B1: Alaska Villages/Communities Panel: Priorities, Innovative Approaches, Challenges, Strategies to Address Justice System Disparities
Panel Description: Alaska is home to 229 of the 574 federally recognized Tribes in the United States, and has a diversity of cultures, languages, and histories, as well as unique challenges. This panel will include Alaska Native programs from a variety ...read morePresentation
A4: National Native Children’s Trauma Center Information Session
Session Description: The National Native Children’s Trauma Center staff have set aside time for a greet and meet with OJJDP Tribal Youth and Juvenile to Healing Court grantees. This is an opportunity to meet in person and share about your ...read morePresentation
A3: Winnebago Tribe Crisis Intervention Response Model
Session Description: Crisis intervention is an immediate, short-term response to mental, physical, emotional, or behavioral distress. This session will provide an overview of the Winnebago Tribe’s trauma-informed youth Crisis Intervention Response Model, which has been successful in mitigating the impact ...read morePresentation
A2: Increasing Community Involvement in the Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts
Session Description: Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court (JHWC) professionals will share their journey to becoming involved in their respective Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts, including what drew them in and what keeps them committed to the work. Discussion will also ...read morePresentation
A1: Alternatives to Incarceration: Tribal-State Collaboration Panel
Panel Description: This panel will include both Tribal and State representatives who will discuss strategies that center on collaborations between states and Tribes to provide alternatives to incarceration for justice-involved youth. The panelists will share examples of state laws, agreements, ...read morePresentation
Part 2: Foundations in Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Coordination
Session Description: This two-part virtual learning event supported Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court coordinators, case managers, and partnering staff to build foundational knowledge and skills to support Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court coordination, case management, and youth and family engagement.
Part 1: Foundations in Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Coordination
Session Description: This two-part virtual learning event supported Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court coordinators, case managers, and partnering staff to build foundational knowledge and skills to support Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court coordination, case management, and youth and family engagement.
Sustainability Planning
Session Description: Tribal Youth Resource Center staff discussed traditional practices that have helped support communities over generations and the ways that these approaches have been integrated in modern settings to promote continued programs and services. In addition, this session encouraged dialogue ...read more
Challenging Our Bias – 2Spirit-LGBTQ+ Parent Panel
Session Description: The panelists shared their journey as parents of 2Spirit-LGBTQ+ youth and successful strategies for supporting, advocating, and creating safe environments for their children. The conversation explored the needs of 2Spirit-LGBTQ+ youth from the parents' perspective and provided recommendations ...read more
Suicide Prevention – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) Resource
Session Description: In this online learning event, participants were provided with an overview of the Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) that are utilized for suicide prevention. Community readiness for change and how this applies in implementing a EBP will be discussed. Also, an overview ...read morePresentation
Affecting Change in Tribal Juvenile Justice Systems by Decolonizing Mental Health Services and Integrating Indigenous Ways of Being
Session Description: The Online Learning Event facilitator provided resources for Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention (OJJDP) Tribal Youth Program (TYP) and Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts (JHWC) grantees and other Tribal communities to assess the mental health needs ...read more
