Teen Matters – Meeting The Needs Of Adolescent Youth
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July 30, 2020
This Café Conversation highlights the importance of serving adolescent youth in family treatment courts (FTCs). Their developmental needs and social connections require an approach that emphasizes youth engagement and meaningful relationships with peers and adults. There is an emphasis on building a strong voice and promoting active participation in teenagers planning their own lives to ensure that they will be equipped to successfully transition into adulthood and avoid involvement in the juvenile justice system. Key principles and strategies for prevention, quality substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for adolescents, and recovery support are also highlighted.
The Learning Academy offers numerous technical assistance and training resources on this topic. A 30-minute introductory video and a Team Discussion Guide are available for FTC practitioners to view and engage in discussion together. Additionally, there is a recorded facilitated discussion with a set of panelists who share experiences and expertise in serving the needs of adolescent youth affected by substance use disorders and involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. A Call-to-Action Guide is provided to equip attendees with important next steps to translate learning into practice.
Panelists/Presenters:
- Kelly Jones, Program Associate, Children and Family Futures
- Janelle Sgrignoli, Program Administrator of Specialty Courts (Snohomish County, WA)
- Hon. Anthony Capizzi, Juvenile Court Judge (Montgomery, OH)
- Martha Blomquist, Senior Site Manager, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Learning Objectives:
1. Highlight key principles and best practice strategies on engaging and serving adolescent and transitional youth affected by parental SUD
2. Learn from national and local leaders and teams on how they are successfully serving adolescents and transitional youth
3.Identify key next steps collaborative teams can take to serve the needs of adolescents and transitional youth
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OJJDP and CFF currently offer in-depth technical assistance to six Statewide System Improvement Program (SSIP) Awardees: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, New York, and Guam. Find out more about how these states are implementing systems reform to expand FDCs’ scale and scope—increasing FDCs reach into child welfare and substance use disorder treatment systems and ensuring the delivery of a full range of comprehensive services for families.
In 2016 the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded 12 FDCs. This funding opportunity aligns with the national FDC movement working to increase FDC’s capacity and scope of services to children and families. Of the 12 new OJJDP grantees, six sites were awarded implementation funding to create new FDC programs within their jurisdictions and six were awarded enhancement funding to expand the capacity and augment services among their existing FDC programs. Three tribal sites were awarded implementation funding to help bring Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts to tribal jurisdictions.
