National Association of Drug Court Professionals Annual Conference
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines.
Juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC) are designed for youth with substance use disorders who come into contact with the juvenile justice system. The new guidelines provide juvenile courts with an evidence-based, treatment-oriented approach that emphasizes family engagement, and addresses the substance use and often co-occurring mental health...
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has issued a request for proposals to support the testing of the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines. AIR seeks to engage the services of third-party researchers to design and carry out research activities (i.e., design of measures, data collection, data analysis) as part of a larger strategy to evaluate the implementation of the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court...
On March 15, 2017, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET, OJJDP, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the American Institutes for Research will host a webinar to answer questions that have been submitted about the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines, which were released in December 2016. Registrants will also be able to submit additional questions when they register...
The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, in partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, has released the OJJDP-funded “Engage, Involve, Empower: Family Engagement in Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts.” This technical assistance brief, which is based on the results of a nationwide survey of juvenile drug treatment courts, juvenile mental health courts, and hybrid juvenile...