Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Budget Considerations
During this session, the TYRC will lead a discussion around budgetary considerations that are common among Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court grantees. We will look at grant requirements, modifications, and different ways grantees utilize funding streams to maximize services available ...read more
Cultural Considerations and Family/Parent Engagement in the Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court
Many of our Tribal youth continue to have much higher rates of engagement with the juvenile justice systems and there continues to be a need for communities to develop and sustain effective partnerships to address the complexity of issues that ...read more
Building Youth Resiliency
Leon Leader Charge shared insight into increasing evidence-based practices for Native youth that includes: language, mental health treatment, and various programs connecting youth to culture. Leon Leader Charge also provided an overview of risk protective factors that support youth wellness, ...read more
Building & Sustaining Partnerships for Truancy Prevention Programs
We cannot do this work alone. Building and sustaining partnerships in tribal truancy prevention programs can help reduce student absenteeism. Partnerships form a shared ownership and responsibility for the success of program-involved youth. This session is designed to support tribal ...read more
Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Online Learning Series
The Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court is a transformative strengths-based judicial process. The Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court should be designed to provide therapeutic and individualized responses for Tribal youth. There is no singular definition or type of Tribal ...read more
Conference Booklet
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Keynote Day 3 – Pat Sekaquaptewa
Presenter: Pat Sekaquaptewa, Hopi Justice, Hopi Appellate Court, Affiliated Assistant Professor University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Department of Alaska Native StudiesPresentation
Keynote Day 2 – Missy Whiteman & Reuben Crow Feather
Presenters: Missy Whiteman, Sundance Interdisciplinary Fellow and Emmy Nominated Film Maker, Northern Arapaho and Kickapoo Reuben Crow Feather, Traditional Culture and Arts Educator, Standing Rock Sioux TribePresentation
Keynote Day 1: Isabel Coronado
Presenter: Isabel Coronado, Ambassador, Center for Native American YouthPresentation
G4: Paving a Way to Partnerships: A Road Map to Cultivating, Engaging, and Retaining Native Youth Leadership
The panel will present varying perspectives on pathways to success for youth programming especially within the juvenile justice sphere. Partnering with those who have lived experience requires vulnerability, reflection, and intentionality. Their input will inform how justice systems can more ...read morePresentation
G3: Prevention & Intervention Strategies in Working with Native Gang-Involved Youth
Native youth gangs have increased dramatically over the past 20 years, bringing an increase of crime and posed dangerous health and safety challenges for youth, families, and Native communities in general. This session will provide an overview of promising gang ...read morePresentation
G2: A Cross-Comparison of Juvenile Drug Courts and Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts
This session will provide a cross-comparison of active juvenile drug courts and juvenile healing to wellness courts. Presenters will share both similarities and differences that make each court unique, including policies and procedures, intake/assessment, case management, and funding sources. Attendees ...read morePresentation
