DHS staff named among those honored by Georgetown Center for Juvenile Justice Reform
Monday, April 11, 2016
News Release
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Katelynn Burns - DHS Office of Communications
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Phone: (405) 521-3027, Fax: (405) 522-3146
e-mail: Katelynn.Burns@OKDHS.org
An Oklahoma team of child advocates, including staff from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS), was recently honored by the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJF) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
The Center, located at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy, advances a balanced, multi-systems approach to reducing juvenile delinquency that promotes positive child and youth development while holding youth accountable. The Center works to focus the nation's juvenile justice and related systems of care on the key principles embodied in an evidence-based juvenile justice reform agenda and identify and highlight the research on policies and practices that work best to reduce delinquency and achieve better outcomes for children.
The Oklahoma Team’s Capstone Project, "Improving Outcomes for Crossover Youth in Oklahoma," focuses on young people who are in both Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice custody.
“This Capstone Project has the potential to be of tremendous value to youth involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems in Oklahoma,” said Shay Bilchik, Director of CJJR. “It focuses on developing a streamlined process to identify ‘crossover youth’ and connect them to collaborative services in the community.”
Members of the Oklahoma Team attended the Multi- Systems Integration Certificate Program in November 2015 and were admitted to the CJJR Fellows Network in March 2016:
- Shelley Waller, Deputy Division Director, Office of Juvenile Affairs
- Jonathan Roberts, Executive Director, Be The Change, Inc.
- Nicholas Petschel, Street Grant Project Director, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Jacqueline McDaniel, Director of Program Development and Outreach at Youth Services, Oklahoma County, Inc.
- The Honorable Cassandra Williams, Special District Court Judge, Oklahoma County
- Brett Hayes, Program Assistant Administrator, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
- Brandon Crawford, Research Assistant, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
- Shannon Lee, Manager of Infant and Early Childhood Services, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
For more information on CJJR Fellows Network, visit
http://cjjr.georgetown.edu/certificate-programs/fellows-network/.
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