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May 19, 2010
Juvenile Records Sealing and Legislative Priorities Work Session (Lifeworks, Austin from 1:30 - 2:30pm, Closed Session from 2:30-4:30pm)

Confirmed Panelists:
  • Kameron Johnson, Juvenile Public Defender, Travis County
  • Riley Shaw, Juvenile Prosecutor, Tarrant County
  • Alison Brock, Chief of Staff, State Representative Sylvester Turner
Meeting Summary of "Juvenile Records Sealing" discussion.

April 21, 2010
Sex Offender Registration for Juveniles (Lifeworks, Austin from 1:00 - 3:00pm)
 
Confirmed Panelists:
  • David Montague, Former Prosecutor, Tarrant County District Attorney Office
  • Camille Gibson, Professor, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University
  • Stephen Thorne, Psychologist, Austin, Texas
  • Will Hale, Juvenile Prosecutor, Hays County District Attorney Office
Meeting Summary of "Sex Offender Registration for Juveniles" discussion.

March 24, 2010
OJJDP: Disproportionate Minority Contact (Lifeworks, Austin from 1:30 - 3:30pm)
Confirmed Panelists:
  • Andrea Coleman, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • Ryan Clinton, Office of the Governor
  • Eric Booth, Texas A&M Public Policy Reseach Institute
  • JoAnn Jones-Burbridge, Prairie View at A&M
  • Tara Andrews, Act-4-JJ and Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Materials:
"Leveling the Juvenile Justice Playing Field" -Blog Post by Jodie Smith


February 17, 2010
School-to-Prison Pipeline (Lifeworks, Austin from 1:30 - 3:30pm)
Confirmed Presenters:
  • Deborah Fowler, Texas Appleseed
  • Valerie Baston, Tarrant County District Attorney Office
  • Ryan Kellus Turner, Texas Municipal Courts Education Center
"Ways Texas Schools are Creating a Pipeline for the Prison System" -Blog Post by Jodie Smith


January 28, 2010
Mental Health - Juvenile Justice Summit (Texas Capitol Auditorium, Austin)
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
 
 

December 16, 2009
Kids in the Adult System (Lifeworks, Austin)
Confirmed Panelists:
  • Nancy Arrigona, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
  • Michele Deitch, LBJ School of Public Affairs
  • Geralyn Engman, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  • Lori Robinson, Texas Youth Commission
Meeting Summary of "Kids in the Adult System" discussion.
 

November 17, 2009
Services to Transitioning Youth (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, Austin)
This was a joint meeting with Texas Children's Mental Health Forum facilitated by Josette Saxton.
Speakers:
  • John Reynolds, LPC, Austin Travis County Integral Care
  • Elaine Carter, LCSW, Supervisor of Community Programs, Casey Family Programs
  • Carol Bellman, LMSW, Community Specialist, Casey Family Programs
  • Ashley Gallardo, Consumer Advocate, Foster Care, Star Health
  • April Zamora, Director, Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical and Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI)
Presentation Materials:

October 21, 2009
Current Issues in Juvenile Legal Representation (Lifeworks, Austin)
Panelists:
  • Ellen Marrus, Southwest Juvenile Defender Center at the Center for Children, Law & Policy, University of Houston Law Center
  • Amanda Marzullo, Texas Fair Defense Project
  • Riley Shaw, Juvenile Prosecutor in Tarrant County District Attorney Office

September 16, 2009
CoNEXTions Program and Philosophy at TYC (Lifeworks, Austin)
Presenter:
  • Rebecca Thomas Cox, Director of Rehabilitation Services, Texas Youth Commission

August 19, 2009
MacArthur Mental Health - Juvenile Justice Network: Models for Change (Lifeworks, Austin)
Presenter:
  • Erin Espinosa, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas Project Lead on MacArthur Foundation-funded 8-state diversion initiative

 

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