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The New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents, a project of the Osborne Association, will hold its See Us, Support Us national campaign during October to raise awareness about children of incarcerated parents. The campaign includes an online toolkit with resources to help support children of incarcerated parents, including a social media guide and guidance on identifying and supporting those children in...
OJJDP, in collaboration with the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College, will present the three-part webinar series "Commercial Sex Trafficking—Using Research Findings To Support Investigations" on September 13, 19, and 26, 2017, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET. This series will explore research related to commercial sex trafficking of minors and how to improve system responses to victims. The...
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2017. In this issue's Message From the Acting Administrator, Eileen M. Garry discusses the Office's commitment to safeguard American Indian and Alaska Native children and support Tribes in implementing culturally specific, trauma-informed measures to help them heal. The top story highlights OJJDP's participation in...
Note: This webinar has been cancelled.
On August 16, 2017, from 2 to 3:15 p.m. ET, OJJDP, in collaboration with the National Criminal Justice Training Center, will present Which Comes First: the Child Forensic Interview or the Medical-Forensic Exam? This webinar will address the child forensic interview and the medical evaluation portions of the National Children's Alliance's new "Standards for Accredited Members...
On July 26, 2017, from 2 to 3:15 p.m. ET, OJJDP, in collaboration with the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College, will present "Teaching Children About Consent." This webinar will examine and define "consent" in the context of sexual assault prevention and sex education. The focus of the webinar will be on the need to establish healthy boundaries, build healthy...
The Department of Justice has announced that the recently concluded Operation Broken Heart led to the arrest of more than 1,000 suspected child predators from more than 40 states. The OJJDP-funded Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces conducted this operation during April and May 2017 as a coordinated investigation to identify and arrest suspected child sexual predators. OJJDP launched the ICAC Task Force...
