Act's provisions regarding collaboration, a researcher's perspective on how to compile evidence based data on the value of collaboration, interviews of two prominent players in the field that discuss how collaboration works on the ground, and an article written by a judicial officer on the value of court participation in collaborative efforts and trauma-informed practice.

Online Trainings/Resources Juvenile Drug Courts – In May, the JFLP’s Juvenile Drug Court (JDC) Project posted a blog series during National Drug Court month – “Seven Deadly Sins Series: Juvenile Drug Court Practices That Can Lead to Poor Outcomes” (http://www.ncjfcj.org/7-Deadly-Sins-Series). This popular series has now been formatted into a printable publication and will be turned into a workshop for JDC teams. The JDC also publishes an online monthly newsletter that reaches 2,451 people each month. TA2TA Services – The JFLP is the comprehensive technical assistance (TA) provider to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women's (OVW) TA providers. This project, TA2TA, provides specialized services, including webinar services, to OVW TA providers. TA2TA provides a webinar platform, Adobe Connect, so that TA providers do not have to incur this expense under their cooperative agreements. Closed captioning is also included for every webinar hosted through TA2TA's webinar platform. Since the last report in March, TA2TA has hosted 50 webinars for OVW TA providers that reached 2,750 OVW grantees, sub-grantees, and potential grantees.

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Research and Evaluation The JFLP’s Research and Evaluation Team continues to work across programs, with projects in child abuse and neglect, juvenile justice, and domestic violence. Between March and June, the Team conducted evaluations of Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) implementation in both Minnesota and Alaska. Given the recent release of ICWA implementation regulations, it is important to identify better how states are implementing the spirit and letter of ICWA into practice. Minnesota and Alaska offer unique perspectives on how the law is translating into practice. Staffing New Staff – In June, the JFLP welcomed two administrative assistants, Amber Clark and Patricia Gotera, who will provide webinar and general administrative support in the FVDR program.

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National Center for Juvenile Justice Department Report to the Board of Directors

July 2016 The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer have been working with the NCJJ staff to look at potential new office space as part of due diligence in lease renewal. The current office space lease expires December 31, 2016. Plans will most likely be finalized by the end of July and a new lease signed. It is most probable NCJJ will remain in its current location, downsized to half the currently used space. NCJJ continues to highlight publications, data analysis tools, and webpages at NCJJ.org. Project highlights Juvenile Justice Model Data Project: OJJDP awarded this new project to NCJJ and several partners last October. Partners on the project include the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the American Probation and Parole Association, the Council of Correctional Administrators/ Performance-based Standards Learning Institute, and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. The project has engaged the NCJJ’s Board of Fellows for input, review, and feedback. Project staff has been presenting information about the project and gathering information about data needs and uses from participants at select conferences and meetings. The project held a workgroup meeting in Pittsburgh in May. The project is $500,000 per year for 2 years. Juvenile Justice GPS: NCJJ continues to gather information and compile data for our Juvenile Justice GPS (Geography, Policy/Practice & Statistics) web site. The JJGPS.org website provides users with national and state-level information on an array of reform topics: jurisdictional boundaries, juvenile defense, racial and ethnic fairness, juvenile justice services, status offense issues, and systems integration. Current funding was $750,000 to continue curating the JJGPS.org website through September 2016. The MacArthur Foundation is willing to provide some additional funding (likely in the $100,000 range). We also are approaching private foundations for funding and have discussed possible federal support for the site with OJJDP. Multi-state Juvenile Recidivism Study: NCJJ is winding down its work with the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Public Safety Performance Project on a multi-state study of juvenile recidivism. The work demonstrates what data states should be collecting and reporting regarding reoffending as a performance measure. NCJJ partnered with the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA) on the project. Their White Paper on recidivism is the gold standard for juvenile correctional agencies. Our hope is to broaden considerations of subsequent offending as a performance measure for courts, probation, and diversion. Project staff has been working with state teams from the five selected project states (California, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington) on data collection and analysis. We want NCJJ to be the “go to” organization for juvenile court probation, and diversion program studies on subsequent offending. The project director was invited to present about the project to CJCA’s winter meeting. We presented “Recidivism is Still a Dirty Word” at the National Conference on Juvenile Justice, to clarify some of the confusion about recidivism measures and discuss ways courts can collect and use data on subsequent offending to improve outcomes for youth. The project was scoped at $450,000 for 15 months. We are discussing with Pew the possibility of obtaining funding to conduct “offending career” analysis of birth cohort data files housed in the National Juvenile Court Data Archive to explore patterns of subsequent

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offending from first court referral through a youth aging out of juvenile jurisdiction. The funding level will likely be in the $100,000 range. Pew may also be willing to continue the multi-state project with another group of states and perhaps also fund expanding the recidivism information on JJGPS.org. National Juvenile Court Data Archive: The Archive is NCJJ’s and OJJDP’s longest running project. OJJDP first awarded the work to NCJJ in 1975, but the project itself dates back to the 1920s. Today the Archive annually collects more than one million automated case records from more than 2,200 juvenile courts representing 85% of the juvenile population. Currently the Archive houses over 25 million records dating back to the 1970s. These records are the basis for the annual Juvenile Court Statistics reports (a reporting series dating back to 1927) that present a national description of the workloads and activities of the Nation's juvenile courts. In addition to the annual Juvenile Court Statistics series of reports, products stemming from the Archive include OJJDP Bulletins, Fact Sheets, and the juvenile court information on OJJDP's Statistical Briefing Book website, including the interactive, web-based analysis package Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics that enables users to conduct their own national analyses of the automated records of delinquency cases. The project continuously works to improve data quality. As part of our data improvement efforts the project held its 24th workshop for data providers this June. The workshop helps to improve data throughout the country through networking and information sharing. This year we will also held guided discussions for the Juvenile Justice Model Data project. The funding amount for FY2016 was $650,000. National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program: The project provides OJJDP with a central, primary source of statistical data and analyses to inform the juvenile justice field on critical issues. The project continues to update the online OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book, one of the most visited parts of OJJDP’s website, including the Easy Access family of data analysis tools. The project is also responsible for analysis and preparation of the annual Juvenile Arrests bulletin, analysis and reporting of data from the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) and the Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC), and allows NCJJ to respond to information requests from OJJDP, the field, and the public at large. The project is entering the final year of a 3 year funding cycle of $800,000 annually. The project team is preparing a proposal in response to the competitive solicitation for FY2017. We are presenting “Juvenile Justice Trends to Know” at the National Conference on Juvenile Justice. Survey of Juveniles Charged as Adults in Criminal Court: NCJJ is subcontractor to Westat on this Bureau of Justice Statistics-funded project to collect information about the case processing of defendants younger than age 18 in criminal courts. This information is critical to understanding how many youth are charged in criminal court, the characteristics of these youth, the pathways that lead them to criminal court, and the final disposition of their cases. NCJJ’s role on the project is to collect and restructure data extracts submitted by state court administrative offices. Data have been received from almost all of the 30 states that could provide statewide data. BJS has provided $50,000 in supplemental funding for NCJJ’s share of this work. John and Laura Arnold Foundation: NCJJ is a subcontract on a project involving a randomized control trial evaluation of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Community-Based Mentoring program. Dr. DuBois, the principal investigator, is a Professor in Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr. Carla Herrera, co-principal investigator, is an independent consultant who was most recently a Senior Research Fellow for Public/Private Ventures. Their proposal was selected for funding. NCJJ’s role would be to facilitate them accessing justice system data in the selected sites to use for measures of subsequent offending. Contract amount has not yet been finalized, likely $35,000.

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NCJJ Business Plan: NCJJ submitted a strategic business development plan to NCJFCJ Administration and NCJJ’s Board of Fellows last year. The plan identifies ways to market products and services to meet the needs of local courts and juvenile justice agencies (regarding data, research, strategic planning and the development of performance measures). Fixed fee contracts can enable us to make much needed (unrestricted) profits and we want NCJFCJ membership to “think of us first.” Proposals for Oct. 2016 through Sept. 2017 Travis County, TX: NCJJ was invited to submit a proposal to conduct a comprehensive review and assessment of secure residential programs and intensive supervision probation operated by the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department. In early May, NCJJ submitted a proposal for a 12-month project with a fixed-fee budget of $202,157. We were in the group of finalists that were invited to an interview with county staff in June. Travis County expects to announce a decision by the end of July following selection of a contractor and approval by the County Commissioners. National Girls Initiative: NCJFCJ’s three program departments, Juvenile Law, NCJJ, and Family Violence, have submitted a proposal to OJJDP for their National Girls Initiative. The selected applicant will work collaboratively with OJJDP through a cooperative agreement and will serve as OJJDP's principal technical assistance provider addressing girls and their involvement with the juvenile justice system. NCJFCJ partners include the Vera Institute and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice. The award would be for $750,000 for 1 year (Oct. 2016 through Sept. 2017). Smart on Juvenile Justice: Age of Criminal Responsibility Training & Technical Assistance: This is an OJJDP solicitation to provide TTA to two of the nine states with a lower upper age of juvenile jurisdiction (at the time the RFP was released there were nine states). NCJJ will be partnering as a subcontractor with the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (NCMHJJ) and its parent organization, Policy Research Associates Inc. (PRAINC). NCJJ’s share of the $200,000 project, if awarded, will be $70,000, to provide data analysis TTA and support. The project period is Oct. 2016 through Sept. 2017. National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program: This is a re-compete proposal. The award would be for a 3-year project period with $800,000 for the initial year (Oct. 2016 through Sept. 2017). National Juvenile Court Data Archive: Continuation funding is $650,000 for Oct. 2016 through Sept. 2017. Juvenile Justice Model Data Project: Continuation funding is $500,000 per year range for Oct. 2016 through Sept. 2017.