# Presentation: 135475

##   Background Information on the Council
  Current Membership Information
  Council Activities and Decisions
  2007 Meeting Calendar

June 8, 2007

******  ****Current Membership Information**
******  ****Council Activities and Decisions**
******  ****2007 Meeting Calendar**
**June 8, 2007**

**Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention**

## Background Information on the Council

- The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act established the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Council) as an independent body within the executive branch of the federal government. The Council's primary functions are to coordinate federal juvenile delinquency prevention programs, federal programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles, and federal programs relating to missing and exploited children.
- The Council, which is chaired by the Attorney General, meets quarterly and at the call of its Chair. The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) serves as the Council's Vice Chair.
- The Council, as restructured by the 1992 amendments to the JJDP Act, is composed of nine ex officio members and nine nonfederal members who are juvenile justice practitioners. The ex officio members are the Attorney General; the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, and Housing and Urban Development; the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service; and the Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security. The President may designate other key federal officials with significant decisionmaking authority to serve on the Council.
- For more information, visit the Council Web site at _[www.juvenilecouncil.gov](http://www.juvenilecouncil.gov/)_.

## Current Membership Information Coordinating Council Members and Designees

|  | ORGANIZATION | MEMBER | DESIGNEE |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Department of Justice | Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General  | Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General |
| 2 | Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention | J. Robert Flores, Administrator | J. Robert Flores, Administrator |
| 3 | Department of Health and Human Services | Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary | Jerry Regier, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
| 4 | Department of Labor | Elaine L. Chao, Secretary | Mason M. Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Administration |
| 5 | Department of Education | Margaret Spellings, Secretary | Deborah A. Price, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools   |
| 6 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | Alphonso Jackson, Secretary | Ronald Ashford, Director, HOPE VI Community and Supportive Services |
| 7 | Office of National Drug Control Policy | John P. Walters, Director | Bertha Madras, Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs |
| 8 | Corporation for National and Community Service | David Eisner, Chief Executive Officer | John Foster-Bey, Senior Advisor, Office of Research and Policy Development |
| 9 | Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Julie Myers, Assistant Secretary                     (Written in statute as the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization.) | M. Yvonne Evans, Chief, Juvenile and Family Residential Management Unit |

## Current Membership InformationTwo practitioner member vacancies exist on the Coordinating Council. 

| STATUTE |  | MEMBER | APPOINTED |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, after consultation with the minority leader of the House of Representatives. | 10 | Adele L. Grubbs | December 2006 |
|  | 11 | Pamela Rodriguez | December 2006 |
|  | 12 | Gordon A. Martin, Jr. | March 2001 |
| Members appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate. | 13 | Steven H. Jones | October 2004 |
|  | 14 | Bill Gibbons | October 2004 |
|  | 15 | Larry Brendtro | October 2004 |
| Members appointed by the President of the United States. | 16 | Victor Rodriguez | December 2003 |
|  | 17 | Vacant |  |
|  | 18 | Vacant |  |

- Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Council must have a Designated Federal Official (DFO) responsible for the operation of the Council. The DFO is:
- Robin Delany-Shabazz
- Director, Concentration of Federal Efforts
- Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- 810 7th Street NW, Room 3327
- Washington, DC  20531
- 202–307–9963
- 202–354–4063 (fax)
- _Robin.Delany-Shabazz__[@usdoj.gov](mailto:Samuels@usdoj.gov)_

## Recent Action Items - Summary 

**Two Priority Areas Moved Forward at 2006 Council Planning Meeting **
**	****1. Pilot project.  **Continued work on identifying geographic area(s) where member agencies can work together in support of state and local efforts and evaluate the impact of this federal collaboration on local outcomes to develop model for federal collaboration.  Pilot project work group and *Shared Youth Vision *Initiative team have been meeting on frequent basis to discuss alignment of these two efforts, given the overlap in purpose, staffing.   **	**
**	****2. Inventory.** Intent is to compile information on comprehensive community/systems change initiatives and associated technical assistance to identify opportunities to share resources and facilitate work across agencies, increase effectiveness of federal support to states and locals, and facilitate diffusion of best practices.  Initial inventory complete and agency points of contact identified.  Finalizing statement of work for contractor support.
**WHTFDY recommendations are basis for Council activities.** Pertinent recommendations from the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth and how to best coordinate ***among*** member agencies in fulfillment of the Council’s mandate were discussed at the November-December 2006 planning session.  The Council continues to use these as points of reference for its work.  The recommendations follow on the next slide.

**Council Activities and Decisions**

## Council Activities and Decisions 

**White House Task Force Recommendations Applicable to Council Work**
**INTERAGENCY COORDINATION**
- Improve coordination of mentoring programs.  (Federal Mentoring Council)
- Support state and local community planning process.  (Shared Vision for Youth)
**UNDERSTANDING WHAT WORKS**
- Develop a unified protocol for federal “What Works” clearinghouses.
- Build a rigorous and unified disadvantaged youth research agenda.
- Improve data collected on the well-being of families.
**ENGAGING YOUTH AND FAMILIES**
- Increase parent involvement in federal youth programs.
- Recruit youth for federal grant review panels.
**HOLDING PROGRAMS ACCOUNTABLE FOR RESULTS**
- Develop standards for measuring grantee performance. (Implementation on Agency-specific basis)
- Implement grantee-level performance measurement guidelines. (Agency-specific)
- Conduct rigorous oversight of earmarked grantees. (Agency-specific)
**CARING FOR SPECIAL TARGET POPULATIONS**
- Expand mentoring programs to special target groups such as foster care and migrant youth.  (FMC)
- Target youth who are in public care, such as foster care homes and juvenile justice institutions. (SVY)
- Target youth with a high number of factors putting them at risk, such as children of incarcerated parents and migrant youth.  (SVY)

## Council Members Sponsoring Meetings in 2007

| DATE | AGENCY | LOCATION | OFFICIAL TO MAKE 
OPENING REMARKS | POINT OF CONTACT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2, 2007 | ED | Barnard Auditorium
400 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20202 | Deborah Price, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools | Bryan Williams |
| June 8, 2007 | USDA | Waterfront Centre
800 Ninth Street SW
Washington, DC 20024 | Charles F. Conner, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture | Suzanne LeMenestrel

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| September 14, 2007 | ONDCP | TBD | TBD | Javier Cordova |
| December 7, 2007 | DOJ | Tentative: Annual planning session | TBD | TBD |

**2007 Meeting Calendar**

## The Council will hold its quarterly meetings on the following dates in 2007 (subject to meeting space availability).

- Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Meetings (9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET) and afternoon staff/practitioner post-meetings (1:30–3 p.m. ET)

- Council Planning Team Conference Calls at 2 p.m. ET

**2007 Meeting Calendar**

- Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) Annual Report Committee Meeting

- FACJJ Spring 2007 Meeting

- FACJJ Fall 2007 Meeting