Prevention

Nationally, an estimated 78 percent of young people who have experienced homelessness report that they have also had at least one interaction with law enforcement, while 44 percent have spent time in a jail or detention facility. Participants will learn about ways that communities can better support young people who find themselves at the intersections of youth homelessness and juvenile justice to ensure that youth do not have unnecessary contact with the juvenile justice system and that if they do come in contact with the justice system, that they exit to safe, stable, and secure housing.

Join Justice Clearinghouse for their webinar “Youth Homelessness and Juvenile Justice: Supporting Youth Across Systems” on February 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Studies show 78 percent of adolescents who have suffered from homelessness have also had at least one encounter with law enforcement. Of these young adults, 44 percent have found themselves in a jail or detention center.

On July 17, 2018, a group of campus safety leaders and subject-matter experts, with support from the National Center for Campus Public Safety (NCCPS), gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a one-day forum. The purpose of the forum was to discuss campus safety’s role and strategies for preventing violence in college and university campus communities. It also provided potential solutions and recommendations for addressing challenges associated with preventing violence. The forum aligns with the NCCPS’s role as a nationwide resource for addressing critical issues in campus safety.

The use and abuse of alcohol among American Indian & Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth is complex and has propagated into a major public health concern across Indian Country. Prevention of underage drinking requires strategies that are developed within the appropriate contexts of the historical, cultural, and social demographic factors of alcohol abuse and other deeply rooted related problems in AI/AN communities.

This webinar examines prevention and intervention best practices in providing tribal youth a safe space and tools to:

PDMP TTAC educational webinar series concerning Category 3 grants; overview of current grantee projects and future plans.

The Pre-Conference for the Multi-Jurisdictional Law Enforcement Training Conference, “Justice System Approaches to Address Alcohol and Substance Abuse” will focus on a justice-system wide approaches to address alcohol and substance abuse and associated crimes. Frequently, offenders who enter into the justice system reoffend after being released from mandated supervision. Re-offending creates additional challenges within the home, family, and community as a whole.