Juvenile (under 18, or as designated by the state)

In this webinar, CSG Justice Center and OJJDP staff provided newly awarded juvenile justice grantees an overview on the OJJDP, CSG Justice Center, juvenile behavioral health diversion and reentry strategies, and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) and its technical training assistance (TTA), as well as reviewed critical context about youth with behavioral health needs in the criminal justice system.

CSG Justice Center staff hosted an orientation webinar for the new Purpose Area J-JMHCP grantees. CSG Justice Center staff reviewed the overarching information about JMHCP and specific information about the grant track and resources available to the new grantees.

Hosted by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionDuring this interactive group learning session, Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children grantees will learn strategies for training and building skills for correctional staff who oversee family visits in correctional facilities.

Hosted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center
In this webinar, OJJDP and CSG Justice Center staff explain the training and technical assistance opportunities and resources available to Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children grantees.

Cases responded to and closed during the reporting period January - June 2021 were 469

There has been a hold on the funds due to a prior Nevada DCFS office's inadequate audit of use of prior grant funds. Nevada requested partial drawdown for some projects, and Ania Dobrzanska had to get approval so DCFS was still waiting on that in October. Nevada did expend their own funds to develop the PREA educational materials which included two brochures, one for youth, one for families/public and one PREA poster as well as a staff wallet card with first responder steps. They also started the electronic case management upgrade with Tyler Technologies and are still working on it.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, WVDCR was able to make significant progress on their time task. During this reporting period, the grantee distributed and collected surveys for all of the pilot sites, reviewed and updated their PREA policy - an ongoing project, and provided all pilot sites with access to the data reporting system. Additionally, the grantee reviewed and updated the coordinated response protocol.

King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD) continues to be on track for successful completion. During the October to December reporting period, DAJD has had steady contact with the JDI coaches. Due to changing needs in staffing due to COVID, DAJD has decided to redirect some grant funding to innovative training for their staff. DAJD has begun developing a training plan that involves small lessons designed to keep information regarding sexual safety fresh for the staff and their resident population, with a focus on identifying red flags and reporting.

The Los Angeles County Probation Department (LACPD) has worked on staff training and resident education. Due to difficulty in hiring a training officer to assist in curriculum development, the PREA team has begun work on curricula on its own. The TMG coaches have assisted in reviewing materials and providing edits. LACPD is hoping to move forward with initiating the PREA audit process to begin in the summer of 2021. This has added pressure on the PREA implementation team in order to be ready for the initial audit.

DC DYRS continued to face implementation delays as a result of internal fiscal issues. The PREA Coordinator and grant point of contact Nancy Fisher were not able to access funds until October 1, 2020, the start of DC?'s fiscal year. This was due to DC?'s inability to recognize the grant funds in the previous fiscal year since the funds had not been part of the approved budget for the previous fiscal year. Unfortunately, October 1st was not the end of the challenges. Ms.