OJJDP Invites DMC Presentations for Safe and Fair Treatment Conference
May 13, 2009
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has issued a call for presentations for its upcoming national conference Ensuring Safe and Fair Treatment of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, which will be held October 26-29, 2009, in Austin, TX.
Proposals are sought for presentations that will address such topics related to disproportionate minority contact (DMC) as the following:
- Conducting Reliable DMC Assessments: Mechanisms Contributing to DMC
- Disproportionality in the Juvenile Justice System and Child Welfare Systems
- Effective Strategies for Systems Improvement: DMC in Rural Communities
- Promising Tribal Youth Systems Improvement Efforts to Reduce DMC
The deadline for submitting proposals is June 5, 2009.
Resources:
For a complete list of workshop presentation opportunities and instructions on submitting a proposal, visit http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/dmc/tools/callforpresentations0509.pdf.
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