DMC Resource Center
The DMC Resource Center serves statewide and community efforts to reduce disproportionality and over-represenation of minority youth in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems and conducts research and technical assistance on issues of health and educational disparities.. The DMC Resource Center is a coordinated effort between the Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Department of Human Rights, Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning and the University of Iowa School of Social Work.
Click Here for recent article on Disproportionality in Suspensions addressed at the Feb. 21 YRDTF.
6th Annual Woodbury County DMC Conference, Sioux City, Iowa
JUNE 5, 2008
Sioux City Convention Center - 801 4th Street
At 1:30 see M. KAREGA RAUSCH, Office of the Mayor, Charter Schools Program, Indianapolis, Indiana: "Positive Behavior Supports and Reducing School Suspensions
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At 5:30 see Ron Clark of the Movie: The Ron Clark Story starring Matthew Perry
JUNE 6,2008
Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa
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2008 WOODBURY COUNTY AGENDA AND REGISTRATION
2008 Woodbury County DMC Conference Agenda
(please note: Friday June 6 at Briar Cliff University is limited to 250 registrations)
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FEATURED SPEAKERS:
- M. KAREGA RAUSCH, Office of the Mayor, Charter Schools Program, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Kenny Anderson, former NBA and Georgia Tech basketball star and programs for youth
- Dr. Shirley Wilson and Jamez Beckwith, Memphis, Tennessee on reducing DMC in schools
- Mary Nelson, Iowa Child Welfare Director (2007 testimony before Congress)
- Des Moines Public Schools representatives on reducing disproportionality in suspension
2008 WOODBURY COUNTY AGENDA AND REGISTRATION
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Click on the link below for access to IPTV coverage of disproportionality in Iowa's juvenile justice, child welfare and educational systems:
Iowa Journal Clip of David Goodson and Brad Richardson with host Todd Mundt
Full Program:
Video » Disproportionate Minorities in Iowa Prisons (Full Program) » Iowa Public Television
2007 DMC Conference Photos, News Releases, Powerpoint Presentations and More CLICK HERE
PAST DMC CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ARE ON THE CONFERENCES PAGE:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~nrcfcp/dmcrc/dmc_conferences.shtml
Executive Order # 5 was signed by Governor Culver October 30th, 2007. Click here for the Order.
For a downloadable DMC Resource Center brochure [click here].
Facts and Figures About DMC in Iowa
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DMC TA Manual, 3rd edition, September 6, 2006: http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/dmc_ta_manual/index.html .
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DMC Resource Guide (published by CJJ)
- Core Requirement of JJDP Act (2002 Reauthorization)
by Heidi Hsia, OJJDP
Relative Rate Calculations for Over-representation:
- Method for Measuring Disproportionate Minority Contact (Power Point)
Relative Rate Indices for Measuring
DMC in Iowa and Targeted Counties
- Iowa
CJJP Three-Year Comprehensive Plan
May 2003
- Connecting Iowa's Disproportionate Minority Confinement Efforts to the Iowa's Justice Data Warehouse June 2002
Iowa Department of Human Services
Minority Youth and Families Initiative (MYFI):
Over-representation of Minority Children in Child Welfare [read more]
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
site contain a wealth of useful information!
The OJJDP DMC site is located at http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/dmc/
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