Coordinating Council on Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

Meeting

June 17, 2016
www.juvenilecouncil.gov 

Jeff Slowikowski

Jeff.Slowikowski@usdoj.gov
Agenda

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introductions 

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Presentation by the Interagency Working 

Group on Youth Programs 

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Open Discussion on Sustaining Interagency 

Relationships 

11:45 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. Coordinating Council Member Updates and 

Announcements 

11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Meeting Summary and Wrap Up 

12:00 p.m. Meeting Adjournment 
Interagency Working Group 

on Youth Programs
Working together to

Improve Youth Outcomes

JUNE 2016
Housing

Physical 

Health

Training and 

Workforce 

Readiness

Wellness

Education

Exposure to 

Violence

Substance use

YOUNG PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE 

COMPLICATED

Mental Health

Employment

Service Learning

Homelessness

Transportation

Justice 

Involvement

Trauma
INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP 

ON YOUTH PROGRAMS: HISTORY

 Helping America’s Youth

 First Lady Laura Bush’s Initiative

 2008 Executive Order

 Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness 

of Youth Programs

 FindYouthInfo.gov  youth.gov in 2015
 U.S. Department of Agriculture 

 U.S. Department of Commerce

 U.S. Department of Defense

 U.S. Department of Education

 U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (Chair)

 U.S. Department of Homeland Security

 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 

Development

 U.S. Department of the Interior

 U.S. Department of Justice (Vice-Chair)

 U.S. Department of Labor

 U.S. Department of State

 U.S. Department of Transportation

 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

 Corporation for National and 

Community Service

 National Science Foundation

 Office of National Drug Control Policy

 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 U.S. Small Business Administration

 U.S. Social Security Administration

IWGYP: PARTNERS
IWGYP: ACTIVITIES

 Primary focus: Youth ages 10-24

 Create and support a federal interagency website on 

youth: youth.gov 

 Identify and disseminate effective strategies and 

practices that support youth

 Promote enhanced collaboration at the federal, state, and 

local levels

 Develop an overarching strategic plan for federal youth 

policy

From Executive Order 13459, “Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness of Youth Programs,” 

and Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 Committee Print of the House Committee on Appropriations 

on H.R. 1105/Public Law 111-8, Division F
SUCCESS THROUGH TRANSITIONS

 Develop a common vision and plan

 Engage in relevant work (active engagement; 

short- and long-term activities; look forward)

 Build relationships and develop partnerships

 Brief leadership and staff

 Involve career staff

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PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH

A strengths-based vision for youth

• Youth have strong, positive, stable connections to family, 

peers, school, supportive adults, and community.

• Youth are recognized by their community for their 

strengths and provided multiple opportunities for civic 

engagement, service, and leadership.
PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH

Goal 1: Collaboration and coordination

Goal 2: Evidence-based and innovative strategies

Goal 3: Youth engagement and partnerships
IWGYP: PHILOSOPHY

 Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach

 “Problem-free ≠ fully prepared”

 Young people are resources to be developed, not 

problems to be managed

 Does not replace the focus on prevention of problem 

behavior, but promotes positive outcomes for all 

youth
IWGYP: PYD ACTIVITIES

 Developed youth.gov web content on PYD

 Created a cross-agency definition of PYD

 Developed a research agenda on PYD
WHY DEVELOP A PYD 

RESEARCH AGENDA?

 Identify research gaps

 Guide for students and researchers

 Bridge research and practice

 Facilitate collaboration

 Improve quality

 Identify funding priorities
PYD RESEARCH AGENDA: 

DEVELOPMENT

 Consensus-building process

 Surveyed federal staff

 AIR literature review

 Convened federal staff for 2-day meeting

 Feedback from staff

 Feedback from experts in the field
IWGYP PYD WORK: NEXT STEPS

 Incorporating a PYD approach into agency materials

 Organizing PYD briefing for interagency youth 

homelessness group

 Developing PYD webcasts for training (connections, 

brain development)

 Updating youth.gov PYD content and creating hub 

 Disseminating the PYD Research Agenda

 Peer-review manuscript under review

 Connecting with international colleagues
THANK YOU!

 To learn more, visit youth.gov

 Sign up for the newsletter!

 Contact us: 

Cheri.Hoffman@hhs.gov

Michelle.Boyd@hhs.gov

Sarah.Oberlander@hhs.gov
Open Discussion on Sustaining 

Interagency Relationships 
Coordinating Council Member 

Updates and Announcements
Meeting Summary 

and Wrap Up 
www.juvenilecouncil.gov 

Jeff Slowikowski

Jeff.Slowikowski@usdoj.gov
Meeting Adjournment