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Issue Area: Tribal Youth Program

Talking Attendance: A Dialogue on Truancy Prevention

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Session Description: In this online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, the presenter provides an overview to participants through an open dialogue on gaining knowledge about current issues impacting Tribal truancy prevention initiatives in community or court-based programs.

Pathway to Resilience, Healing, and Cultural Restoration: Cultural Considerations in Collaboration

Written by Laura Smith on .

Session Description: In this online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, presenters provide an overview to participants regarding successful approaches to engage community partners and sustain community collaborations in culturally informed ways. With a focus on strategies that enhance and strengthen the protective factors, this presentation had a special emphasis on the role of cultural connectedness among our youth and strengthening their capacity to avoid the justice system. Presenters have discussed the role of culture in initiating and sustaining partnerships and collaborations in Native communities and have shared tribal best practices for selecting culturally informed and appropriate interventions.

Program Evaluation and Sustainability Planning

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Considerations and Strategies to Support Program Maintenance and Continuity

An online learning event hosted by the Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center, in this session, the presenters provided an overview of program evaluation and sustainability while considering the implications for program continuity and services.

Enhancing Tribal Juvenile Justice with Healing-Centered Systems Change- Trauma Expert Panel

Written by Laura Smith on .

A panel presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth Virtual National Conference. Research suggests that Native American youth are at increased risk of trauma, depression, and PTSD as a result of grief and exposure to violence which can lead to relationship problems, drug and alcohol abuse, violent behavior, suicide and depression, problems in school, and bullying and victimization. National Native Children’s Trauma Center provides training in promising practices as well as technical assistance in healing-centered systems change across all tribal child-serving systems, including schools, behavioral health providers, child welfare agencies, and juvenile justice systems. The National Native Children’s Trauma Center also assists in the cultural adaptation of promising practices and develops products and practices intended for use in Native communities. This panel provided an opportunity for attendees to hear more about their work and to ask questions that may have been generated throughout the conference.

Creativity & Innovation in the Face of COVID-19: Maskiizibii Oshki Gabeshiwin 2020Virtual Youth Conference

Written by Andrea Dickerson on .

A session presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth National Conference (Session E1). This session presented the journey undertaken in 2020 to develop, plan, and implement a virtual peer to peer mentoring and experiential youth leadership conference that encompassed poetry, photography, music, and art for middle and high school students during a pandemic. The session provided a discussion about peer to peer mentoring and cultural arts approaches that promote healing, resilience, and prevent or reduce delinquent behavior.

A Continuum of Connectedness: Strategies and Considerations for Implementing Youth Substance Use Reduction Initiatives

Written by Andrea Dickerson on .

A session presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth National Tribal Youth Conference (Session D4). This session focused on current substance abuse trends in Indian Country, discussed efforts to address substance use among Tribal youth, and included an examination of strength-based processes to support Tribal youth substance use/reduction in Tribal prevention and youth wellness programs. Speakers will share community-driven processes for initiatives that lead to youth connectedness and resiliency.