Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Meeting

Subcommittee on Programs and Practice’s Report to the Coordinating Council

Overview 

The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Programs and 

Practice Subcommittee has met three times since the last full Coordinating Council meeting on 

December 6, 2023. Monthly meetings were held on January 24, 2024; February 28, 2024; and 

March 27, 2024. 

Quarterly Update

Discussions on Recommendations

During the three meetings covered by this report, members continued to review and discuss the 

recommendations they will present to the full Council. The Programs and Practice 

Subcommittee and the Policy Subcommittee started with nearly 100 recommendations, drawn 

from ideas discussed and presented at past Council meetings and shared by members of the 

public via the Council webpage. Included was the input of youth who spoke at the October 2022 

re-launch meeting; speakers and panelists from Harris County; presenters from the April reentry 

meeting at the Department of Labor; and expert panelists from December 2023. Through a 

process of discussion, internal agency vetting, and prioritization, this list was categorized and 

narrowed to a final list of 16 recommendations for consideration by the full Council at its April 

10th meeting. 

Annual Report

Subcommittee members also discussed the Annual Report to the President and Congress, which 

is due 120 days after the last Council meeting of the fiscal year. Recommendations identified by 

the subcommittees, and ultimately approved by the full Coordinating Council, will form the 

basis of the recommendations and workplan presented in the Annual Report.

2024 OJJDP National Conference 

The Coordinating Council previously voted to sponsor a track at OJJDP’s 50th Anniversary

National Conference scheduled for November 19–21, 2024. Since this time, the Programs and 

Practice subcommittee has continued conversations around National Conference planning. Ten 

proposed sessions were presented to the OJJDP conference planning committee and seven 

sessions were accepted. The subcommittee seeks the Council’s approval of the proposed sessions

for the National Conference. A description of these sessions is provided as an addendum. 

Continuum of Care

At the March meeting, Kristen Kracke, Associate Administrator for OJJDP’s Policy 

Coordination Division, presented OJJDP’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Framework to the 

Programs and Practice Subcommittee. OJJDP uses this framework to highlight the range of 

programs necessary to support justice-involved youth at every point along the continuum. The 

framework ranges from prevention to intervention, out of home placement, and reintegration.

Kristen noted that this information would also be presented at the April 10th full meeting as a 

possible way to guide the Council’s recommendations and future workplan.

During the course of discussion, subcommittee members provided valuable feedback on the 
CoC Framework. Nataki MacMurray, PhD, from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 

suggested adding a ring around the current graphic that would show the programmatic resources 

of different agencies and demonstrate how many of these programs, services, and other 

resources coincide with the levels of intervention already included in the graphic. OJJDP 

acknowledged this input and will explore ways capture this information. Gregory Henschel, 

representing the Department of Education, pointed out the CoC graphic did not include school 

systems and asked if schools would be included in the graphic. OJJDP noted that education is 

represented throughout the entire wheel but that specific touchpoints for education can be 

added. 

Recommendations to the Council

The Programs and Practice Subcommittee makes the following recommendations to the 

Coordinating Council.

• The subcommittee recommends that the Council adopt OJJDP’s Continuum of Care as a 

guiding framework for its recommendations and workplan.

• The subcommittee recommends that the Council accept the seven proposed sessions for

its track at the OJJDP 50th Anniversary National Conference in November 2024.

• The subcommittee recommends that the Council accept its shortened, top 16

recommendations list for further consideration.

Programs and Practice Subcommittee Members

Kellie Blue, Co-Chair, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Sonali Nijhawan, Co-Chair, AmeriCorps

Kathryn Barry, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Jennifer Bastress Tahmasebi, AmeriCorps

Andrea Bizzell, U.S. Department of Labor

Jeffery Buehler, U.S. Department of Education

Amiyah Davis, Practitioner Member

Sheryl Davis, Practitioner Member

Sherene Donaldson, U.S. Department of Education

Greg Henschel, U.S. Department of Education

Cheri Hoffman, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Brandon Horning, U.S. Department of Labor

Lisa Johnson, FHI 360

NatakiMacMurray, Office of National Drug Control Policy

Michael Mendoza, Practitioner Member

Manoharan Muthusamy, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Sarah Oberlander, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Mark Patterson, Practitioner Member

Maria-Lana Queen, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Dawn Rains, U.S. Department of Education

Judge Renee Rodriguez-Betancourt, Practitioner Member

Liz Simons, Practitioner Member

Deborah Spitz, U.S. Department of Education

Lisa Trivits, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ShainaVanek, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Bonita Williams, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Rebecca Zornick, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration