Hosted by Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota on October 30, 2012. The Mentoring Best Practices Research Project, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), is being conducted in collaboration with Global Youth Justice and the National Partnership for Juvenile Services.
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1. Improving Mentoring Servicesfor Youth in Hennepin County
Juvenile Justice Settings
2. Agenda11:30am Lunch & Welcome11:55am Mentoring Programs
Current Hennepin CountyPartners12:15pm Introductions &
Reflection12:45pm Research Roundup1:15pm State of Mentoring in
Hennepin County1:30pm Break1:45pm Improving Mentoring Services
Dialogue3:45pm Resources & Evaluations
3. Project Overview
4. Project OverviewThe Office of Juvenile Justice
andDelinquency Prevention (OJJDP)is a leader in recognizing
thatwell-designed and well-implemented mentoring can havea
tremendous, positive impact ona youths life chances inparticular,
high-risk youth.
5. Project OverviewOJJDP funded Researching the ReferralStage
of Youth Mentoring in Six JuvenileJustice Settings: Juvenile
Corrections Juvenile Detention Juvenile Probation Delinquency Court
Youth/Teen Court Dependency Court
6. Project OverviewThis exploratory research is designedto
inform the mentoring referralprocess for delivery of
mentoringservices to high-risk youth for thepurpose of reducing
delinquentbehavior, alcohol and drug abuse,truancy, and other
problem behaviors.
7. Partner Research Team Organizations J. Mitchell Miller,
MENTOR Ph.D.Global Youth Justice Holly V. Miller, Ph.D.National
Partnership J.C. Barnes, Ph.D.for Juvenile Services
8. Learning ObjectivesParticipants will gain an understanding
of: Six juvenile justice settings The advantages and challenges of
offering mentoring services within each setting Promising practices
mentoring within or in partnership with each setting with a focus
on the referral stage
9. Why are wehere today?
10. Mentoring Programs
11. Research Round Up
12. Research Questions What are the best practices in
identifying and referring youth to mentoring programs across
distinct juvenile justice settings? What is the capacity of the
mentoring community to support the youth identified for mentoring
from six juvenile justice settings? What intermediate outcomes are
achieved by mentoring throughout the settings?
13. Qualitative Data Site visits Interviews with staff and
administrators Questionnaires
14. Quantitative Data: Survey Sample Program respondents hailed
from a All 50 United The survey variety of States were netted a
large community represented by sample size (N types ranging the
survey = 1,197) from urban, respondents suburban, rural, and tribal
communities.
15. Key Findings
16. Juvenile Detention While mentoring is not used as a
diversion from adjudication per se, it is, in many instances,
viewed as one component of a holistic approach to delinquency
prevention and intervention.
17. Conceptual Model of the Typical Referral Process
Identification phaseStep Sources of identification: law enforcement
or juvenile probation, family, social worker 1 Court appearanceStep
Types of court: youth, family, dependency, delinquency 2
Eligibility assessment by courtStep3 Judge or other governing body
assess youth for eligibility in mentor programStep Referral to
mentor program by court 4 Referral received by mentor programStep
Eligibility determination and assessment by mentor program 5Step
Potential mentor identified 6Step Match made between mentor and
mentee 7
18. Who refers youth in JJ settings?Probation
officersJudgesMagistratesSocial Workers and Case ManagersPublic
DefendersAdministrative Office of the CourtsPolice OfficersCourt
ClerksPublic DefendersSchool Officials and Administrators
19. Key Findings: National Survey Juvenile justice settings use
60% mentoring Mentoring programs serve 40% youth from juvenile
justice Mentoring programs use 80% individually based mentoring
Positive More likely when programs utilized Elements of
EffectiveOutcomes Practice for Mentoring
20. Key Findings: National Survey Risk Assessment Prior to
Referral DeMajority of juvenile justice settings reportedbetween 76
to 100% of youth are charged with acrime prior to being referred to
a mentoringprogramRelatedly, the majority of juvenile justice
settingsreported always assessing youth for their levelof risk
prior to making a referral to mentoringprogram.
21. Key Findings: National Survey and Site Visits Top Reasons
for Match Failure Serious mental Youth or family health issues on
refusal or lack of the part of the support youth Lack of suitable
adult mentors
22. Key Findings: Site Visits Staff meetings Mentoring juvenile
justice youth is more successful when mentoring program staff are
involved in regular probation or other staff meetings.
23. Key Findings: Site Visits Voluntary participation Youth
have a greater degree of commitment to the mentoring experience
when participation is voluntary.
24. Key Findings: Site Visits Knowledge about Juvenile Justice
System Mentor/staff should have a background understanding of the
Juvenile Justice System.
25. Key Findings: Site Visits Close working partnerships
Probation officers and other juvenile justice staff working in
close partnership with mentoring program staff is key to
successes.
26. Definition of Embedded ProgramsA program that is
housedinside a juvenile justicesetting either: developed by the
juvenile justice setting or implemented by an outside mentoring
program
27. Key Findings: Site VisitsReported Advantages of Embedded
Mentoring Programs Greater access to information about youths needs
More seamless referral process Greater success in matching and
shorter waiting lists More understood and valued by juvenile
justice staff Better able to track youths long term outcomes
28. Specialized ProgramsMentoring programs with aspecific
and/or sole purpose ofserving youth from a specific JJsetting have
an advantageouslevel of knowledge, skill and abilityin providing
effective mentoringservices for a wide range of high-risk youth
involved in JJ settings.
29. Youth in longer-term placements can build longer-term
mentoring relationships.
32. Juvenile DetentionSecure facilities that providefor the
short-term,temporary, safe custodyof juveniles alleged to
havecommitted a delinquentact/offense
33. What is thedifferencebetweendetention andcorrections?
34. Juvenile Corrections Secure, residentialJuvenile Detention
facilities that provide for the long-term, safe custody of
juveniles adjudicated on felony or multiple misdemeanor offenses.
These facilities typically are considered to be high security.
35. Juvenile ProbationCommunity-basedcorrections program
whereprobation officers supervise andmonitor youth under
courtjurisdiction, ensuring they complywith all court orders.
Probationofficer provides direction, guidance,rehabilitation.
36. Delinquency CourtJuvenile Detention Courts have Delinquency
jurisdiction over juveniles, juvenile delinquents, status offenders
and children and youth in need of supervision. The Delinquency
Court is most commonly associated with the Juvenile Justice System
and juveniles who have committed a crime, offense and/or
violation.
37. Youth Court/ Teen CourtJuvenile Detention Diversion
programs in which peers sentence juveniles for minor crimes,
offenses and/or violations. These programs are administered locally
by law enforcement agencies, probation departments, delinquency
courts, schools and local nonprofit organizations.
38. Dependency Court DependencyJuvenile DetentionCourts involve
a juvenile (child/youth), typically in cases of abuse, neglect and
mistreatment. The Dependency Court is most commonly associated with
foster care, abuse and neglect issues involving youth younger than
18.
39. Mentoring Best Practices
40. Places referred youth in appropriate mentor programs
Assists JP staff and mentor programs to strengthen communication
Bridges mentor best practices and Juvenile Services to support
youth, families, JS and mentor programs. E.G. 12 month requirement
and one-one mentoring. Understands and can speak for both entities.
Ensure mentors visit youth and/or stay in contact with mentor if in
placement Ensure mentors are updated when client moves, changes
numbers
41. Develop clear expectations for mentor programs Enhance
communication between mentor program and JP staff Identify youth
that are suited for each mentor program Ensure internal and
external mentor programs have the ability to serve youth in JJ
settings Present when making decisions about mentoring for JJ
youth
42. Centralized location to make all mentor partners more
accessible Standard Referral Form Mentor Chart of Services
Establish PO as first point of contact to connect mentor and
client/mentee Prepare client for match guide Mentor Monthly
Progress Reports to Update POs
43. Centralized location to make all JP mentor partners more
accessible.
44. Identify youth suitable for each mentor program Conduct
Sight visits to develop stronger working relationship with
mentoring partners Training/Overview for mentor programs
Establishing expectations for mentors Update to staff about
referral process
45. Improving Mentoring Services for Youth in Hennepin
County
46. Small Groups How are youth from this What best practices
must setting identified and we adopt in our referred to mentoring
community in order to programs in our serve youth from
thiscommunity? What works juvenile justice setting? well? What has
not? What are the pros and cons of mentoring for youth involved in
this setting?
47. Resources: Profiles,MOUs, and Elements of Effective
Practice
48. Resources: Setting ProfilesOverview of content: Definition
of Setting Youth Served Frequently Asked Questions Whats Working
Example of Promising Strategies Challenges and Action Steps Terms
and Definitions Resources
49. Resources: MOUsOverview of content: Definitions Tips and
Strategies for Writing MOUs Policy and Programmatic Discussion
Points Training and Technical Assistance Resources
50. Additional Resources Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Mentoring ResourcesJuvenile Detention
http://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/mentoring.html Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Model Program Guide/Mentoring
http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/progTypesMentoring.aspx Global Youth
Justice Website Mentoring High Risk Youth Resources
http://www.globalyouthjustice.org/Mentoring.html National
Partnership for Juvenile Services Mentoring High Risk Youth
Resources http://www.npjs.org/ MENTOR: The National Mentoring
Partnership http://www.mentoring.org/