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Parent engagement

Podcasts Address Family and Youth Engagement in School-Justice Partnerships

 

The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, with support from OJJDP's School-Justice Partnership Project, is hosting the podcast series "Strategies to Build Family and Youth Engagement to Keep Kids in School." This podcast series highlights family and youth engagement in school-justice partnerships. Episodes will share strategies to help youth with behavioral health needs and their families make connections with schools...

Mentoring Initiative for System-Involved Youth (MISY)

Date Published
August 2010
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

Brief on Family Engagement in Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts Released

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...