Maryland Department of Juvenile Services

"The American Correctional Association is the oldest and larest international correctional association in the world. ACA serves all disciplines within the corrections profession and is dedicated to excellence in every aspect of the field. From professional development and certification to standards and accreditation, from networking and consulting to research and publications, and from conferences and exhibits to technology and testing, ACA is your resource and the world-wide authority."

"The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. It was established in 1948 by Jim Casey, one of the founders of United Parcel Service, and his siblings, who named the Foundation in honor of their mother. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families. In pursuit of this goal, the Foundation makes grants that help states, cities, and communities fashion more innovative, cost-effective responses to these needs."

In early 2003, Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc, the local mental health authority for Baltimore City, convened a number of leaders in the academic community to address the issues related to workforce development in community behavioral health , at all levels and across disciplines, and the gap between research findings, policy and practice. BMHS was able to attract the participation of many of the leading academic institutions in the Baltimore area.The group formed a non-profit corporation, as an affiliate of BMHS, named the Mental Health Policy Institute for Leadership and Training. The Board of Directors is comprised of members from several representative institutions as well as the President of BMHS and other individuals who are active in the field of mental health or substance use disorders. The Institute concept is a unique approach to improving the quality of care. It offers a model that integrates service delivery, research, work force development, education and public policy in a unique partnership between academic institutions and a strong local mental health authority.

"The Bureau of Justice Assistance is committed to the importance of program evaluation and to developing and enhancing evaluation capabilities at the state and local levels. Evaluation results provide policy makers and program managers with information for future program development and can be used to modify and improve existing programs. The Evaluation web site is designed to provide State Administrative Agency staff, criminal justice planners, researchers and evaluators, as well as local practitioners with a variety of resources for evaluating criminal justice programs."

A drug court is a comprehensive and judicially monitored program that assumes responsibility for managing cases involving drug-using defendants through intensive supervision, drug treatment and rehabilitation. Such courts are developed upon a unique partnership between the criminal justice system and the drug treatment community.

The Drug Treatment Court Commission of Maryland (DTCC), established in October, 2003, provides support to jurisdictions planning, implementing and operating a drug court. This initiative supports and encourages a collaborative multi-disciplinary and comprehensive approach to reducing drug-related crime.

Juvenile drug courts are serving DJS youth in ten jurisdictions, including Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore, Harford, Caroline, Dorchester, Prince George's, Talbot, St. Mary's and Wicomico Counties. Several other jurisdictions have communicated interest in developing drug courts.

The Maryland Community Services Locator is pleased to announce that it has launched its statewide directory of free and low cost legal assistance programs in Maryland.

In July 2008, the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) began a statewide expansion of resources on the Maryland Community Services Locator website (www.mdcsl.org). The MDCSL is an interactive online directory developed to assist professionals and community members in locating community services. It allows users to get organizational contact information and other details, map resources by location, and get instant directions to programs. Since its launch, this website has expanded to include more than 4,900 services and programs that are periodically verified for accuracy by MDCSL staff. In addition to the resources included when the MDCSL first launched, (i.e. Substance Abuse Services and Short-Term Housing), it now includes new listings for topics such as Job Readiness/Adult Education Services, Health/Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Prevention, Family Assistance, Victim Services, and many others.

Visit the MDCSL website at: http://www.mdcsl.org. For more information or for free promotional materials, contact CESAR by email at mdcsl@cesar.umd.edu, phone (301-405-9796), or visit the website. The MDCSL is funded by the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention under grant number BJAG-2007-1265.

Maryland CASA Association is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in 1997. The mission of Maryland CASA is to facilitate the continued development and success of Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs in Maryland to help ensure that every abused and neglected child in the State has a safe, permanent home.

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"NARA represents all human care licensing, including child welfare, adult part-day and residential, child care, drug and alcohol and disability licensing."

"In spite of the magnitude and growth of child and family caseloads, there are limited resources, public and private, devoted exclusively to understanding these problems and working toward their prevention and control. We are the only national, private research organization that has this subject matter as its only business."

"The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (NCMHJJ) promotes awareness of the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system and assists the field in developing improved policies and programs based on the best available research and practice. The Center hosts a variety of interrelated projects that are supported by public and private organizations."

"NCSL is your forum for advancing ideas in your home state, across other states, and on Capitol Hill; for promoting information-sharing, one-on-one and collectively; and for providing you with the knowledge and resources you need to get America's ideas working."

"NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide."

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of "Planning Community-Based Facilities for Violent Juvenile Offenders as Part of a System of Graduated Sanctions." This 39-page Bulletin was written by Shelley Zavlek, M.Ed., J.D.

The Bulletin, part of OJJDP's online Juvenile Justice Practices Series, presents essential information regarding planning community-based or regional facilities to provide secure confinement for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders and outlines a process for their development within a comprehensive juvenile justice plan.

Resources:
"Planning Community-Based Facilities for Violent Juvenile Offenders as Part of a System of Graduated Sanctions" (NCJ 209326) is only available online at http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=12226.

"The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice was established as the Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology in 1969. Now having status as a department, our purpose is to provide an organizational and administrative basis for the interests and activities of the University, its faculty, and students, in the general areas of crime and delinquency, law enforcement, juvenile justice, criminology, courts and corrections. The Department promotes study and teaching concerning crime and delinquency and their prevention and control by offering and coordinating academic programs in criminology and criminal justice, and through managing research in these areas."

"The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan policy research and educational organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. It provides information and analysis to public and private decision makers to help them address these challenges and strives to raise citizen understanding of these issues and tradeoffs in policy making."

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