Solutions of Success: Using Mind Matters in Juvenile Justice

Interested in working with youth and their families in the juvenile justice system?

Join us as Arizona Youth Partnership (AZYP) shares their experience in collaborating with their Mohave County Juvenile Probation in rural Arizona where services and programming for youth are limited. Using OJJDP Title II funding, AZYP implements Mind Matters to prevent juvenile delinquency, to promote public safety, and to support positive outcomes for youth, families, and the community.

AZYP focuses on youth both at-risk for delinquency and already in the correctional system. They implement Mind Matters in youth shelters, at tribal schools, in diversion classes, at a local PRIDE Center, and in weekly classes for youth on probation.

They will share how they utilize Mind Matters in a variety settings. They will also cover how to effectively partner with local juvenile justice agencies on grant and community projects.

Objectives: Participants will be able to:

• Learn how to implement Mind Matters in rural areas.
• Identify ways to partner with juvenile justice and other agencies.
• Discover strategies for braiding funding to best serve youth in program deserts.

Presenters: Kelly Tanner; Director of Youth Services at Arizona Youth Partnership Sarah Colbert; Juvenile Detention Administrator at Mohave County Juvenile Probation

Who should attend: Probation officers, social workers, educators, law enforcement personnel, Title II SAG members, Title II contractors, community-based organizations, Extension professionals, healthy marriage grantees, violence prevention agencies, pregnancy prevention grantees, and others who care about improving outcomes for system involved youth.