Monday, April 29, 2024
4/29/2024
Clayton County Juvenile Justice Fund doing business as Clayton County System of Care is applying for the NCTSI-II grant opportunity to build out the infrastructure of our Clayton County School Justice Partnership. Our Clayton County model often referred to as the “Teske” model, is recognized as the first of its kind and renown in utilizing a School Justice Partnership to promote early intervention, enhance mental health and prevent long term consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences or trauma. Since our inception in 2004, we have been promulgating best practices by providing Technical Assistance (TA) through our in-house Progressive Assistance for Change and Empowerment (PACE) partnership to establish and sustain a trauma informed SJP to provide early trauma intervention that promotes health and wellness by increasing academic achievement and reducing unnecessary juvenile court referrals that lead to adult incarceration. PACE has lifted up Clayton County’s model which received recognition for serving as a national model and ideal solution to excessive school suspension and expulsions (Edleman, 2017, Howell et al. 2014, and NCJFCJ, 2015). Under the leadership of Judge Teske, PACE uses our national platform to provide training and technical assistance to forty-one different sites across twenty-three states and several of our sites have gone on to establish an SJP and have reported positive outcomes. Despite our nation’s progress towards implementing SJP’s many jurisdictions continually fail to realize the prevalence of ACEs among youth in the juvenile justice system. Jamieson (2019) notes that 90% of youth in the juvenile justice system have reported exposure to at least one ACE. The CCSJP will enhance national access to our dual in-person and remote platforms to help jurisdictions broker community buy-in and establish and sustain a trauma-informed School Justice Partnership. Moreover, our comprehensive approach includes data guidance and technical assistance to assist jurisdictions in collaborating across systems and agencies to measure and monitor their data driven needs and success. The incorporation of the data assistance will help overcome the current gaps of knowledge that jurisdictions struggle with when seeking to replicate the Clayton County School Justice Partnership (NCJFCJ, 2015). Lastly our unique marketing and resource assessment and technical assistance coordination allows jurisdictions to mobilize and sustain their School Justice Partnership. By providing services through our comprehensive CCSJP helpdesk we aim to replicate efficacious trauma informed School Justice Partnerships across the nation to embolden healthy future outcomes for children, families and communities.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
