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Nebraska Panhandle
Counties of:
Banner | Box Butte |
Cheyenne | Dawes |
Deuel | Garden |
Kimball | Morrill |
Sheridan | Sioux |
Panhandle Comprehensive Community Juvenile Services Plan
and
Assessment and Planning Process
From October 2010 to May 2011 the Panhandle will complete the Comprehensive Community Juvenile Services and Violence Prevention Planning Process in conjunction with the Juvenile Justice Institute (JJI).
SAVE THE DATES:
MEETINGS: All Meetings will be held at Prairie Winds Community Center in Bridgeport from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM in conjunction with the Panhandle Prevention Coalition.
- November 19, 2010 Juvenile Justice Systems Point Analysis (below)
- January 21, 2011 Community Stabilizing Efforts Review (below)
- February 18, 2011 Panhandle Priorities and Strategies (below)
- March 18, 2011 Final Plan Review, Revisions, and Approval (below)
- April 15,2011 snow date- if we miss a meeting
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Meetings are open to anyone with an interest in the Panhandle youth and Juvenile Justice Systems. Representatives of law enforcement, county attorneys, public defenders, probation, schools, youth serving organizations, health and human service providers, faith organizations, citizens, community organizers, may be particularly interested.
WHY: Commissioners in all eleven counties have signed agreements to have a regional plan. The plan serves two purposes:
- Guides development of local systems and resources including criteria for access to funding for Juvenile Justice.
- A Violence Prevention plan is required by the Crime Commission in order to apply for those funds.
- Creation of the statewide Juvenile Justice Coalition statewide strategic plan.
PROCESS:
There are six key steps to completing the Plan.
- Community Capacity Inventory (CCI) is an online survey of programs and resources available to youth in the Panhandle to gain an understanding of how the Developmental Assets and YLS Risk Factors are being addressed in the Panhandle. Open November 19- 29, 2010. Notices will be sent.
- Juvenile Justice Systems Point Analysis gives an overview of how the juvenile justice system works in our area. County data will be compiled and there will be a Systems Point Analysis meeting facilitated by Julie Rogers of the JJI. This meeting will be of importance to representatives from law enforcement, county attorneys, courts, and probation.
- Graduated Response Assessment is compiled by JJI and provides and picture of where programs and services in the Panhandle are helping youth at each level.
- Community Stabilizing Efforts Review pulls together the System Point Analysis, the community Capacity Inventory and the Graduated response Assessment in a report that identifies what does and does not exist for services in the Panhandle. This will show the community framework in which juvenile services operate.
- Priorities and Strategies are chosen by the community based on the Juvenile Justice Systems Analysis and Community Stabilizing Review.
- Write the Plan and submit it to the Crime Commission for approval.
COORDINATOR:
Joan Frances has been retained to coordinate the Comprehensive community Juvenile Services Plan process and to write the plan. Joan is working closely with Julie Rogers of JJI. Joan can be contacted at joanontheroad@gmail.net
For more information about the Comprehensive Community Planning Process visit http://www.ncc.ne.gov/pdf/grants/Community_Plan_Requirements.pdf