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Summary of States’ DMC-Reduction Activities Based on
FY 2007 Formula Grants Applications1
Prepared by
Heidi Hsia, Ph.D. DMC Coordinator
Office of Policy Development Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
202-616-3667; [email protected] October 2007
1 With the exception of the designation of state-level DMC Coordinators, this summary is based on States’ FY 2007 Formula Grants Applications, and cannot capture all those DMC-reduction related activities that may exist in some states but are funded by sources other than awards from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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A Snapshot of States’ DMC-Reduction Activities
√ 33 states have designated state-level DMC Coordinators. They are: AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, VT, VA, WA, & WI. (2 less than FY 2006 -- 5 vacancies due to staff turnover. The vacancies are in AR, IL, IN, KY, & MD.)
√ 37 states have DMC Subcommittees under their State Advisory Groups. They are: AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NH, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WV, &WI.
√ 39 states have data for 6 or more out of 9 contact points in their juvenile justice systems.
They are: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MO, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, & WI.
√ 22 states have data for all 9 contact points in their juvenile justice systems. They are: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL, IN, IA, MT, NE, NV, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, SC, UT, VT, WA, & WV.
√ 30 states update their data annually (more frequently than OJJDP’s minimum requirement of
every 3 years). They are: AL, AK, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, LA, MD, MN, MT, NE, NM, NY, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, & WI. (11 more than FY 2006)
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√ 34 states have invested in targeted local DMC-reduction sites. They are: AK, AZ, AR, CA, FL, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, VA, WA, & WI. (2 more than FY 2006)
√ 25 states have funded alternatives to detention and/or Burns Institute approach. They are: AZ, AR, DE, DC, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MN, MO, MT, NJ, NM, ND, OH, OR, SC, TN, VA, WA, & WI. (1 more than FY 2006)
√ 19 states use objective risk assessment instruments. They are: AK, AZ, FL, FA, IA, KS, KY,
MO, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, UT, VA, & WV. (6 more than FY 2006) √ 6 states have done significant work with Native Americans. They are: AK, ID, MT, ND, SD,
& WA. (1 more than FY 2006) √ 15 states have implemented cultural competency training and/or organizational cultural
competency assessment. They are: AZ, CO, GA, ID, IA, KS, MT, NE, NV, NC, ND, PA, SC, UT, & VA. (1 more than FY 2006)
√ 12 states have state laws that are intended/expected to positively impact DMC. They are: CO,
IN, KS, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NM, SD, VA, WA, & WV. (3 more than FY 2006)
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Summary of States’ DMC-Reduction Activities Based On FY 2007 Formula Grants Applications
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AL N N W, B
2006- conducted a 3-yr trend analysis
9 Y No. Has data for statewide and Jefferson, Alabama, & Montgomery Counties (RRIs highest at arrest for B.)
Programmatic (prevention, intervention, re-entry) targeting minority youth; incremental implementation of statewide juvenile justice information system
2 Instead of basing on the FY 2007 Formula Grants applications, this column includes updated information as of October 2007. 3 H: Hispanic/Latino; W: White; B: Black/African American; A: Asian American; AI: Native Alaskan & American Indian; Hawaiian: Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islanders; OM: Other Minorities
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Y 2 – Anchorage & Fairbanks
Public education, Undoing Racism Workshops for juvenile justice staff & partners;, DJJ systems improvement using objective screening instruments; non-secure attendant care shelters; culturally specific prevention & intervention programs; alternatives to formal delinquency prosecution; pre- and post-adjudicatory electronic monitoring; juvenile crime mapping; local DMC workgroups; planning for statewide interpretive services center; 23% of Title II funds budgeted for DMC reduction
Detention Assessment Instrument (statewide use); Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (statewide use); interpretative Services Center; for translation; DMC brochure; DMC website
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N Y W, B, H, A, AI, OM
FY 2005
9 N 3-Maricopa; Pima; & Yuma Counties; interventions in Maricopa and Pima; data analysis in Yuma
Maricopa: Building Blocks Initiative (community mapping, data & policy analyses), truancy prevention (Education Success Program); Gateway Project (serve high-risk and first-time truants to Function Family Therapy and Multi-systemic Therapy); Pima: JDAI & Burns Institute (detention screening tool, graduated response system to address probation violations, procedures to allow alternatives to detention for failures to appear in court --
Undoing Racism—a curriculum to discuss racism among judges and other staff and community members involved with youth; Pima: Reviewed and revised its detention screening tool
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AR Expects to fill the vacancy by 11/2007
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2005 9 N 3 –to give funding priority to counties with the largest minority pop: Jefferson, Crittenden & Pullaski
DMC informational sessions; 50% of Title II for DMC After-school program, Saturday Detention Ctr. Jefferson: Alternatives to detention for the pre-adjudicated (electronic monitoring, casework, emergency shelters); Crittenden: Life skills training for parents & Youth
CA
Y Y W, B, H, A
2005 9 (for all 5 sites—increase from 6-9 in 2004 data)
Y 5- Contra Costa, San Diego, LA, Alameda, & Santa Cruz.
Concluded the 14-month TA project with 3 counties in 9/96. Subsequently awarded 3-year “Enhanced DMC TA Project” funds to 5 counties effective 1/2007 ($2.6 m.). To issue a RFP for a process evaluation grant of the 2nd & 3rd phase of the Enhanced TA Project. year); DMC training & TA for all Title II & Title V subgrantees;
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/DivisionsBoards/CSA/disproportionate_minority_contact.htm ; DMC Quarterly Bulletin
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Engaging in DMC dialogue with other state and local stakeholders.
CO
Y Y W, B,H,A, NA
2005-2006; conducted a 5-yr trend analysis
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Y Continue to fund the Minority Family Advocacy Program (Focused on pre-adjudication detention for nearly 10 years—Improve the quality of legal representation for youth); continue DMC education & outreach efforts to localities. Based on DMC trend analysis, begins to focus on arrest—Plans to make awards to local law enforcement interventions to reduce DMC at arrest.
assessment tools/checklists to measure agency cultural competency; DMC PowerPoint presentation
Law in 2003 capped the number of youth who could be placed in detention to save dollars (SB94: Alternatives to Incarceration)
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CT Y Y W, B,H,A
2004-2005
8-arrest data by race for under 16 year olds not available. Court referral data compara-ble.
N Has funded 10 Youth & Police Working Together Programs. Has targeted statewide system improvement efforts at the police, detention, & facility decision points based on two assessment studies. Third study in progress.
“Effective Police Interactions with Youth”—a one-day curriculum for patrol officers—pilot & evaluation in progress; “The Identification of Disproportionate Incident Reporting: A Management Tool (for managers of residential programs) calculates in Excel, incident report statistics & assessment ratios from facility data and directs managers’ attention to potential disproportionate incident reporting in residential programs
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DE Y Y W, B,H
2005 8 (no referral to court data b/c auto. Refer. To ct with arrest)
N Award additional points for DMC components in grant applications; 2 after school prevention programs in Wilmington City; ; supply DMC data to the statewide JDAI Committee;
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Y N Funds delinquency prevention programs focusing on truancy & out of school suspension prevention; implements some components of the JDAI model (e.g., Evening Reporting Center)
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FL Y N W, B ,H
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Y Counties: Gadsden, Leon, Duval, Alachua, Marion, Escambia, Dade, Hillsborough, St. Lucie, Lee
9 civil citation projects; achieved statewide expanded use of the Positive Achievement Change Tool; implementation of DMC Task Force (include 3 SAG members); DMC Benchmark reporting for each county.
Positive Achievement Change Tool – a detention risk assessment instrument (funded by JABG)
GA Y N W, B, A (for 6 pts), has data for H;
2004 8 (has more data statewide than local level)
Y None; reported data on Dekalb, Fulton, Gwinnett; (arrest RRIs the highest) but no targeted DMC-reduction sites
Funds prevention, early intervention, & alternatives to detention programs that emphasize minority youth and detention diversion projects. Has a validated Detention Assessment Instrument and offer funds for Alternatives to Detention projects via the Formula Grants.
a 4-hour “Working with Diverse Populations” curriculum for juvenile justice personnel.
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8 N Conducted a statewide DMC conference in 2006 with a strong presence by youth and Kupuna (respected elders). Plans to institutionalize the annual reporting and analysis of statewide and county DMC data.
ID Y Y W, H, AI, OM
2005 3 (arrest, detention, correction)
Y 1: Canyon County (2006)
Seeks cooperation from other related agencies to improve data collection; Spanish language and cultural awareness and competency training for jj staff; address gang issues in Canyon County; work with Native American tribes including creation of an advisory council to the State Advisory Group
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IL vacant since 7/07
Y W, B, H,A,
2005 3-7 Arrest, detention, & correction for statewide, more data for Peoria & St. Claire
N 4 since 2002-peoria, St. Clair, South Suburban of Cook County, & Lawndale community of Chicago Plans to select additional sites for FY 2007 & 2008
Burns Institute approach: develop alternatives to aggravated assault charges such as peer juries (Peoria); delayed warrant issuance for probation violation (Lawndale); use of sanctions for technical violations & Day/Evening Reporting in lieu of warrant/summons (St. Clair); collaborate with the Models for Change Initiative to disseminate DMC related educational materials; plans to hire an outside evaluator of the state’s DMC implementation/effectiveness
“Assessing DMC with the IL Juvenile Justice System” (12/05); “Juvenile Justice System and Risk Factor Data for IL: 2003 Annual Report” (3/06): “Illinois: Reducing DMC, Promoting Accountability and Fairness in Juvenile Justice”
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IN vacant
Y W, B, H, AI, A, OM
2004 9 Y – 7 counties
1-Marion County
Conducted Training of Trainers & focus groups to build partnership with minority organizations and other youth serving agencies. JDAI –Indianapolis (Marion County).
DMC Website: http://www.in.gov/cji/youth/DMC includes annotated bibliography, glossary of terms, scope of work & bulk slides designed to increase community awareness of DMC & emphasize statistical evidence which illustrates DMC in various counties. Published 2006 Annual Report on Dispropotionality
Section 173 of 2007 Budget Bill, includes the establishment of the Commission on Disproportionality in Youth Services (juvenile justice, child welfare, education, and mental health) with $125,000 to monitor disproportionality rates, review federal, state, & local funds appropriated & best practice standards addressing it.
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IA
Y Y W, B,H,A,AI
2006 9 Y 4—Black Hawk, Scott, Woodbury, Polk
Collaborate with DHS to support needs of minority youth in the child welfare system; annual statewide DMC conference, TA to pilot sites; weekly detention utilization team mtgs, support diversionary programs, cultural competency training (NA); partner with youth serving efforts, “U.C.A.R.E.” to assist local DMC-reduction efforts. To strengthen IA’s candidacy as a JDAI site.
IA’s DMC Resource Center maintains a Website at www.uiowa.edu/~nrcfcp/dmcrc/ ; The State Planning Agency maintains the state’s Justice Data Warehouse that provides child welfare and juvenile justice county level planning data broken down by race & gender. Detention screening tool for court intake point An Examination of the Factors Influencing Decision Making in the Jurisdictions of Black Hawk,Johnson, Linn, and Scott, IA
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N N W, B,H, A, AI, OM
2006 4-9 Y 3-18th Judicial District (based in Wichita), 21st JD (Manhattan), & 25th JD (Garden City)
25% of Title II for DMC; sought TA for State level planning & local planning; 18th JD: study arrests by zip codes; saw success in the Detention Advocacy Service, cultural competency curriculum, minority recruitment Closing the Achievement GAP in 2 Wichita Middle Schools; 21st JD: Detention Utilization Committee; to pursue an electronic monitoring device officer position; 25th JD: work with law enforcement on arrest; work with the local League of United Latin American Citizens in the local community planning process, Parent Education Program “Los Ninos”
Cultural competency curriculum for county employees and state wide (e.g., Corrections Dept. to be expanded to other youth serving agencies); detention screening tool
Senate 39-0 (signed on 5/4/06) to incorporate DMC analysis and intervention to address disproportionality locally in the annual community planning process.
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8-9 N 3-Christian, Fayette, & Jefferson Counties
Established a MOA with related agencies, to begin annual data collection in 2008. Burns Institute approach in Jefferson County. Jefferson County developed a risk assessment instrument for youth referred to the Court Designated Worker Program; The program initiates 6-month diversion agreements with youth charged with minor offenses. Evening Reporting Center & Field Release Program (being piloted in 2 Louisville Metro Police Department patrol division) as alternatives to detention; offense. Ongoing analysis of detention screening instrument and process
Posted DMC information as a component of Kentucky SAG’s Web page at http://jjab.ky.gov. See http://jjab.ky.gov/core.htm under DMC for information about the Subcommittee on Equity & Justice for All Youth; see http://jjab.ky.gov/news.htm for summaries of statewide DMC reports.
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N Y W, B,H,A, OM
2004 8-9 Y 7 parishes: Avoyelles, Caddo, Calcasieu, Jefferson, Lafayette, & Washington
1. fund prevention & diversion programs; 2. Beginning FY 2005, require 20% of Formula Grant funds for DMC programs (fund programs to address specific contact points of concerns as indicated by data), 3. training of JJ professionals on DMC JDAI & Models for Change (5 sites; 3 of the 5 are JDAI sites)
ME N N W,B,A,AI
2004 7 N none entering into 2nd of a 3-year cooperative agreement with the Maine Statistical Analysis Center to improve DMC data collection; plans to fund programs to reduce overrepresentation of African American youth at arrest & referral to court stages
A curriculum on DVD for corrections staff on how to collect racial and ethnic data in sensitive manner and the proper data entry procedures.
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8 Y 5-Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery, Prince George’s counties, Baltimore City
JDAI/Burns Institute approach—DMC readiness assessment by the Burns Institute then implementation; Baltimore City & Baltimore County (JDAI/BI), (Ann Arundel & Prince George’s Counties (still exploring); Montgomery (wraparound model, use of shelter care beds to support alternatives to detention; Ann Arundel, Baltimore County, Montgomery County have local DMC coordinator, Prince George’s County is hiring one.
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2004 5 N Educate stakeholders & the public; improve data collection and analysis, strengthen DMC subcommittee; Detention Diversion; Funds the Juvenile
DMC brochure; DMC PowerPoint presentation
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Defense Network to implement the Youth Advocacy Program; Court Diversion Program; Funds a JDAI replication with Formula Grant funds.
MI Y Y 2003 1-arrest
N 2-Genese, Macomb, To have 4 in 2007 (add Kent & Wayne Counties)
Signed a 3-year contract with the Public Policy Associates to conduct crime analysis & DMC data collection, DMC public ed, develop a website, report card, pocket card, & brochure, develop a statewide DMC collection process & provide TA to local DMC reduction sites. Genese: Court Intake Interviewer; Macomb: establish a Intake Unit for diverting youth; Kent: not yet known
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MN Y Y 2005 4-10 (more at local level) Highest RRIs at arrest for AA & Hispanics
Y 3-Hennepin, Ramsey, & Dakota
JDAI for Hennepin, Ramsey, & Dakota counties; Burns Institute completed assess community readiness to reduce DMC (Ramsey & Nobles Counties)
MO Y Y W, B,H,A, OM
2003 8-no arrest
N In 4/2006, 4 JDAI sites (St. Louis County, St. Louis City, Jackson County, & Greene County)
intake risk assessment instruments, alternatives to detention (Detention Alternative Care Program, home detention, ankle bracelets for home detention, evening reporting centers, and youth advocates to mentor youth offenders)
Intake/detention risk assessment instruments underwent a number of revisions.
St Louis City’s policy (effective in 7/2003) that requires secure detention for all juveniles arrested on car tampering charges (1st & 2nd degree) when referred to the court.
MS Y Y none none 0 In data collection phase.
MT Y Y W, H,NA, OM
2005 9 Y 3 pilot JDAI- Cascade, Hills, Missoula Counties
Improve data collection Improve data collection; Require completed RRI from all applicants for Title II funds to
6-hour training course for law enforcement: Cultural Awareness &
House Joint Resolution 15 requesting a study to review issues related to sentencing
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identify, assess, address, and monitor DMC. Fund tribal prevention, intervention and alternatives to incarceration programs in excess of Native American pass through). Cultural sensitivity training & TA re. culturally appropriate best practices (tribe emphasis), risk assessment and other issues identified through detention data analysis; DMC Subcommittee reviewing existing state laws & policies for DMC impact.
Racial Profiling. Sample Racial Profiling Policy & Procedures for law enforcement departments. Drafted a survey to law enforcement to determine if required policies & procedures have been adopted.
practices & DMC in the criminal & juvenile justice system. Senate Bill 146 creates a statewide public defender system. Senate Bill 282 revised/strengthened prohibition of racial profiling statutes.
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TA to targeted sites. For data improvement, add a rep from the Minority Justice Task force from the Supreme Court to the DMC Sub-committee; cultural competency training, diversion, graduated sanction, prevention programs, minimal minority staffing in youth serving agencies
Rites of Passage: Passport to Cultural Competency Curriculum; Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory by Office of Juvenile Services & Probation; informational packet & 2-hr DMC training for JJ personnel; Law Enforcement’s Standard Operating Procedures for Douglas County
NV N N W, B,H,A, AI
2004-2005
9 N 2: Washoe and Clark
Washoe: DMC reduction for AA and H youth by the Youth Law Center; the Community Outreach of Incline Village and the Life Enhancement
SB232 (2001) requires each juvenile probation department to analyze data and determine if children of
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Program for Latino youth; and plans to work with JDAI. Clark County: Creating A Successful Environment Program for youth sentenced to the Clark County Juvenile Justice Center; DMC training by the Burns Institute Outreach to the Native American Task Form and the Statewide Cultural Diversity Task Force; Diversity training for juvenile justice staff & youth advocates
racial/ethnic minorities and from economically disadvantaged homes receive disparate treatment in the JJS and to develop recommendations to address such disparate treatment.
NH N Y W, H,A, OM
2005 4 -5 1- City of Nashua
Obtain arrest data; implement training on cultural differences, DMC for law enforcement and juvenile justice practitioners; host training for the judiciary on DMC, and
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2004 7 N 5:Atlantic, Camden, Essex, Hudson, Monmouth To add 5 more JDAI sites in 2007
JDAI since 2004 (showed reduction from 2003 to 2006 in number of minority youth in detention and length of stay, not % detained remained the same-94%); Each of NJ’s 21 County Youth Service Commissions have incorporated specific DMC-reduction action steps as part of their FY 2006-2008 Comprehensive Youth Service Plans; police diversion programs to provide equal access to stationhouse adjustments statewide; community education forums
Attorney General Guidelines for Stationhouse Adjustment of Juvenile Delinquency Offences
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9 Y 5 JDAI sites: Bernilillo County (Albuquerque), Santa Fe, San Juan County, Lea County (City of Hobbs), & Dona Ana County (Las Cruces) Increase from existing 10 to 12 JJ Continuum Initiative Sites –to support prevention & intervention in communities with large minority populations
5 JDAI sites to receive TA from Burns Institute in 2007; fund prevention & early intervention in communities with large minority populations; DMC Speakers Panel, Workforce development (DMC training for law enforcement—to develop model arrest policies & procedures in 2007 ); DMC trend analysis; Won 07 state funds to implement a TA, research/evaluation DMC Resource Center in partnership with a university.
Statewide use of a risk assessment instrument for detention decisions (showed reduction from FY 2005-FY 2006 in % of minority youth detained after arrest; and confined); “DMC in the New Mexico Juvenile Justice System”: A Program Report from the Blue Ribbon Panel on DMC (3/06)
Revision to the Children’s Code to expedite juvenile cases processing & to increase access to services for status offenders & non-offenders (2005)
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Y Y W, B,H,A, OM
2004 3-7 Y 5-Cities of Albany, Syracuse, Niagara Falls (since late 2005), Rochester (early 2006), & Binghamton (1/2007)
DMC Arrest Diversion project conducted by a grant-funded caseworker to require the juvenile offender to enter into a 60-day restoration contract that will satisfy the needs & interest of the victim; TA on planning & ongoing TA to local sites; encourage applications to reduce DMC
DMC Briefing Portfolio; DMC Action Agenda Planning Worksheet
NC
N Y W, B,H,A, AI, OM
2004-2005
9 N 4 counties-Union, New Hanover, Durham, & Guilford
Union: is developing a detention risk assessment protocol; New Hanover: Adopt- A-School program to reduce minority suspension rates ; Guilford: funded community prevention and intervention projects that serve minority youth, and conducted Undoing Racism training for court personnel.
“Undoing Racism” training for court personnel
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2005- Conducted a 2-yr trend analysis
9 Y None. Reported data Statewide, and Burleigh, Cass & Grand Forks Counties
Day treatment at 3 American Indian Reservation schools helps at-risk youth stay in school and prevents out-of-home placements; Diversion services in Cass County and a Day Report Program ( provides supervision during after school hours)—both serve significant numbers of American Indian youth; culturally competent training for new law enforcement recruits & detention center staff, juvenile court personnel (on the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act and the process of child custody proceedings involving American Indian youth); attendant care programs as alternatives to detention .
the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) to achieve more objectivity in court dispositions & internal case audits to ensure timely & complete use of the YASI; language line (interpreters for non-English speaking youth & their families)
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OH Y Y W, B,H, A, OM
2005 – conducted a 3-yr trend analysis,
9 Y Lucus, Franklin, Cuyahoga, Allen, Butler, Clark, Hamilton, Lorain, Mahoning, Montgomery, Richland, Stark, Summit, & Trumbull Counties
Lucus & Cuyahoga Counties to move into Assessment; Franklin County (Burns Institute approach); To provide TA to 14 additional counties to expand DMC reduction efforts To develop a statewide risk assessment process for county juvenile courts to replace the multitude of assessment tools currently in use.
DMC Manual for OH
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9 Y 3—Oklahoma, Tulsa, & Comanche Counties
Focus on arrest, referral to court, detention points; fund prevention programs in the targeted counties
Statewide use of 1) Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (a risk and needs assessment instrument used since 2004 by the Office of Juvenile Affairs at intake for referral decisions at the level of Deferred Prosecutions and higher; and 2) Risk Assessment Instrument for out of home placement decision-making;
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OR N Y W, B, H, A, AI
2005; Conducted 3-yr trend analysis
8 + (Arrest data for 2005 only)
Y States selected 8 counties for review & data discussion. They are: Lane, Marion, Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Hood River, Jefferson, and Malheur Counties. Specific reduction activities to be determined for some, but not all, of those counties.
Train group of cultural competency coordinators about DMC; provide facilitators for local strategy development and professional assistance for Phase 2 assessments in up to 8 target counties; demonstrate how the targeted community action plan (TCAP) approach can be used to address DMC; Governor’s annual DMC summit; collaborate with two JDAI projects (Multnomah County and the Central and Eastern Oregon Juvenile Justice Consortium).
Governors’ Summits on Minority Over-representation in the Juvenile Justice System Website: http://www.oya.state.or.us/dmc/summit.htm
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Y Y W, B,H,A
2004 8 (no detention)
Y 5 – Berks, Allegheny & Philadelphia Counties through the MacArthur Foundation work. Dauphin & Lancaster counties through law enforcement and minority youth relations forms.
Continue to convene regional forums to address police and minority youth contacts; develop a cultural competency curriculum for law enforcement, to begin in 10/2007 a statewide Latino youth needs assessment; continue to fund the Central York School District’s Diversity Education Project
A RFP for a statewide Latino needs assessment study
RI N N W, B,H, A
2006 (statewide & city of Providence)
5 Y none DMC training for judges and court personnel To review existing police training curriculums to determine if they are culturally relevant.
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SC Y Y W, B
2005-2006
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circuit in the state
3—Richland, Spartanburg, & Berkeley; Spartanburg City (alternatives to detention)
Detention reform— - Developed a risk assessment instrument., Training to law enforcement , local DJJ staff, & Solicitor’s Offices; use case expeditor/public defender liaison to expedite cases and reduce length of stay in detention.
DMC fact sheet; Risk Assessment Instrument for local law enforcement’s use.
SD
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2004 7 (No referral to court)
N- but has a plan to conduct annual
update
3- Pennington County, Minnehoha County; Roberts County
Establish local DMC Workgroup in each site; increase collaboration with Native American Tribes to access services operated by tribes; legal education for parents of youth entering the jj system; is re-thinking its cultural competency training
DMC intervention plans from 3 DMC sites (all completed in 10/ 2005); 2005 SD DMC Report (12/ 2005); Assessment of DMC in SD (6/ 2005), & SD DMC PowerPoint Presentation (6/2005, to be updated annually with new data.
SB 199 (2007) increases the age that youth must attend school from 16 to18 years of age.
TN Y Y W,B 2005- 8-no Y 5-Shelby, DMC education for A draft detention
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2006 arrest (TN detains not arrests kids.)
Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, & Montgomery Counties
juvenile court judges, legislators, youth serving professionals; to fund 2 DMC projects in 2007: Station House Adjustment in Memphis (services to youth detained by law enforcement before entering juvenile justice system and Alternatives to Detention Projects (4)
assessment tool in pilot stage
TX N N B,H, A (not Census definition)
2004 8 highiest DMC at arrest, referral, diversion
Y Discontinued the use of Risk Assessment Instrument for detention; prevention programs, diversion options
“Study of Minority Over-Representation in the Texas Juvenile Justice System” (10/05)
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2005-2006; (3-yr trend analysis) Hispanic arrest rates
increased steadily.
9 Y The Courts Agencies’ Records Exchange system which requires racial/ethnic data used by US Census became fully functional the end of 11/2005. Continue to increase the racial data collection; cultural competency training for all Juvenile Justice Services (JJS) and juvenile court personnel; requires all subgrants to address cultural competency and report on race data of youth served; All new juvenile court and JJS contracts must address cultural competency.
Video outlining juvenile rights and procedures in English and Spanish; An English/Spanish probation agreement; screen all youth at intake with a Pre-Screen Risk Assessment (PRSA) tool and Protective Risk Assessment tool (PSA) as indicated by the PRSA; RRI converted to narrative format.
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VT Y Y W, B,H, A
2005-2006
Raw data for all 9 for W,B,A; 8 for H (not arrest); RRI for arrest and referral to court; insufficient numbers at other contact points for analysis
Y none Continue to work to reduce the amount of missing data for juvenile court filings, delinquency findings & probation placements.
Juvenile Arrests in Burlington, Vermont: State Fiscal Year 2005-2006” (7/07); http://humanservices.vermont.gov/boards-committees;cfcpp/publications/
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VA Y Y W, B,H,A
2005 6 Y JDAI in 4 secure detention homes and the associated 6 court service intake offices; Norfolk & Newport News (Burns Institute approach)
Cultural awareness training to local police departments; requires all Title II & Title V subgrant applicants to develop a corrective plan if DMC exists; youth courts; recruiting & retaining minoritiy police officers; reduce the override rate by Department of Juvenile Justice staff in using the race-neutral detention assessment instrument; JDAI (increase the use of alternatives to secure detention); Juvenile Services Section Demographics Web Page can be accessed through http://www.dcjs.state.va.us/juvenile .
Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Police Officers are available at http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/StandardsTraining/CompulsoryMinimumTraining/index.cfm ; Notice of Compliance with the Core Requirements for subgrant applicants to assess their locality’s DMC status; Governor’s Preventing Crime in Minority Communities Task Force Report (3/2005)
Requires DCJS to publish a policy or guideline to expand compulsory training standards for police officers to ensure awareness of cultural diversity and potential for biased policing (effective 2002) HB600 in 2004 & HB2670 in 2005 provide for the compensation of counsel prior to an initial juvenile detention hearing.
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2004 9 N 4 JDAI sites: King, Yakima, Whatcom, & Spokane counties; Pierce County JDAI funded directly by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
JDAI; RFP suggest objectives for addressing DMC; MacArthur Foundation’s Models for change (2006); funded an Expediter in King County to systematically review length of stay, and an alternative to detention project in Spokane; the Chehalis Tribe—improve school attendance/performance of tribal & community middle and high school youth; continue to provide funding support to Community Juvenile Justice Coordination groups (20 counties at present) to coordinate efforts to reduce DMC.
Engrossed Substitute HB1966: mandates the Juvenile Justice Racial Disproportionality Work Group to develop prosecution standards; HB2319: mandates statewide annual monitoring of racial disproportionality in county juvenile courts; HB 2392: established an experimental program in 2 counties to implement & evaluate prosecutor guidelines for reducing racial inequality in the prosecution of juveniles.
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WV N Y W,B 2003 9 N none Set aside funds for a part-time DMC Coordinator position, training and TA for the DMC Coordinator and DMC Working Group members
Universal Assessment Tool for probation officers
Title 149-5-1 to collect data and examine racial profiling in motor vehicle stops
WI Y Y W, B,A, AI
2005- conducted a 4-year trend analysis
7-9 Y 6-Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine & Rock Counties
Organize local DMC Coordinators’ meetings, prevention & intervention programs, detention diversion programs; Rock County’s alternative to detention reported a decrease in the number of minority admission to detention.
“DMC in the Juvenile Justice System in Wisconsin” by the Justice Assistance State Advisory Council
WY NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA AS N N 0 None-in data
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Prevention & intervention programs for Samoans
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2006 1 arrest
No community education and recruit Chamorro and Chuukese speaking mentors; to reduce detention use; to establish a DMC subcommittee
The Chamorro-Chuukese Communication Handbook; School Children Outreach Empowerment Program translated in Chuukese
MP N N 0 To fund programs to reduce arrest and detention involving the Chamorro & Carolinian youth
VI N Y 0 In data collection phase
Fund prevention activities
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