MARCH 2014, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 3
 

IN THIS ISSUE 

Implementation Science Training Yields New Tools 

for Cities 

Law Enforcement, Forum Strategies Find Synergy 

in New Orleans 

Announcements & Upcoming Events 

• Funding Opportunities 

• Training Opportunities 

News & Views 

• Reports, Guidelines, and Briefs 

• News 

• Other Resources 

STRONG LAW 

ENFORCEMENT IN 

NEW ORLEANS PAVING 

WAY FOR OTHER FORUM 

STRATEGIES 

by Dave Marsden 

Though prevention, intervention, and reentry are 

key strategies for the National Forum on Youth 

Violence Prevention, public safety demands 

serious efforts to suppress violent crime that will 

allow these other strategies to take hold and 

begin taking effect. Under the banner of NOLA for 

CITIES FIND NEW TOOLS FOR 

ACTION AT IMPLEMENTATION 

SCIENCE TRAINING 

by Martha Yeide and Marcia Cohen 

Despite weather conditions that shut down the government on the 

first scheduled day, the Implementation Science Training Institute 

of March 3–5 in Washington, D.C., went smoothly—and to the 

satisfaction of all who participated. The Office of Juvenile Justice 

and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) event included grantees 

from the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, the 

Defending Childhood Initiative, and the Community-Based 

Violence Prevention initiative. Weather-related flight cancellations 

couldn't keep away the more than 40 who attended, in teams from 

Baltimore, Md.; Boston, Mass.; Camden, N.J.; Chicago, Ill.; 

Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.; Grand Forks, N.D.; Kansas City, 

Mo.; Los Angeles, Salinas, and San Jose, Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; 

Minneapolis, Minn.; Philadelphia, Pa.; and Portland, Maine. 

Federal staff also attended the training. 

Allison Metz and Melissa Van Dyke, codirectors of the National 

Implementation Research Network, led the training. Over the 3 

days of the event, Drs. Metz and Van Dyke presented with great 

clarity (and humor) a rationale for why implementation science is 

important, what can be learned from the evidence base about 

important dimensions of implementation, and how this information 

can be used to maximize the probability of reliably achieving 

desired outcomes through the implementation of particular plans, 

strategies, practices, and programs. 

Content, Components, Connections 

The first day of the training (relocated, because of the government 

closure, to the hotel where out-of-town participants lodged) 

concentrated on the content, components, and connections 

needed to implement a system change initiative. Metz and Van 

Dyke stressed that it can take 2 to 4 years to implement an 

evidence-based program and up to 10 years to successfully 

implement system change. It is necessary to improve the political 

environment that surrounds the system so it produces the policy 

and funding changes needed to create and sustain it. The 

opportunity for "quick, tangible wins" should not be overlooked. 

Communities should look for components of their plans that are 

not well developed yet doable within 3 months, and communicate 

these "wins" to all partners. In addition to implementing evidencebased programs, communities should enhance their "practice-
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life and the National Forum to Reduce Youth 

Violence, New Orleans, La., Mayor Mitch 

Landrieu and his team have taken aggressive 

steps to remove dangerous individuals from the 

Crescent City's streets. 

In November 2012, in a joint effort of local, state, 

and federal law enforcement agency partners, 

Mayor Landrieu developed the Multiagency Gang 

Unit (MGU). "It's all hands on deck," the mayor 

announced at the time. The MGU was designed 

to reduce the number of violent crimes as a key 

component of the Group Violence Reduction 

Strategy based on the Ceasefire project 

pioneered by David Kennedy in Boston, Mass. 

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent 

Ronal Serpas described the MGU as an effort to 

"conduct long-term investigations to ensure longterm prison sentences for the most dangerous 

people among us." He added, "This effort is 

geared to holding our violent gangs and groups 

accountable for their actions." The district 

attorney kicked in with two prosecutors to handle 

adjudication and sentencing of these individuals. 

The U.S. Attorney's office also provided two 

prosecutors; together with their local 

counterparts, they make sure that the most 

appropriate forum for legal action—state, local, or 

federal—is employed. 

The federal government has also stepped up its 

efforts. The FBI, the Drug Enforcement 

Administration, the U.S. Marshals Service, and 

the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 

Explosives have engaged in the gang unit effort 

to "provide a seamless sharing of essential 

intelligence and investigative capabilities of our 

most critical law enforcement partners," stated 

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana 

Jim Letten, at the rollout of the initiative. The New 

Orleans sheriff is helping with a dedicated staff 

person, and U.S. and state parole agencies will 

be participating by helping target gang members 

or violent offenders under their supervision. 

This MGU is in sync with the goals of the NOLA 

for Life plan to 

Stop the shooting. 

Invest in prevention. 

Promote jobs and opportunities. 

Get involved, and rebuild neighborhoods. 

Improve the New Orleans Police 

Department. 

Roxanne Franklin, senior project manager in 

Mayor Landrieu’s office, stated that procedural 

justice and legitimacy is also part of a plan to 

make the Police Department a more effective 

force by improving community relations, gaining 

trust, and engaging citizens in reducing crime. 

based evidence" models.
 

TRAINER ALLISON METZ (STANDING) ADDRESSES THE CALIFORNIA FORUM 

TEAMS AT THE IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE TRAINING. 

Saul Green, Detroit’s Ceasefire project director, reported that his 

city used this approach in implementing its Safe Routes 

intervention (see "Safe Routes Send Kids to School With 

Confidence" in February issue) to continually figure out what is 

imperfect and to make improvements. The day ended with sites 

examining their plans to ensure that all components are clearly 

described and operationally defined. 

Stages and Drivers of Implementation 

The second day of training, at OJJDP headquarters, focused on 

the stages and drivers of implementation, as well as on 

implementation teams. The stages capture the developmental 

(but not necessarily linear) nature of the implementation process. 

An example used to illustrate this point was the importance of 

buy-in across the developmental stages. Gaining buy-in is critical 

during exploration (the first of the four stages), but it is equally 

important to reaffirm it throughout the remaining stages 

(installation, initial implementation, and full implementation)—such 

as by reminding those involved why they bought into the effort 

during the awkwardness that inevitably arises during initial 

implementation. 

The discussion of "drivers" offered insight into aspects of the 

infrastructure that create a "hospitable environment" for 

successful implementation. One example of a driver is coaching, 

which has been shown to dramatically increase the percentage of 

trainees actually using—rather than merely comprehending—new 

skills from 5 percent posttraining to 95 percent postcoaching. 

Participants learned about the importance of structuring linked 

teaming arrangements, with clear graphic depictions of how 

teams are linked, what the "terms of reference" or operating 

parameters and procedures are, and how teams are accountable 

to one another. 

Collective Impact, Quality Improvement 

The third day considered collective impact and quality 

improvement cycles. Time was given at the end of the morning for 

teams to identify action items they would address upon their 

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In December 2013 the MGU indicted 74 gang 

members who "held their neighborhoods 

hostage," according to Superintendent Serpas. 

"These gangs took away their neighbors' 

freedom." This announcement followed a 

Ceasefire "call in" that brought in 159 gang 

members from 40 different groups who were 

provided with options to make different choices in 

life. According to a NOLA for Life press release, 

"The call-in was used to offer those who choose 

to stop the violence and accept support [with] a 

network of 15 service providers coordinated to 

provide jobs, education, housing, and mental 

health and substance abuse treatment." 

In May 2013, District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro 

announced a 51-count racketeering indictment 

involving 15 individuals—the largest indictment in 

New Orleans history. "The people of New Orleans 

are witnessing a rebirth of their criminal justice 

system," he said. 

Before prevention, intervention, and reentry can 

play their critical roles in reducing youth violence, 

the streets and the citizens who live in the 

neighborhoods must feel safe and be safe. Strong 

law enforcement in New Orleans is paving the 

way for the other Forum strategies to begin 

playing their part in making New Orleans a better 

place to live. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

& UPCOMING EVENTS 

Funding Opportunities 

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. 

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, 

One component of the training that the sites embraced was the 

"table time" built into the training, when individuals from a single 

site could work with their team to discuss how the information 

being presented could help reinvigorate their team. In their 

evaluations, many participants cited "hearing from other cities 

about their efforts" as the most useful part of the training. The inperson meeting allowed site representatives to discover issues 

they had in common, as well as to recognize issues unique to 

their cities. Participants also discovered numerous things they 

would like to discuss with other sites. Opportunities for many 

peer-to-peer calls and mentoring were discussed. 

THE DETROIT FORUM TEAM CONFERS AT THE TRAINING. 

Using the Framework as a Diagnostic Tool 

Participants expressed enthusiasm about the training, many 

noting they wished they could have had the training "a year or 2 

ago" when they were getting their projects off the ground. At the 

same time, it became clear that many felt overwhelmed at trying 

to find the time and resources to "do it all." 

Dr. Metz agreed that it would be impossible to do it all. Instead, 

she characterized the framework as a gift, because it clarifies 

"functions that need to be served." That is, the framework makes 

visible the functions that are important to the successful 

implementation of programs and strategies. She encouraged 

participants to use the framework as a diagnostic tool. 

Participants should look at the "things keeping them awake at 

night," then use the framework to identify what function from the 

framework was not being served. 

She pointed to the different cities' examples to illustrate this point: 

Whereas the Memphis team discovered they could benefit from 

more clarity about the components or the "what" of their efforts, 

the challenges described by the Chicago team pointed to the 

need to catalyze adaptive leadership—one of the drivers 

described on Day 2 of the training. 

Leveraging the Lessons 

Asked how they plan to use what they learned when they return 

home, many attendees said they will share what they learned with 

people who have more "clout"—those who have the power to 

integrate these lessons into their violence prevention work. Annie 

Ellington, director of Detroit's Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, 

said she will "take action on citizens' items of concern." She 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. 

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention Announces Internet Crimes 

Against Children Funding Opportunity 

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention (OJJDP) has announced its fiscal year 

2014 Internet Crimes Against Children

Program Support funding opportunity. The 

successful bidder will provide services and 

support to the OJJDP–funded Internet Crimes 

Against Children (ICAC) Task Force program. 

Activities of the multiagency, multijurisdictional 

ICAC task forces include preventing, 

investigating, and prosecuting technologyfacilitated child sexual exploitation and Internet 

crimes against children. Applications are due by 

11:59 p.m. (EDT), April 14, 2014. Applicants must 

register with Grants.gov before submitting an 

application. 

Training Opportunities 

On April 14–16, the Center for the Study and 

Prevention of Violence at the University of 

Colorado, Boulder, will host its Blueprints for

Healthy Youth Development 2014 conference 

at the Denver (Colo.) Downtown Sheraton Hotel 

(registration: $350.00). OJJDP Administrator 

Robert Listenbee will be a keynote speaker. The 

conference will focus on evidence-based 

programs in youth education, problem behavior, 

self-regulation, mental and physical health, and 

positive relationships and will provide support for 

practitioners implementing these programs in 

their communities. 

SAMHSA, Suicide Prevention Alliance to 

Cohost Webinar April 17 

"Preventing Suicide Among Justice-Involved 

Youth: Newly Developed Tools, 

Recommendations, and Research," a Webinar 

cohosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

Suicide Prevention Branch and the National 

Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, will take 

place April 17, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. (EDT). This 

free live Webcast will describe new resources 

from the Action Alliance's Youth in Contact With 

the Juvenile Justice System Task Force. Nearly 

intends to focus on the "fit, feasibility, and continuous quality 

improvement" of the work back home. Participants also said they 

plan to work more with their implementation teams and get them 

to incorporate what they learned to assess the strengths, laud the 

successes, and identify challenges and methods of quality 

improvement. 

Shelby County Government Administrator (Memphis) Keisha 

Walker summed it up: "We plan to take a deeper dive into sitebased services and determine what's supposed to be the end 

result." 

NEWS 

& VIEWS 

Reports 

Urban Institute: Underground Commercial Sex Trade Bigger 

Than Drug Trade in Atlanta, Miami, Seattle 

(Meredith Dank, Bilal Khan, P. Mitchell Downey, Cybele Kotonias, 

Deborah Mayer, Colleen Owens, Laura Pacifici, and Lilly Yu. 

2014. Estimating the Size and Structure of the Underground

Commercial Sex Economy in Eight Major U.S. Cities. 

Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.) This U.S. Department of 

Justice–commissioned report on the underground commercial sex 

economy (UCSE) in eight American cities estimates that the sex 

trade in Atlanta, Ga.; Miami, Fla., and Seattle, Wash.; dwarfs the 

illegal drug trade in each of those places. The report by the Urban 

Institute—based on 2007 data and more than 250 interviews with 

law enforcement officers, lawyers, pimps, sex traffickers, sex 

workers, and child pornographers—also examines UCSE, 

including child pornography, in Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colo.; 

Kansas City, Mo.; San Diego, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. Hear 

an interview with Meredith Dank, principal author of the study, 

from the March 17 Kojo Nnamdi Show. 

Child Poverty Has Reached Record Levels; Children of Color

Disproportionately Poor 

The Children's Defense Fund recently released The State of 

America's Children, which finds that child poverty has reached 

record levels and children of color are disproportionately poor. 

The report includes a comprehensive compilation and analysis of 

the most recent state and national data on population, family 

structure, poverty, family income, health, education, nutrition, 

early childhood development, child welfare, juvenile justice, and 

gun violence. State of America's Children provides key child data 

that show alarming numbers of children at risk. 

Young People Link Mentoring to Significant Life Outcomes

The Mentoring Effect: Young People's Perspectives on the

Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring finds that young 

people experience positive life outcomes related to community 

involvement, academics, leadership, and career development 

when they are mentored. The report, released in January, is 

based on information from a nationally representative sample of 

young people on the specific topic of mentoring. MENTOR: The 

National Mentoring Partnership commissioned the study, with 

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one of every three justice-involved youths reports 

having experienced suicidal ideation in the past 

year, and 36 percent have attempted suicide 

during their lifetimes. Suicide is the leading cause 

of death for youths in confinement. Advance 

registration is required. For additional information 

or to register, please visit 

http://www.wciconferences.com

/JJTF/index.html. 

Speakers are Joseph J. Cocozza, Ph.D., director 

of the National Center for Mental Health and 

Juvenile Justice, Policy Research Associates, 

Inc., and Linda A. Teplin, Ph.D., vice chair, 

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral 

Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg 

School of Medicine. Questions for a Q&A 

discussion during the Webinar are encouraged. 

Please email your questions to 

James.Wright@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

The task force has released a set of 

comprehensive suicide prevention resources to 

support staff working with youth in the juvenile 

justice system. The newly developed educational 

tools advance the National Strategy for Suicide 

Prevention, which guides efforts to prevent 

suicide in this vulnerable population across the 

nation. Online versions of the nine resources are 

available at http://www.actionallianceforsuicide

prevention.org/task-force/juvenilejustice. 

Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in

Juvenile Justice Certificate Program 

The application window for the 2014 Reducing

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile

Justice Certificate Program remains open 

through April 18. 

The Ready by 21 National Meeting 

Ready by 21 is a set of strategies developed by 

the Forum for Youth Investment that help 

communities and states improve the odds that all 

children and youths will be ready for college, 

work, and life by age 21. The 2014 Ready for 21 

national meeting will be held in northern Kentucky 

during April 22–24. This annual meeting brings 

together hundreds of leaders from nationwide 

who are working to get all young people “ready by 

21.” These leaders have dedicated themselves to 

improving the odds for children and youth through 

collective impact initiatives, policy alignment, and 

program quality improvement. For more 

information, click 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. 

Research authored the report. 

OJJDP and National Institute of Justice Release the First Two 

Bulletins in Justice Research Series 

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

and the National Institute of Justice have released the first two 

bulletins in their Justice Research series, which reports on 

findings from joint OJJDP and NIJ research on youth in the 

juvenile justice system. The first bulletin, "Delays in Youth 

Justice," describes research drawing from the National Juvenile 

Court Data Archive and from studies of three midwestern county 

courts that reduced delays in case processing. "Youth 

Offenders: What Happens and What Should Happen?" is the 

second bulletin. It examines policies that affect youth transitioning 

from the juvenile to the criminal justice system. Future bulletins in 

the series will address other topics related to the transition from 

juvenile delinquency to adult crime. To receive announcements 

when new bulletins are released, subscribe to JUVJUST, 

OJJDP's listserv. 

News 

States Moving Away From Juvenile Solitary Confinement 

On March 21 the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange 

released an article on the growing trend of states moving away 

from the use of solitary confinement for juveniles. The article 

provides information from interviews with state juvenile justice 

agency leaders from Alaska, Connecticut, Massachusetts, 

Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Each of these states has either 

banned punitive solitary confinement in juvenile facilities or 

experienced a dramatic shift away from the practice. More 

information on juvenile solitary confinement is available through 

the ACLU Web site, a 2012 report by Human Rights Watch, and 

the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 

New York State Becomes Largest U.S. Prison System to

Prohibit Use of Disciplinary Solitary Confinement for

Juveniles 

According to a Feb. 19 story in the New York Times, the state of 

New York has agreed to sweeping reforms intended to limit the 

use of solitary confinement for certain special populations, which 

includes ending the most extreme form of isolation for juveniles. 

Much of the information for the article was from the New York 

Civil Liberties Union, which represented three prisoners whose 

lawsuit led to the agreement. 

Video of Webinar on CrimeSolutions.gov Now Available 

On Jan. 16 the Justice Research and Statistics Association 

(JRSA) hosted a Webinar on CrimeSolutions.gov. This Webinar 

provided a general overview of the Web site and tips on using the 

information. The presenter was Thomas E. Feucht, executive 

senior science advisor and acting deputy director at the National 

Institute of Justice. The moderator was Stan Orchowsky, director 

of research at the JRSA. To access this archived Webinar, visit 

JRSA's Web site. Other archived Webinars are also accessible 

at the JRSA Web site, including "Implementing Evidence-Based 

Practices in Community Corrections" and "A State Perspective on 

Implementing Results First," which highlights states' use of the 

Results First cost–benefit analysis approach to ensuring 

investment in effective criminal justice policies and programs. 

OJJDP Relaunches Model Programs Guide 

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online resource of more than 180 evidence-based prevention, 

intervention, and reentry programs. The MPG is a resource for 

practitioners and communities about what works, what is 

promising, and what does not work in juvenile justice, delinquency 

prevention, and child protection and safety. The MPG now uses 

the Office of Justice Programs' (OJP's) CrimeSolutions.gov 

review process and evidence ratings. The two sites now share a 

common database of juvenile programs, allowing for better 

alignment between the OJJDP and OJP registries. The MPG also 

includes other helpful information such as user-friendly literature 

reviews, links to publications, and a frequently asked questions 

section. 

ACLU Seeks to Stop Shackling of Juveniles in Ohio 

The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange has posted an 

article on the efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union 

(ACLU) of Ohio to get the Ohio Supreme Court to review the 

practice of shackling juveniles. The ACLU of Ohio is asking the 

state's highest court to end the indiscriminate restraint of children 

in the juvenile courts without first having a hearing to determine if 

there is evidence to do so. The ACLU argues that this practice is 

both traumatizing and unconstitutional. 

Other Resources 

Resource Center on Mental Health and Juvenile Justice 

Established 

The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice 

has launched the Mental Health and Juvenile Justice 

Collaborative for Change, a multidimensional resource center 

that shares information on mental health reforms developed by 

states involved with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur 

Foundation's Models for Change: Systems Reform in

Juvenile Justice and provides guidance for effectively 

implementing those reforms in new states and communities. This 

resource center is one of four new online resource centers that 

the MacArthur Foundation supports as part of the new Models for 

Change Resource Center Partnership. The others are the Robert 

F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice, 

which was highlighted in last month's National Forum on Youth 

Violence Prevention News; the National Juvenile Defender 

Center, which aims to build the capacity of the juvenile defense 

bar and improve access to quality representation for children in 

the justice system; and the Status Offense Reform Center, 

which offers tools and resources to practitioners and policymakers 

interested in creating effective alternatives to juvenile justice 

system involvement for youths who commit status offenses. 

Juvenile Justice Resource Hub Adds Racial–Ethnic Fairness 

Section 

The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange together with the 

National Juvenile Justice Network has recently added a section 

on Racial–Ethnic Fairness to its Juvenile Justice Research 

Hub. The Juvenile Justice Research Hub, which is supported by 

the MacArthur Foundation, provides timely research and 

information on juvenile justice trends and issues. The Racial– 

Ethnic Fairness section of the Resource Hub aims to provide an 

overview of salient issues and links to information on promising 

approaches, recent research, cutting-edge reforms, model 

policies, best practices, links to experts, and toolkits to take 

action. Other sections in the Hub include mental health and 

substance use, community-based alternatives, and juvenile 

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