why we do it! youth benefits improved academic performance – grades, attendances, referrals...
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Why We Do It!YOUTH BENEFITS
• Improved academic performance– Grades, attendances, referrals
• Ability to address transportation issues • Appropriate educational placements
• Shared evaluations/assessments
• Needs of the youth • Less FTAs
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Why We Do It!COURT SYSTEM BENEFITS
• Better educational outcomes for youth• Relationship with and immediate access to School
Administration– Address issues as they arise (transportation, admission,
etc.)
• Judicial Orders - avoid conflicts, address educational issues
• Current education information/records on juveniles– Assist youth/families with education issues and/or
placement concerns
• Reduction of discipline referrals/suspensions/school arrests
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Why We Do It!SCHOOL SYSTEM BENEFITS
• Increased communication with Court/JJ systems• Increased graduation and attendance rates, more
positive student participation• Fiscal impact – record production, personnel off
campus• Increased Administration knowledge of court
system, reduced frustration• Provides school a clearinghouse to obtain info on
Court Orders• Streamlined process for placement, transition and
transportation matters
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Why We Do It!JUVENILE JUSTICE BENEFITS
• Coordination and collaboration with School District leadership to ensure Principals work with DJJ when addressing disciplinary issues
• Structured meetings to review Probation youth and discuss a plan of action
• Access to students, reducing excessive travel and being able to intervene timely on all Probation-related activities
• Immediate access to school records and other resources on campuses
• Reduced length of time on Probation due to increased compliance
• Lessens costs to DJJ and avoids a duplication of services
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Who Else Is At the Table?Additional Partners• Department of Children and Families
• School District Police
• Office of the State Attorney
• Office of the Public Defender
• Palm Beach County
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What Is It?1. Collaborative effort
a. Open communication between School and Court players
b. Shared records and data to improve outcomes for youth
c. Quarterly Superintendent meetings
2. Everybody’s a Teacher– Statewide initiative coordinated by the
School District to address challenges
faced by children in out-of-home care
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What Is It? (continued)• 3a. Countywide partnership – annual planning
meeting
• 3b. Committee work and outcomesI. Data Collection: created a County wide tool to gather
and share data for juvenile school-based arrestsII.School Justice Probation Pilot: established a pilot
program with DJJ to house a JPO on school campusIII.Elementary Out of School Suspension: reviewed data
and conducted focus groups on elementary suspensions; provided recommendations to School Superintendent
IV.Juvenile First Offender: Created protocols for information sharing between Youth Court and JAC; established processes to increase participation in County-wide first offender program
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What Is It? (continued)4. School Justice Leader pilot
a. On campus DJJ JPO (“School Justice Leader”) to: i. Increase communication and collaborationii. Reduce out of school suspensions, VOPs, discipline
referraliii. Increase compliance with court-ordered sanctions
– Additional outcomes• Partnership with local law enforcement• Implemented summer programming• Infused DJJ into School Administration, SBT work
b. NIJ grant project increasing school safety and student success –
expanded School Justice pilot with services
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What Is It? (continued)5. Court Education Liaison Program
a. Key components:i. Communicationii. Accessiii. Appropriate educational placementiv. Transitionv. Transportationvi. Services
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Court Education Liaison Program
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Making It Happen• NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING!
• Identify a “champion”
• Convene stakeholders– Identify the issue(s)– Formulate goals
• Establish written protocols and data collection
• Personnel/training
• Regular meetings to review goals, data
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Talk to Us• Comments/Questions
• Honorable Kathleen J. Kroll (561) 355-4378 [email protected]
• Cristy Altaro, Juvenile Operations Manager (561) 355-6586 [email protected]
• Angela Bess, Director of Educational Alternatives (561) 681-5900
• Presentation materials: http://15thcircuit.co.palm-beach.fl.us/web/guest/
juvenile