APRIL 2014, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 4
 

IN THIS ISSUE 

Promoting Success Through Prevention in 

Memphis 

Boston Rallies for Peace 

Announcements and Upcoming Events 

• Funding Opportunities 

• Training opportunities 

News and Views 

• Reports, Guidelines, and Briefs 

• News 

• Other Resources 

PROMOTING SUCCESS
 THROUGH PREVENTION: 

MEMPHIS’S EARLY 

SUCCESS COALITION 

by Martha Yeide 

BOSTON RALLIES FOR PEACE 

by Carrie Nathans 

In Boston, Mass., the fight against youth violence rages on. 

But there are no picket signs or angry crowds. Instead, the 

city rallies with art, music, and poetry—a peaceful protest that 

flows with creativity. 

April 7–11 was National Youth Violence Prevention Week—5 

days when the country really listens up about the crime 

plaguing inner-city kids. In a whirlwind of lectures, 

conferences, workshops, and forums, city officials make their 

case about what's needed to stop the brutality. 

Boston is no exception. The city has always taken an allhands approach to keeping kids safe. This year, 

representatives from the Boston Police Department, Suffolk 

County District Attorney's Office, Boston Centers for Youth & 

Families, Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, and United 

States Attorney's Office were called on to start a new 

tradition. 

At the recent implementation science training 

held in Washington, D.C., I had the chance to 

sit with the Memphis, Tenn., team and hear 

about some of the exciting ways the city is 

working to fulfill the goals of the Forum. Our 

conversation focused on some of the 

Representatives from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston and

Suffolk County law enforcement, and Boston Centers for 

Youth & Families came together during Youth Violence 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

prevention work the team is engaged in, 

specifically on the efforts of the Early 

Success Coalition (or ESC). The ESC has 

been tasked with helping carry out the 

prevention work envisioned in Memphis's 

Operation Safe Community, the city's

comprehensive public safety plan. 

Michelle Fowlkes 

(pictured at right, 

below), executive 

director of the 

Memphis Shelby 

Crime 

Commission, 

reflected that the 

prevention 

component of the 

plan is often more 

difficult to support 

and implement 

than, say, 

suppression 

efforts, because 

the community 

cannot see 

immediate results. 

And yet, she 

continued, 

prevention is the key to changing 

neighborhoods and making cities safer. By 

capturing and supporting youths at very young 

ages, the city improves its chances of making 

a greater dent in crime over time. Fowlkes 

noted how these efforts are part of a larger 

national movement to focus on prevention and 

to improve the well-being of youths before 

they get involved in the juvenile justice 

pipeline. 

Keisha Walker 

(pictured, this 

paragraph), 

administrator of 

the Office of 

Early 

Childhood and 

Youth in the 

Shelby County 

Government, 

and Sandra 

Allen (pictured 

in the following 

paragraph), director of the Center for Children 

and Parents, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 

serve as co-chairs of the ESC. They explained 

that the coalition, launched in 2009, has three 

stated goals: improving healthy birth 

outcomes, reducing child abuse and neglect, 

Prevention Week. 

Knowing the benefit of a little good-natured competition, the 

coalition created three contests targeting kids in elementary, 

middle, and high school. Boston students were invited to 

express their frustration—and true talents—with posters, 

poetry, and rap music. "We had a brainstorming session and 

[decided to] push the arts angle to engage kids in a positive, 

productive way," said Jennifer Maconochie, director of 

Strategic Initiatives and Policies in Boston's Office of the 

Police Commissioner. "It wasn't the typical sports-based or 

afterschool program, and we did it on a shoestring budget, 

with people putting out time, space, and food." Maconochie 

thanked officials from Detroit, Mich. (a city that had hosted its 

own antiviolence rap contest), for sharing their experiences. 

"They gave us advice on outreach and provided their 

materials for [developing] the rules." 

The highlight of Prevention Week was Thursday's public

peace rally, well attended by the community. 

"When it comes to preventing violence, Boston's youth are 

our most powerful allies," said Suffolk County District 

Attorney Daniel Conley," in a February 2014 press release. 

"These events aren't just engaging kids and teens in contests 

and creative pursuits: they're empowering young people at 

every level to make the world around them a better, safer 

place for all of us." 

To young Boston advocates, the contest went far beyond a 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and increasing school readiness. The 

Coalition was asked to begin work in 

Memphis’s Frayser neighborhood, because 

Frayser was a community that had not only 

multiple risk factors but also assets in place 

that could be leveraged. ESC's early efforts 

focused on providing prenatal care and home 

visitation programs. Over time, though, it has 

expanded to include other kinds of programs 

and services, such as working with youths 

with developmental issues and connecting 

families to support services such as financial 

aid. The coalition has also organized 

professional development to support the 

organization's three goals. For instance, to 

support the goal of reducing child abuse and 

neglect, they have arranged for free training 

for providers who want to introduce parenting 

education to their clients. Thus far, through 

this one effort, they've trained more than a 

hundred parent educators. To support school 

readiness, the group has worked with 

childcare centers to introduce developmental 

assessments and to provide information on 

how to refer identified youths and families to 

needed services. 

It became clear, 

as Allen and 

Walker described 

the multifaceted 

efforts of the ESC, 

that collaboration 

is the key to 

getting this work 

done. As Allen 

commented: "We 

take what is 

happening and 

leverage it with 

each other. Don't 

duplicate, but 

leverage." This 

approach explains 

how the more than 

65 partners of the 

coalition come together to make things 

happen. They collaborate through workgroups 

on issues that are related to their core 

missions. Sometimes, Allen noted, it's better 

to join with a partner that has already fielded 

an initiative than to form a new workgroup. 

Thus, when the coalition wanted to address 

infant mortality, it was able to identify an 

initiative already under way that was 

supported by the health department. The goal 

of the core leadership team is to determine 

how best to leverage resources and 

coordinate work. 

desire to win. It was a chance to share their true passion 

about protecting their homes, families, schools, and friends— 

about preserving their city. Kashaye Everette–Charles, firstplace winner of the poetry contest, eloquently asked the 

question on everyone's mind: 

Why must our youth use guns? 

When we have tongues 

A mouth to speak 

And words to advocate what it is we seek 

On the posters were colorful pleas to "change the world and 

stop the violence" and "stand strong against violence," the 

theme of this year's Youth Violence Prevention Week. 

Sketches of friends holding hands next to a school depicted 

the kind of environment for which Boston kids yearn. 

Winning entrants were recognized with gift cards and plaques 

presented during a school assembly. Acknowledging these 

posters and poems where students could see the value of 

speaking out against violence drove home the contest's goal 

to get kids invested in their communities. Each first-place 

winner also earned lunch with a VIP—a chance to talk oneon-one with a police chief, district attorney, or other city 

representative. 

"It's critically important to send a message to our young 

people that they're a vital part of the community," said 

Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz. "We want them 

to know that they have real power to prevent violence and 

that there are people who care a great deal about their 

futures." 

Elijah Joy, farthest left, took home first prize in the rap

contest. Runners-up were (from second left) Karon Wilson

and Lovell Duncan. The young man at far right (unidentified) 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The success of this collaborative approach 

has led to work on a "no wrong door" 

approach. The members of the coalition 

realized they could not staff a "one-stop shop," 

where clients could find all the services they 

needed. Instead, they've cultivated a network 

so that, no matter which door is accessed by a 

youth or family, the client can be directed to 

additional or better suited services. To 

facilitate this approach, the group developed a 

toolkit for making referrals among ESC 

partners and other agencies in the community 

(the toolkit can be downloaded). Allen 

acknowledged the challenges of a 

collaborative approach, which cannot succeed 

without ongoing communication and 

relationship building. "And it's tough to keep 

up with what everyone is doing!" she said. 

The Early Success Coalition is interested in 

tracking outcomes for both its evidence-based 

home visitation programs and other efforts. 

Allen talked about a new shared database, 

Shelby Connect, which will greatly help the 

partners share data and track outcomes. 

There were the usual security and datasharing issues that had to be addressed to get 

the database up and running, but some 

agencies have already started entering data. A 

variety of information will be entered, such as 

the data generated by the home visitation 

programs (e.g., services being delivered to 

children; mothers employment/school status), 

scores related to school readiness, data on 

infant mortality, and such. The database will 

allow partners in the network to gather some 

basic information about what other services a 

client may be accessing to better address its 

needs. 

The work sounds exciting, complicated, and 

maybe sometimes overwhelming. But both 

Allen and Walker agreed that the work is so 

much easier because, as Walker commented, 

"We like each other; our strengths 

complement each other." They both 

emphasized the importance of having public 

acted in the second-place video. 

Fourteen-year-old Elijah Joy, winner of the rap contest, sat 

down with local television station Fox 25 to share his 

inspiration for the song. The Boston English High School 

freshman said he "could relate," he's "been through stuff," 

and that he put his heart into the lyrics. The hip-hop video, 

filmed over 4 days with help from Boston Centers for Youth & 

Families Mildred Avenue Community Center, echoed the 

sentiment of teens who bear the grief of senseless violence. 

"No more hurt, no more tears.... No more dying, no more 

crying.... Why be enemies when you can laugh, you can 

live?... I just want to stop the violence so this song is what I 

give." 

Elijah's soulful words tell Boston's tale—one that has become 

a daily reality for thousands of youths across the country. 

Along with the second- and third-place winners of the rap 

contest, he was celebrated at an April 10 rally. "We had 

approximately 250 youth at the event, where we highlighted 

the top three winners from the video contest but also 

showcased the winning posters and poems," said Jennifer. 

"The ceremony was a huge success." 

The night was full of music, dancing, and laughter, as DJs 

from JAM'N 94.5 revved up the crowd. But there was a 

serious moment when Ortiz, Massachusetts's first female and 

Latina U.S. Attorney, recalled rising above obstacles to get to 

where she is today. 

"Having grown up in circumstances similar to many of them, I 

relate to the challenges that some of these kids face. If I can 

help them to realize, by standing before them as the first 

woman and the first Hispanic U.S. attorney in the district of 

Massachusetts, that they have the power to be anything they 

want to be, that's the message these events are designed to 

deliver." 

District Attorney Conley, Sheriff Steven Tompkins, Boston 

Police Superintendent Randall Halstead, and Co-Leader of 

Mayor Martin Walsh's Youth Safety Initiative Dan Mulhern 

also talked about engaging youth to promote peace. 

Boston is looking forward to the day when its children will live 

without fear. But until the violence stops once and for all, the 

city will continue to rally for peace with music, poetry, art, and 

camaraderie. 

and private entities working together to 

address youth violence and well-being. And 

it's clear that the Early Success Coalition 

benefits from its synergistic energy and efforts. 

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Funding Opportunities 

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention Seeks Proposals for High-Risk

Mentoring Research 

The federal Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking 

bidders for its High-Risk Youth Mentoring 

Research program, to support research and 

evaluations to further examine how certain 

characteristics, components, and practices of 

mentoring programs can best support youths 

who are at particularly high risk for 

delinquency. Applications for funding are due 

by 11:59 p.m. (EDT), May 12. 

OJJDP Announces Funding for Second

Chance Act Juvenile Reentry Reforms

OJJDP has released a funding opportunity for 

the Second Chance Act Comprehensive

Statewide Juvenile Reentry Systems

Reform Planning Program. The program will 

funding 12-month planning grants during 

which time state or local juvenile justice 

agencies will convene a reentry task force and 

develop and finalize a comprehensive 

statewide juvenile reentry systems reform 

strategic plan. Applications are due by 11:59 

p.m. (EDT), May 13. 

OJJDP to Help Established Mentoring

Organizations 

OJJDP's Multistate Mentoring Initiative

intends to fund qualified, established 

mentoring organizations as they strengthen or 

expand their existing mentoring activities 

within local chapters or subawardees. The 

mentoring activities include direct one-on-one, 

group, or peer mentoring services for at-risk 

and underserved youth populations. 

Successful applicants should carry out 

programs that will recognize and address the 

factors that can lead to or serve as a catalyst 

for delinquency or other problem behaviors in 

underserved youth. Applications for funding 

are due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT), May 12. OJJDP 

is supporting this same effort but for National 

Mentoring Programs under a separate 

solicitation. Applications from national 

mentoring programs for this second 

solicitation are due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT), May 

13. 

Center for Mental Health Services 

Accepting Applications for Minority

Fellowship Program—Youth 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration Center for Mental 

Health Services is accepting applications for 

Education Department Releases Findings on Disparities

in School Discipline 

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights 

released “Civil Rights Data Collection: Data Snapshot

(School Discipline)” earlier this month. The issue brief 

provides analysis of data from public schools nationwide that 

show disparities in how students—beginning in preschool— 

are disciplined based on their race/ethnicity, gender, and 

disability status. Data reveal that African American students 

(especially males), American Indian/Alaska Native students, 

and students with disabilities disproportionately face the most 

extreme forms of discipline. The data also show that 

excluding increasing numbers of these students from the 

classroom causes them to lose instructional time. 

Aggression Learned in High School Sports May Spill

Over to Teen Relationships 

Males who play high school football, basketball, or both are 

about twice as likely as other boys to be abusing their 

girlfriends, according to a study from California published in 

The Journal of Adolescent Health. The authors say that 

"hypermasculine" attitudes encouraged in some sports may 

foster or compound aggression off the field. 

The good news is that organized sports programs can also 

be a place to teach young men about healthy relationships 

and avoiding violence. 

Read an abstract of the article here. 

Survey Finds Youth Benefit From Violence Prevention

Programs 

Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal has 

published "Youth Exposure to Violence Prevention

Programs in a National Sample," a paper based on 

research from the National Survey of Children's Exposure

to Violence (NatSCEV). The survey findings show that two of 

every three children in the United States ages 5–9 and three 

of every four Americans ages 10–17 have benefited from 

formal bullying- or violence-prevention programs. NatSCEV, 

funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, consisted of a 

national sample of 4,500 children and youths ages 1 month to 

17 years in 2011. 

Domestic Violence Accounted for One in Five Violent 

Victimizations Over Decade Study Period

The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released Nonfatal 

Domestic Violence, 2003–12. Authors Rachel Morgan and 

Jennifer Truman present estimates on nonfatal domestic 

violence from 2003 to 2012. Data are from the National Crime 

Victimization Survey (NCVS), which collects information on 

nonfatal crimes reported and not reported to police. The 

NCVS is a self-report survey administered every 6 months to 

persons 12 or older from a nationally representative sample 

of U.S. households. 

Some highlights: In 2003–12, domestic violence accounted 

for 21 percent of all violent crime. A greater percentage of 

domestic violence was committed by intimate partners (15 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fiscal year 2014 for the Now Is the Time: 

Minority Fellowship Program—Youth

(NITT–MFP –Y) grant program. The NITT– 

MFP –Y is part of President Obama's Now Is 

the Time Plan, to increase access to mental 

health services for American youth. This 

program expands the concentration of the 

current MFP program to support master's-level 

trained behavioral health providers in 

psychology, social work, professional 

counseling, marriage and family therapy, and 

nursing. The purpose of this grant program is 

to reduce health disparities and improve 

behavioral health care outcomes for racially 

and ethnically diverse populations by 

increasing the number of culturally competent 

master's-level behavioral health professionals 

serving children, adolescents, and populations 

in transition to adulthood (ages 16–25) in an 

effort to increase access to, and quality of, 

behavioral health care for this age group. 

Applications are due May 14. 

National Institute of Justice Announces 

Availability of $15 Million to Address

School Safety 

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is 

seeking applications for funding for research 

and evaluation on safety in schools 

nationwide. Under the Comprehensive School 

Safety Initiative, NIJ will make about $15 

million available for multiple grants that will 

address school safety issues directly. Each 

research effort funded must contribute to the 

base of knowledge and evidence building 

about school safety. Applicants must register 

with Grants.gov before submitting an 

application. Applications are due May 20, 

2014. To access the solicitation, click here. 

OJJDP Seeks Talent for Mentoring Children

of Incarcerated Parents 

OJJDP is seeking bidders for its Practitioner– 

Researcher Partnership Mentoring

Children of Incarcerated Parents 

Demonstration Program. This demonstration 

program will support a practitioner–researcher 

partnership to develop and evaluate new 

mentoring practices to serve the needs of 

youth whose parents are incarcerated. 

Incarcerated parents and their children are a 

heterogeneous group, and associations 

between parental incarceration and 

developmental outcomes are complicated. 

However, research has shown that having an 

incarcerated parent can present individual and 

environmental risks for the child and increase 

the likelihood of negative outcomes. While 

mentoring has been shown to be an effective 

percent) than by immediate family members (4 percent) or 

other relatives (2 percent). Current or former boyfriends or 

girlfriends committed most domestic violence. 

LGBTQ Youth Twice as Likely as Others to Be Sent to

Detention Facilities for Committing Status Offenses

LGBTQ Youth and Status Offenses: Improving System

Responses and Reducing Disproportionality, published 

this year by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, finds that 

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youths are twice as 

likely as other youths to be sent to juvenile detention facilities 

for committing status offenses such as truancy or running 

away from home. This is so, even though the National 

Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status 

Offenses specifically call for all LGBTQ youths to "receive fair 

treatment, equal access to services, and respect and 

sensitivity from all professionals and other youth in court, 

agency, service, school and placement." 

National Institute of Corrections Reports on How School

Climate Can Push LGBT Youth Out of School and Into the 

Justice System

The National Institute of Corrections just released Beyond

Bullying: How Hostile School Climate Perpetuates the

School-to-Prison Pipeline for LGBT Youth. The report 

explains how "school climate has a profound impact on the 

mental, physical, and emotional health of LGBT students and 

is a crucial factor in pushing these students out of school and 

into the juvenile justice system." 

News 

FindYouthInfo.gov Holds Contest for Best Young Ideas

on Influencing Others 

The federal Web site FindYouthInfo.gov is holding a contest 

open to 16- to 24-year-olds seeking poster or photography 

submissions demonstrating the most effective way of making 

a positive difference in the lives of others. You can read more 

about the contest and enter here. 

OJJDP Administrator Listenbee Seeks Identification of 

and Appropriate Treatment for Tribal Children Exposed

to Violence 

The charge of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney 

General's Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native 

Children Exposed to Violence is to "improve identification of 

and appropriate treatment and services for children who have 

been exposed to violence in Indian country" and "involve 

American Indian and Alaska Native youth in the solution," 

said OJJDP Administrator Robert Listenbee, April 3, during 

an interview on Native America Calling, an online call-in 

program for Native communities. 

Detroit and Wayne State Police Discuss Causes of Youth

Violence on Local Radio Show 

Detroit (Mich.) Police Department Captain Harold Rochon 

and Wayne State University Police Chief Tony Holt went on 

WDET's Craig Fahle Show April 14 to discuss what causes 

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intervention for youth, more research is 

needed to understand how the unique needs 

of youth who have incarcerated parents are 

best supported through mentoring. All 

applications are due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT), May 

27. 

National Institute of Justice Seeking

Proposals for Research and Evaluation on

Trafficking in Persons

The National Institute of Justice is seeking 

applications for funding for research and 

evaluation projects that support federal, state, 

local, and tribal criminal justice agencies in 

combating trafficking in persons. NIJ is 

particularly interested in studies that develop 

methods to effectively measure the cost of 

trafficking in persons as well as evaluation 

studies of countertrafficking programs and 

tools. NIJ anticipates that up to $2 million total 

may become available for awards under this 

solicitation. From the total amount, NIJ 

anticipates that it will make one to four awards 

for a 36-month project period. Applicants must 

register with Grants.gov before submitting an 

application. Applications are due June 2, 

2014. To access the solicitation, click here. 

SAMHSA Seeks Applications for Healthy

Transitions Program to Help Youths With

Serious Mental Health Conditions 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) is 

announcing a new grant program, "Now is 

the Time" Healthy Transitions: Improving

Life Trajectories for Youth and Young

Adults With, or at Risk for, Serious Mental 

Health Conditions. The purpose of the 

program is to improve access to treatment and 

support services for youth and young adults 

ages 16–25 who either have, or are at risk of 

developing, a serious mental health condition. 

Applications are due June 13. 

Center for Mental Health Services 

Accepting Applications for Now Is the Time

AWARE Cooperative Agreements and

Grants 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS), Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration 

(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services 

(CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal 

year 2014 Now Is the Time Project AWARE 

(Advancing Wellness and Resilience in 

Education) State Educational Agency

Program (NITT–AWARE–SEA) cooperative 

agreements and Local Educational Agency

(NITT–AWARE–LEA) grants. 

conversation. 

Other Resources 

Federal Victims of Crimes Office Releases Next Four 

Videos in Trauma Series 

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime 

has released the next four videos (nos. 5 through 8) in its 

series Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and

Trauma. OVC urges all to watch the videos and read the 

associated resource guides for solutions to serving children 

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The purpose of the NITT–AWARE–SEA 

Cooperative Agreement program is to build 

and expand the capacity of State Educational 

Agencies to increase awareness of mental 

health issues among school-aged youth, to 

provide training for school personnel and other 

adults who interact with school-aged youths to 

detect and respond to mental health issues in 

children and young adults, and to connect 

children, youths, and families who may have 

behavioral health issues with appropriate 

services. The NITT–AWARE–LEA program 

aims to help local educational agencies begin 

to support the training of school personnel and 

other adults who interact with youth in both 

school settings and communities to detect and 

respond to mental illness in children and 

youth, including how to encourage 

adolescents and their families experiencing 

these problems to seek treatment. 

Applications for both programs are due June 

16. 

Education Department Makes $9.75M

Available to Local Educational Agencies

for Communities Affected by Pervasive

Violence 

The U.S. Department of Education is making 

an estimated $9.75 million available in grants 

to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to 

increase their capacity to help schools in 

communities with pervasive violence better 

address the needs of affected students and 

break the cycle of violence. All LEAs—that is, 

public school districts including charter 

schools that are considered LEAs under state 

law—are eligible to apply. Applications are due 

June 30. Read how to apply here. 

Training Opportunities 

National District Attorneys Association

Leads Webinar on Expert Testimony in

Human Trafficking 

Rami Badway of the National District 

Attorneys Association (NDDA) will lead a 2-

hour Webinar offering a template for various 

types of expert witness testimony in human 

trafficking trials, May 14, beginning at 1 p.m. 

NDDA is the world's oldest and largest 

professional organization representing 

criminal prosecutors. The Webinar will be 

carried through an eLearning portal of the 

Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy 

Centers, which offers continuing education 

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USC Chair in Law and Psychology to

Discuss Research, Practice for Child
 

Forensic Interviewers
 

Thomas D. Lyon, the Judge Edward J. and 

Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and Psychology 

at the University of Southern California, will 

lead a 2-hour Webinar on the most recent 

updates on current research and practice for 

child forensic interviewers in child abuse 

cases, May 15, starting at 1 p.m. To 

participate, register here. 

Coalition for Juvenile Justice Annual 

Conference 

The Coalition for Juvenile Justice will hold its 

2014 Annual Conference, "Looking Back,

Planning Ahead: A Vision for the Next 40

Years in Juvenile Justice," during June 18–
 

21, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in
 

Washington, D.C.
 

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