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kidnaping cases and delivered casespecific technical assistance to

prosecutors in more than 100 cases.

APRI also gave presentations regarding

parental kidnaping issues to the 24th

National Conference on Juvenile Justice,

which was sponsored by the National

Council of Juvenile and Family Court

Judges and the National District

Attorneys Association. APRI continued

to analyze and report on emerging

legislative trends and disseminate

publications ranging from the 46-page

Investigation and Prosecution of

Parental Abduction to the Directory of

Parental Kidnaping Prosecutors and

Investigators to prosecutors. In FY 1997,

APRI will receive funding to continue

training and technical assistance for

prosecutors working on parental

abduction cases. In addition to

delivering training, APRI will

disseminate a quarterly newsletter,

maintain a parental kidnaping data base

that includes a statutory compilation

and case law summaries, and offer

technical assistance to prosecutors on

an as-needed basis. In addition, APRI

will develop a child exploitation

training and technical assistance

program for prosecutors. For more

information, please contact APRI at

703–739–0321.

New Programs

For FY 1997, Congress set aside $1.5

million in Title II, Part C, of the Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

to establish the Jimmy Ryce Law

Enforcement Training Center (JRLETC),

and related activities, at the National

Center for Missing and Exploited

Children. These funds will be used to

enhance the overall response to

nonparental abductions by providing

training and technical assistance to

Federal, State, and local law

enforcement. Specifically, OJJDP

proposes to allocate the funds as

described in the next four paragraphs.

In FY 1997, $750,000 will be awarded

to NCMEC to implement a new national

law enforcement training seminar

program for law enforcement

executives. The seminar will highlight

the most current research and practices

and provide information pertaining to

comprehensive response protocols and

NCMEC and Federal resources to assist

State and local law enforcement. These

funds will also be used to reimburse

travel and lodging expenses of seminar

attendees at the JRLETC.

$500,000 would be awarded to FVTC

to accelerate delivery of the Responding

to Missing and Exploited Children

Course. This course, which targets State

and local law enforcement, offers

modules providing investigative

information on all aspects of missing

children cases and complements the

CEO training conducted at the JRLETC.

FVTC will also assist NCMEC in the

scheduling and logistics associated with

the JRLETC CEO training.

The FBI Criminal Justice Information

Services Division would receive

$150,000 to provide training for

National Crime Information Center

(NCIC) Control Terminal Officers in the

new NCIC flagging system, Federal

resources to assist State and local law

enforcement investigating missing

children cases, and NCIC Missing

Person File definitions.

The FBI Child Abduction Serial Killer

Unit (CASKU) would receive $100,000

to provide training and technical

assistance to State and local law

enforcement agencies investigating

difficult missing children cases. CASKU

and the Hardiman Task Force will

assess incident response for the

purposes of curriculum development

and will assist in the CEO training at

JRLETC.

Judicial Teleconference on Interstate

and Intrastate Child Abduction

Law enforcement, prosecutors, and

judges do not have sufficient

information or knowledge regarding the

laws pertaining to interstate and

international parental abduction. This

lack of information impedes effective

resolution of jurisdictional conflicts

between States and implementation of

the Hague Convention on the Civil

Aspects of International Child

Abduction. A teleconference on

interstate and international child

custody jurisdiction and parental

abduction will provide an opportunity

for interested individuals around the

country to access information in an

affordable, convenient forum.

Conference proceedings can be used to

develop a guidebook for judges. OJJDP

proposes to fund this teleconference

through a supplement to the existing

Part C video conference support grant to

Eastern Kentucky University.

Dated: August 8, 1997.

Shay Bilchik,

Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention

[OJP(OJJDP)–1142]

RIN 1121–ZA88

Notice of Meeting of the Coalition for

Juvenile Justice

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice

and Delinquency Prevention is

announcing the meeting of the Coalition

for Juvenile Justice.

DATES: This conference will begin at

9:00 a.m. on September 3, 1997, and end

at 12:00 noon on September 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Freida Thomas, 202/307–5924, Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention, 633 Indiana Avenue, NW,

Room 543, Washington, DC 20531.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. app. I), the Office of Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention

(OJJDP) announces the meeting of the

Coalition for Juvenile Justice. This

conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. on

September 3, 1997, and end at 12:00

noon on September 7, 1997. This

advisory committee, chartered as the

Coalition for Juvenile Justice, will meet

at the Sands Regency Hotel Casino, 345

N. Arlington Avenue, Reno, Nevada

89501. The purpose of this meeting is to

discuss and adopt recommendations

from members regarding the

committee’s responsibility to advise the

OJJDP Administrator, the President and

the Congress about State perspectives on

the operation of the OJJDP and Federal

legislation pertaining to juvenile justice

and delinquency prevention.

This meeting will be open to the

public.

Dated: August 12, 1997.

Shay Bilchik,

Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention.

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