Where are Our Children? A Data Scan of Native Youth Incarceration in Minnesota
Published by the Tribal Youth Resource Center in December 2024, this publication examines the current state of data collection and reporting related to Tribal youth involvement in Minnesota’s juvenile justice system. Despite the growing recognition of the need for targeted ...read moreI4 – Winnebago Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court and Cultural Integration
This session will provide an overview of the Winnebago Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court and Cultural Integration. Participants will gain knowledge on the evaluation, assessment, and cultural assessments at the Winnebago Youth Crisis Intervention Center. The presenters will also discuss ...read morePresentation
H4 – Serving Youth with Low Criminogenic Risk, But High Need
This session will overview the various approaches of the Juvenile Healing to Wellness (JHW) Programs. The presenters will discuss how JHW Programs are designed to serve Native/Tribal youth with low criminogenic risk, higher need, where there is youth substance use ...read morePresentation
G4 – Native/Tribal Adolescent Substance Use Trends
This presentation will cover current adolescent drug use and abuse trends. The presenters will explore the contemporary terrain of what Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court (JHWC) and Program teams need to know to design and implement their JHWC and Programs.Presentation
F4 – Breaking Down the Stigma around (MAT) and Leveraging MATs
This session will provide an overview of opiate addiction, and the role of medication assisted treatments (MATs). The presenters will review recent research on effective treatment strategies for opioid addiction, with particular emphasis on adolescents. They will compare common myths ...read morePresentation
E4 – Developing an Assessment Tool
This session will overview the work to develop a self-assessment tool for Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts and Programs to use in assessing and restructuring their approaches and processes to ensure that they are trauma informed. The presenters will use ...read morePresentation
D4 – Native Adolescent Development
This presentation will cover the topic of adolescent brain development and its influence on adolescent decision-making processes. The presenters seek to empower Tribes/Tribal Courts/communities and families to implement trauma-informed practices and to tailor effective services. Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts ...read morePresentation
C4 – Engagement and Community Belonging
This session will cover how the Cherokee Nation Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court (JHWC) uses culture in their rehabilitation process. The presenters will share case studies demonstrating how their engagement techniques have been instrumental in helping shift youth and ...read morePresentation
B4 – Intrusion of Fentanyl in Our Society
This session will cover the need to be informed about the fatal risks of fentanyl use, the proper use of Narcan (Naloxone), and the reality that fentanyl affects everyone. The goal of the presentation is to raise awareness and hope ...read morePresentation
A4 – Native-Tribal Strengths-Based Approaches
This session will cover the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Tribal Restorative Practices, as part of their Juvenile Healing to Wellness Program. The program uses Elders Panels and mentoring to help youth repair from hurt and harm.Presentation
Protecting our Most Vulnerable – Strengthening Supports for Unsheltered & Runaway Native Youth (The 2nd of a 4-part Online Learning Event Series)
This will be the second of a TYRC Online Learning Event series focused on the needs and current service gaps of unsheltered and runaway Native youth across the country. During this Online Learning Event (OLE), Frankie White Dress, Director, Oglala ...read moreVideo
Friends of the Children
Aligned with traditional kinship systems, Friends of the Children’s (FOTC) paid professional mentoring model provides youth with individualized, relationship-based support from age 4-18 (pre-K through high school graduation). We will explore how the holistic, relationship-centered model helps Indigenous children and ...read morePresentation