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 system by, assisting with evaluation,
analysis of data and providing technical assistance on issues including
health and education-related disparities. The DMC Resource Center
is sponsored by 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.
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Coalition for Juvenile
Justice links:
2010 CJJ
Annual Conference: Ensuring School Engagement and Success for Youth
at Risk"
and call
for papers and conference announcement April 9-13 Wash DC
Notice
of Proposed Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 from OJJDP
& CJJ
Board Response
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2010
National Indian Child Welfare Conference: "Honoring Our Dream":
April
11-14, in Portland Oregon.
This year
the DMC Resource Center will present
"Research
Results From 5 Years to Improve Services for Indian Children..."
Link
to recent presentation by DMC Coordinator Richardson to the Des
Moines Public Schools South Zone on
Reducing Racial Disparities Across Child Serving Systems
Radio
Iowa Interview on 2009 DMC Conference with DMC Coordinator Richardson
click
here for the 2009 DMC Conference - SAVE THE DATES -
December 9-11, 2009; CONFERENCE MATERIALS WEBPAGE AND MORE
Downloadable DMC Resource Center Brochure [click here].
Depts
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and related agencies propriations
Federal Funding for 2010 (HR 2847) Committee on Appropriations
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2009
Governor's Summit on Eliminating Disproportionate Minority Contact
in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems - Portland,
OR November 16
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Richardson presentation
on CW JJ linkages, Natl DMC Conference, Austin, TX Oct 26-29, 2009
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IPTV
coverage of disproportionality in Iowa's juvenile justice, child
welfare and educational systems:
link
to Iowa Journal Clip of David Goodson and Brad Richardson with host
Todd Mundt
TRANSCRIPT
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PAST DMC CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~nrcfcp/dmcrc/dmc_conferences.shtml
Executive
Order #5 signed by Gov. Culver Oct. 30th, 2007 - Exec.
Order #5.
The
Governor's Task Force Report was completed and presented May 21,
2009: http://www.state.ia.us/government/dhr/cjjp/dmc/index.html
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
.
Core
Requirement of JJDP Act (2002 Reauthorization)
DMC
Resource Guide (published by CJJ)
A
Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Chronology: 1988 to Date
by Heidi
Hsia, OJJDP
How
are Relative Rates Calculated? Method
for Measuring Disproportionate Minority Contact (.ppt)
Iowa
Department of Human Services Minority Youth and Families Initiative
(MYFI): Over-representation of Minority Children in Child Welfare
[read more - click for link to MYFI]
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