JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF YOUTH VIOLENCE:
ITEMS OF INTEREST
OUR COMMUNITY, OUR RESPONSIBITY; WAGING PEACE
December 15, 2008
Of Special Note
DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT OTHERS
INTERESTED IN REDUCING YOUTH VIOLENCE SHOULD KNOW? PLEASE SEND
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Christmas for Christopher House – Toy collection. In effort to support the African American
men of the Christopher Place Initiative (a program which provides transitional housing,
employment training, and sobriety support), and other families who have voluntarily decided to
commit to turn their lives around a walk on a positive path, toys are being collected for kids to
enable men to be able to give gifts to their kids for Christmas. Unwrapped toys, books, and
games will be accepted at the following locations until December 16th: Greater Baltimore Urban
League, Urban Leadership Institute, State Farm Insurance- John Bugg III, Youth Advocate
Program, Panache Hair Salon, Innovative Hair Design, Family & Friends Barbershop, Supreme
Clientele Barbershop. For more information about the program or to obtain more information on
the drop-off locations, contact Stacie Price via gbla@bul.org , David Miller at
dmiller@urbanleadershipinstitute.com or Al Watson at alwatson@wearemana.org or 443-8311024
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Grief & Loss Program for Families with school age children in Baltimore. March Funeral
Homes will be implementing its first pilot program for Roberta’s House, a grief and loss program
for children and their families this coming February. We will be accepting applications for 25
families with school age children who have recently experienced a death of a family member. All
applications are to be submitted by the first week in January. Peer support groups for children
age 5-17 and their guardians or parents will be held for ten weeks, meeting one night a week. If
you know of a family where children are involved and living in Baltimore City, please contact
Annette March-Grier, at (443) 392-1348 or amarchgrier@marchfh.com and/or Dedra Layne,
Program Director at (443) 386-0759 or courage8@verizon.net for further details. Volunteers are
also being recruited to facilitate the programs. Volunteer applications must be received by
December 22nd, 2008. Use the contact information above to receive an application.
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The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and the United
States Department of Labor Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
invites you to participate in a unique, three-part training to improve your
organization’s ability to measure, manage, and communicate results. Participants
who complete the training will also receive free case management and outcomes tracking
software. This valuable Results-Based Management training is free and will be offered in
three, 90-minute webinars on December 18, 2008, January 6, 2009, and January 13,
2009, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. (EST). This opportunity is open to faith-based and other
community nonprofits engaged in addressing poverty, disease, and other critical human
needs. For more information and to register, please visit
http://www.resultstechnologies.net/dol.webinar/index.php?process=schedule
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“Breaking the Cycle” Radio Dialogue. December 21, 2008 2:00-4:00 p.m. Brother Bey, the
founder of the Fraternal Order of X-Offenders, hosts a weekly radio show on W.O.L.B (1010 am)
that presents community-based, ex-offender driven efforts in Baltimore and elsewhere that are
helping to break the cycle of violence. The primary focus of the F.O.X.O.’s “Breaking The Cycle”
Radio Dialogue is to extend discussion, increase consideration of community-driven alternatives,
and initiate and expand the collective action needed to deter, decrease and prevent the pandemic
of juvenile delinquency and adult criminality gripping Baltimore and many other communities. The
radio show provides a voice to those attempting to change their thinking and behaviors, informing
ex-offenders, their families, and others of opportunities, increasing access to strategies that work,
and exposing those that don’t. You are invited to call in to the radio program at 410-481-1010. To
learn more about FOXO, visit their website at hhtp://www.foxo.us or email Brother Bey at
thinkingisdestiny@yahoo.com or brotherbey@foxo.us or call 410-262-4456. Information about
the new FOXO training DVD: The Psychology and Sociology of Criminology also is available on
the website http://foxo.us/
Quick Glance at this week’s Items of Interest
New Events/Conferences/Trainings
1. San Antonio, TX: Building Community Connections: Suicide Prevention in the 21st Century.
January 12 – 15, 2009.
2. Washington, DC: Families USA 2009 Health Action Conference. January 18-21, 2009.
3. National Harbor, MD: Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health. February 25-27, 2009.
Up-Coming Events/Conference/Trainings
4. Baltimore, MD: Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City Community Justice Series:
Community Justice – Juvenile Delinquency - Community Engagement – Next Steps.
January 7, 2009
5. Free Audioconference - Using GIS Technology to Map Local Youth Programs.
December 18, 2008.
6. Baltimore, MD: 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast. January 15, 2009
Noteworthy
7. Baltimore advocacy group requests funding for youth programming be a priority for the
state and the city.
8. Community Conferencing Center launches new website.
Reports, Research & Recent Publications
9. List of recent publications compiled by SafetyLit
10. Size of Drug Problem in Juvenile Justice Depends on Where You Look.
Resources
11. Nine Things Governors Can Do to Build a Strong Child Welfare System
12. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention launches new program to reach out to recently
bereaved.
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
13. PBIS Maryland coaches’ meeting
14. PBIS Maryland Events
Funding Opportunities/Scholarships/Awards
15. Young Offender Planning Grants/Implementation Grants.
16. Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence,
Stalking, or Sexual Assault Program.
Job & Volunteer Opportunities
17. Make a difference in the life of a Kids on the Hill Teen
18. Greenlining Fellowship for Policy and Advocacy.
Previously Posted Events/Conferences/Training
New Events/Conferences/Training
1. San Antonio, TX: Building Community Connections: Suicide Prevention in the 21st Century.
January 12 – 15, 2009. Department of Defense (DOD) and The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Suicide Prevention Conference For the first time, this conference will be a joint effort between the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
http://www.dcoe.health.mil/2009_Suicide_Prevention_Conference.aspx
2. Washington, DC: Families USA 2009 Health Action Conference. January 18-21, 2009. For more
information, please visit http://familiesusa.org/conference/
3. National Harbor, MD: Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health. February 25-27, 2009. For more information, please visit
http://www.omhrc.gov/npasummit2009/
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Upcoming Events/Conferences/Training
4. Baltimore, MD: Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City Community Justice Series:
Community Justice – Juvenile Delinquency - Community Engagement – Next Steps. January 7,
2009. 6:00 - 8:00pm at UMB Biopark Auditorium at the University of Maryland Baltimore, 800 West
Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland.
5. Free Audioconference - Using GIS Technology to Map Local Youth Programs. December 18,
2008. The National League of Cities is hosting a free hour-long call that will highlight city efforts to use
geographic information system (GIS) technology and other tools to map available youth programs and
resources and analyze gaps in city services. The data gathered from these local mapping efforts can be
critical to ensuring that young people have are close to the programs and services they need most.
http://www.nlc.org/iyef/
6. Baltimore, MD: 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast. January 15,
2009, 7:30am, Hilton Baltimore. Please join the Y of Central Maryland and your fellow community
members for a stimulating discussion about equality and opportunity in sports. Tickets are $75
each or $700 per table of 10. Proceeds from the MLK Breakfast provide significant resources
needed to deliver Y programs that afford thousands of youth with opportunities to gain skills,
strengthen academic abilities and practice positive character values. Best of all, financial
assistance is available to those in need and most programs are delivered at no cost to
participants. To purchase tickets go to http://www.showclix.com/shows_listing3.php?event=1246.
For general event and sponsorship information, youth group admission rates, or to purchase a
ticket by mail, please contact Heidi Paremske at 410-837-9622 or heidiparemske@ymaryland.org
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NOTEWORTHY
7. Baltimore advocacy group requests funding for youth programming be a priority for the
state and the city. Article in the Baltimore Sun, December 11, 2008. Members of Baltimoreans
United in Leadership Development want Mayor Sheila Dixon to commit to spend the first 25
percent of any economic stimulus package from the incoming Obama administration on youth
center renovations. Alternatively, the group says it would be satisfied if Dixon spent a quarter of
the city's Rainy Day Fund - where it keeps its budget reserves - on youth violence-prevention
programs. Read full article http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/balmd.ci.build11dec11,0,4917782.story.
8. Community Conferencing Center launches new website. The Community Conferencing
Center (CCC) is a conflict transformation and community justice organization that provides ways
for people to safely, collectively and effectively prevent and resolve conflicts and crime. Through
partnerships with people, neighborhoods, governments and institutions, the Community
Conferencing Center helps Maryland communities resolve conflicts and crimes within their own
communities. Check out their new website http://www.communityconferencing.org/index.php
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REPORTS, RESEARCH & RECENT PUBLICATIONS
9. List of recent publications compiled by SafetyLit. December 15, 2008. Volume 11, Number 50.
SafetyLit is a free service of the Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice at San Diego State
University in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Abstracts available at
http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.home
School-Based Screening to Identify At-Risk Students Not Already Known to School
Professionals: The Columbia Suicide Screen. Scott MA, Wilcox HC, Schonfeld IS, Davies M,
Hicks RC, Turner JB, Shaffer D. Am J Public Health 2008; ePub
Alcohol Environments and Disparities in Exposure Associated with Adolescent Drinking in
California. Truong KD, Sturm R. Am J Public Health 2008; ePub
Characteristics associated with US Walk to School programs. Ward DS, Linnan L, Vaughn A,
Neelon B, Martin SL, Fulton JE. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2007; 4: 67.
Estimating the proportion of children who can walk to school. Falb MD, Kanny D, Powell KE,
Giarrusso AJ. Am J Prev Med 2007; 33(4): 269-75.
Empowering bystanders to prevent campus violence against women: a preliminary
evaluation of a poster campaign. Potter SJ, Moynihan MM, Stapleton JG, Banyard VL.
Violence Against Women 2009; 15(1): 106-21.
10. Size of Drug Problem in Juvenile Justice Depends on Where You Look. Chapin Hall research
fellow Jeffrey Butts is now a regular contributor to Reclaiming Futures Every Day, an initiative to
disseminate news, research, and information on juvenile justice reform and teen drug treatment. In this
entry he discusses how drug behaviors of youthful offenders at the earliest stages of justice involvement
resemble those in the general population, but increase in severity among youth more deeply involved in
the juvenile justice process. Read the blog http://blog.reclaimingfutures.org/?q=node/872 [source: The
Chapin Hall Alert]
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RESOURCES
11. Nine Things Governors Can Do to Build a Strong Child Welfare System. Published last month by
the National Governor’s Association (NGA), this issues brief provides strategies and best practices that
governors and their staff can implement to improve outcomes for children and families involved in their
state’s child welfare system. http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0811CHILDWELFARE.PDF [source: Casey
Announcements - December 2008]
12. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention launches new program to reach out to recently
bereaved. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has created a new program that connects
people who have recently lost a loved one to suicide with trained volunteers who are suicide survivors
themselves. Volunteers in the Survivor Outreach program provide emotional support and information
about resources for healing, such as local support groups and survivor conferences.
http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?page_id=45225B03-FBF2-AEBB-C260FDE7B93D1BCF [source: SPRC:
The Weekly Spark]
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POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS (PBIS)
13. PBIS Maryland coaches’ meeting. PBIS Maryland hosted its largest Coaches' Meeting with nearly
300 coaches and administrators present. Presentations were offered by Susan Barrett and Milt
McKenna. See the presentation material http://www.pbismaryland.org/
14. PBIS Maryland Events http://www.pbismaryland.org/
State Leadership Meeting – January 8, 2009
State Leadership Meeting – February 10, 2009
Leadership Summit – March 30, 2009
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
15. Young Offender Planning Grants/Implementation Grants. The U.S. Department of Labor’s
Employment and Training Administration announced a three-category, $17.3 million competition through
which selected localities will develop strategies to assist youth offenders returning from correctional
facilities. Application deadline: December 18, 2008 http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm
16. Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence,
Stalking, or Sexual Assault Program. Focuses on a holistic, victim-centered approach to provide
transitional housing services that move individuals into permanent housing. A letter of intent to apply must
be submitted by December 24, 2008. Applications are due January 8, 2009.
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/fy09-transitional-housing-solicit.pdf
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JOB AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
17. Make a difference in the life of a Kids on the Hill Teen. Kids on the Hill sponsors a Civil Rights Trip
for seven days for a group of students from The Park School, Kids on the Hill and Baltimore City College
High School to meet activists, see historic sites and museums commemorating the civil rights movement
in Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma, Alabama and Memphis and New Orleans. The trip will
take place in January 2009. If you would like to make a donation in order to help with this effort, please
visit our blog spot: http://civilrightstrip2009.blogspotlcom/ Donations can also be made to our office (2117
Brookfield Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217). For more information, contact Rebecca Yenawine
rebeccayenawine@kidsonthehill.org [source: SOURCE Weekly Service Scoop]
18. Greenlining Fellowship for Policy and Advocacy. The Greenlining Institute’s mission is to
empower communities of color and other disadvantaged groups through multi-ethnic economic and
leadership development, civil rights and anti-redlining activities. The Leadership Fellowship will begin in
September 2009 with a stipend of $32,000. For the specifics about this Leadership Training Fellowship,
visit http://www.greenlining.org/academy/fellows.php [source: SOURCE Weekly Service Scoop]
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PREVIOUSLY POSTED EVENTS, CONFERENCES, & TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Seattle, WA: 22nd Annual Management Information Systems (MIS) Conference "Mountains of Data
- Sound Choices". February 16-20, 2009. The MIS Conference brings together the people who work
with information collection, management, transmittal, and reporting in school districts and state education
agencies. http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=381
Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of American 2009 National Conference. February 23-25,
2009. For more information, please visit
http://www.cwla.org/conferences/ShowConference.asp?CONF=NATIONAL&YEAR=2009
El Paso, TX: The Prisoner's Family Conference. February 26-27, 2009. For more information, please
visit http://solutionsforelpaso.org/?page_id=81
Tampa, FL: Conference Track on Community-Based System of Care Development 22nd Annual
Research Conference. March 1- 4, 2009. This conference track will highlight research findings related to
the implementation of effective systems of care. Please consider contributing your knowledge and
experience by organizing a symposium, presenting a paper or poster, or leading a topical discussion on
the topic of system of care development. http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/
Washington, DC: Integrating Services, Integrating Research for Co-Occurring Conditions: A Need
for New Views and Action. March 2-3, 2009. Learn more http://bhsr.fmhi.usf.edu/
Los Angeles, CA: Sixth National Conference of the Association for Community Health. March 1113, 2009. For more information, please visit
http://www.communityhlth.org/communityhlth_app/conf2009/annual09.jsp
Orlando, FL: National Conference on Juvenile Justice. March 11-14, 2009. More information and
registration to follow at a later date. http://www.ncjfcj.org/content/view/1150/347/
Santa Fe, NM: Embracing Health and Wellness: The Role of Behavioral Health. March 12-14, 2009.
More information http://www.acmha.org/summit/summit_2009.cfm
Jacksonville, FL: 6th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support. March 26 – 28, 2009.
The Expanding World of PBS: Science, Values and Vision. More information
http://www.apbs.org/conference/jacksonville/index1.aspx
Denver, CO: Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. April 2-4, 2009. In
response to overwhelming requests from membership and meeting attendees, SRCD is moving to a new
Biennial Meeting schedule. http://www.srcd.org/biennial.html
Chicago, IL: National Conference on Summer Learning. April 16-17, 2009. For more information,
please visit
http://www.summerlearning.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=427
Baltimore, MD: Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce Today. April 30, 2009 at The Conference Center at
The Maritime Institute How can effective youth programming affect the lives of today’s youth? What can
effective youth programming offer youth? What can effective youth programming offer the community?
What can effective youth programming offer an engaged business partner? What else can we do to help
solve some of the problems that exist in Baltimore and make sure we are being “inclusive” as we continue
to identify partners to assist with our mission? Sponsored by: Baltimore Workforce Investment Board
Youth Council, The Mayor’s Office of Employment Development and Multiple Workforce Partners.
Contact: Ms. Donnice E. Brown for additional information or if you are interested in being a presenter
(410-396-6727 or dbrown@oedworks.com)
Greensboro, NC: 2009 National Smart Start Conference. May 5-8, 2009. Currently seeking presenters.
For more information, visit http://www.smartstart-nc.org/conference/2008/rfp09.html#
Leadership Matters: A Virtual Seminar Series is a series of interactive, Internet-based educational
programs offered by the AASA Center for System Leadership™. Each program is presented by leading
experts in the field of public education. These fast-paced programs provide important information relevant
to the work of superintendents and other school system leaders. Further details
http://www.aasa.org/conferences/index.cfm
May 6, 2009 - "Leading School Systems into the 21st Century: The Role of
Superintendents"
June 2, 2009 - "Building a High-Impact Superintendent-Board Partnership"
Baltimore, MD: NASRO 2009 National Conference. June 29 – July 3, 2009. N.A.S.R.O. - The National
Association of School Resource Officers assisted by M.A.S.R.O. - The Maryland Association of School
Resource Officers are hosting The NASRO 2009 National Conference in Baltimore June 29 to July 3,
2009. Special SRO training classes will be offered during Conference. Additional information/classes to
be posted as they become available. Details and registration forms will be posted on the training section
on the website. http://www.nasro.org/home.asp
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