Second Judicial Circuit Juvenile Justice Council

1. Second Judicial CircuitJuvenile Justice Council JJC

2. What is the JJC? • The JJC was formed in 2003 as a policy and advocacy group for juvenile programs in the 2nd judicial circuit. Each county has one vote on the council. The over all goal is to use Community-Based Alternatives to Detention and Secure Confinement to address juvenile recidivism.

3. What is the function of the JJC? • Seeks funding through private and public grants • Encourages addressing juvenile needs through evidence based practices • Strives to reduce re-offending of juveniles

4. JJC Mission Statement and Goals • The mission of the Second Judicial Circuit Juvenile Justice Council is to provide oversight and support to all counties (communities) of the circuit in their endeavors to support public safety; to address victim’s needs and to ensure that youth are held accountable for their conduct and are equipped to mature into productive members of their community.

5. Membership • The membership of the council consist of at least one representative from each of the participating counties within the circuit, service providers and concern citizens.

6. What do members do? • attend quarterly meetings • participate in JJC governance • assist in recruiting membership • increase knowledge of available resources within your community • advocate for closing service gaps • collectively participate in funding opportunities.

7. The John C. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Models for Change Initiative builds upon ongoing efforts to improve policy and practices. It promotes the acceleration of system-wide reforms that are fair, effective and recognize the developmental differences between children and adults.

8. Models for Change • Fairness • Recognition of Juvenile-Adult Differences • Successful Engagement • Community Safety • Diversion

9. Initiatives • Redeploy Illinois • Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) • Methamphetamine Prevention Program • Evidence Based Practices (EBP) • Illinois Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (IJDAI)

10. Redeploy Illinois The 2nd Circuit Redeploy Illinois Program will increase access to community based services while at the same time decreasing the commitments to DOC. The program targets youth in the juvenile justice system who are nonviolent offenders. The goal is to reduce dynamic risk factors ( those that can be changed) while increasing protective factors of the youth and family.

11. Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) BARJ is not a program but a philosophy with a coherent set of values and principles to guide the administration of justice. BARJ recognizes three parties with an important role and stake in the justice process: victims, offenders, and communities.

12. BARJ Practices • Victim Offender Conferences • Family Group Conferences • Circles

13. BARJ’s Goals • Accountability • Community Safety • Competency development

14. Methamphetamine Prevention Program • The program purpose is to provide the residents of the twelve rural counties of the 2nd Circuit assistance to effectively prevent or reduce the use and/or spread of methamphetamine abuse.

15. Methamphetamine Prevention Program • Provides Multi Systemic Therapy for youth and families who are identified at highest risk of methamphetamine abuse • Establish and maintain Project ALERT program sites in middle schools • Provide Methamphetamine seminars and forums

16. Evidence Based Practices • Multi Systemic Therapy • Functional Family Therapy • Aggression Replacement Therapy • Project Alert

17. Illinois Juvenile Detention Alterative Initiative (IJDAI) • JDAI has four basic objectives: • To eliminate the inappropriate or unnecessary use of secure detention; • To minimize re-arrest and failure-to-appear rates pending adjudication; • To ensure appropriate conditions of confinement in secure facilities; and, • To redirect public finances to sustainsuccessful reforms.

18. Funding • The John C. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation www.macfound.org • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) www.samhsa.org • Annie E. Casey Foundation www.aecf.org

19. JJC Benefits – Kids Hope United • Kids Hope United has derived great benefit from participating in the 2nd circuit Juvenile Justice Council. We have established a wide networking community and are up to date on kids, families and the resources available to them when they are in need. KHU has been able to expand their programs, and also thereby created jobs, throughout the Circuit by being direct recipients of community grants via the JJC. Perhaps all of this is accomplished because the JJC’s mission is compatible with the mission of KHU, that is, protecting children and strengthening families. It is a pleasure serving on the JJC. • Robin Anderson, M.S., Juvenile Justice Supervisor, MST Programs

20. JJC Benefits United Methodist Children’s Home • The United Methodist Children's Home is an active member of the Juvenile Justice Council because it provides youth the opportunity to change the course of their life.  The Juvenile Justice Council is grounded in principles of Balanced and Restorative Justice and as a treatment provider, we know that many youth involve themselves in crime because of deficiencies in many aspects of their lives.  We know that providing services to address those deficiencies can change lives by opening new opportunities and changing their outlook for their future.  The Juvenile Justice Council actively works to identify service gaps and ways to bring about programs to address deficiencies in youth.  UMCH is committed to serving those most needy in our community and hope to partner with the JJC to offer programs to our youth.  • Clete Winkelmann, President/CEO, UMCH

21. JJC Benefits Southeastern Illinois Counseling Centers, Inc. • Southeastern Illinois Counseling Centers, Inc. is an active partner with the Juvenile Justice Council serving on the Council as well as providing services to adolescents and their families in need. Southeastern has been able to expand services to adolescents through the partnership with the JJC by providing evidenced based services such as FFT and ART. The evaluations of these programs suggest that kids are benefiting and making changes in their lives that are leading to success and reduced recidivism. Southeastern appreciates the work JJC is promoting and proud to be a part of a proactive approach to adolescents and their issues. • Priss Parmenter, Dir. Of Community Relations, SICCI

22. JJC Benefits the Counties • Crime victims and delinquent juveniles in small counties are just as important as any crime victims and delinquent juveniles in large counties.  Unfortunately, those who control grant money rarely look at individual cases.  They look at numbers.  Small counties often cannot generate the numbers needed to access grant money.  And, we often cannot get the attention or interest of statewide decision-makers.

23. JJC Benefits to Counties • The Second Circuit Juvenile Justice Council gives small counties the ability to access grants and affect policy.  The JJC is designed to minimize competition between counties of our circuit for State and Federal grants and to help us work together to improve our response to juvenile crime. • Since the inception of the JJC, all the counties of the Second Circuit have reaped some benefit from the JJC and I am aware of no negative impact on any county.  The greater the participation in the JJC the greater the benefits to us all. • Brian Shinkle, Edwards County State Attorney

24. JJC Benefits Probation • The Chief Probation Officers attend the JJC meetings. The benefit from their involvement with the Council gives them a much better understanding of how all the "pieces" fit together.  They enjoy interacting and networking with people from various backgrounds and being able to exchange ideas and information.  They also have a opportunity to help set and achieve realistic goals for the circuit and feel they are a part the changes that are taking place. • The services provided by the grants the Council seek and receive provide the probation officers more tools to address the needs of juveniles they are working with to getting them to be productive adults. • Mike Abell, Director of Court Services

25. JJC Benefits Judges • Justice in the realm of juvenile delinquency requires several things: due process, sanctions which hold offenders accountable and make them less likely to offend again, measures which restore victims emotionally and materially, and opportunities for young offenders to overcome problems which contribute to delinquent behavior. • Until recently, the importance placed upon each of these elements of juvenile justice depended largely upon the particular role which one occupied in relation to young offenders. Furthermore, sentences imposed upon these offenders were heavily influenced by custom and traditional notions concerning both deterrence and rehabilitation.

26. JJC Benefits Judges • During the past few years, remarkable progress has been made in the identification and development of effective approaches to reducing recidivism (“evidence-based practices”), restoring victims, and enhancing public safety. These approaches– ranging from victim-impact panels to peer juries to multi-disciplinary monitoring to informal sanctions to mentoring programs to cognitive therapy to family functional therapy to substance abuse treatment– really work. However, they involve considerable effort and expense, and their effectiveness depends upon their being employed consistently and cooperatively by prosecutors, service providers, court services personnel, school officials and judges.

27. JJC Benefits Judges • The Juvenile Justice Council for the 2nd Judicial Circuit plays a critical role in this exciting coordinated process by encouraging the implementation of evidence-based practices, identifying areas of need for services, and obtaining funding which is necessary for the provision of these innovative but proven measures in the economically-strapped areas of our circuit. Through the efforts of the Council, the important lessons we’ve learned about juvenile justice are being applied to the substantial benefit of the people of the 2nd Judicial Circuit – young and old alike. • Judge Stephen G. Sawyer, Resident Circuit Judge Wabash County

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