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DMC Resource center The DMC Resource Center serves statewide and community efforts to reduce disproportionality and over-representation 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 child welfare, health and education-related disparities. The DMC Resource Center was sponsored by the Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Department of Human Rights, Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning until September of 2012. It is a project of The University of Iowa School of Social Work, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice. In the news: Current research is underway to gather the lived experience of those who have been involved in child welfare and juvenile justice. Until recently juvenile justice and child welfare were considered separate systems. Recent research has brought attention to the overlap (i.e., “crossover”) in the population being served by those two systems and intersection with the problem of disproportionality and racial disparities that exist in both systems. There is increasing awareness that early childhood trauma and involvement in child welfare system has long-term consequences including involvement in juvenile justice and criminal justice systems. I am currently seeking to speak with young adults who have been involved with these systems. By talking with those who have lived experience I am hoping to find ways to improve these systems. I will not reveal anyone’s identity and will maintain confidentiality and you (or anyone else) will not know who I have spoken to. I would like for anyone who would like to contact me to call me on my cell phone: Dr. Brad Richardson Cell phone: 515.771.3589. Because I am especially interested in disproportionality, we are particularly interested in talking with those of African-American or Native American descent. The discussion will be very open-ended and allow each individual to express their own points of view about their experience and recommendations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECENT ARCHIVE:
Sioux City DMC Conference August 6, 2012 Presentation by Judge Steve Teske Article "Keeping Kids in School and Out of Courts" Presentation by Dr. Brad Richardson
(SAVE THE DATES Flyer for 2012 Conference - Conference will not be held in 2013 due to budget cuts)
Iowa DMC Conference - Des Moines, IA September 2011 Black History Month kick off with Cornell West on Craig Kilborn Feb 1, 2011. Black Administrators in Child Welfare ppt presentation by Parker, Richardson, Rogerson BACW Conference, Chicago IL May 27-30, 2010 Coalition for Juvenile Justice links: 2010 National DMC Conference Program - Including DMC Coordinators Business Meeting with presentations on OJJDP’s Community and Strategic Planning (CASP) Demonstration Project, sharing of preliminary results from the 2010 CJJ DMC Survey of state polices and practices, and discussion of "hot topics" among DMC Coordinators. Facilitator: Brad Richardson (IA), CJJ National DMC Coordinator; Presenters: Andrea Coleman, Program Manager, OJJDP; Tom Harig (NY), Natl Juvenile Justice Consultant 2010 CJJ Annual Conference: Ensuring School Engagement and Success for Youth at Risk" 2009 Coalition for Juvenile Justice DMC Recommendations Letter to Atty General Holder by R. Jenkins, G. Wood, B. Richardson and N. Gannon Hornberger 2009 CJJ Letter Congratulating Laurie Robinson on appointment as Assistant attorney General, Office of Justice Programs/U.S. Department of Justice 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 Brad Richardson 2009 Oregon Governor's Summit presentation by DMC Coordinator Brad Richardson and Rep. W. Ford
------------------------ 2009 Governor's Summit on Eliminating Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems - Portland, OR November 16 ------------------------ ------------------------ IPTV coverage of disproportionality in Iowa's prisons, juvenile justice, child welfare, and educational systems featuring David Goodson and Brad Richardson with host Todd Mundt (transcript here) ------------------------ http://www.uiowa.edu/~nrcfcp/dmcrc/dmc_conferences.shtml Executive Order #5 signed by Gov. Culver Oct. 30th, 2007 The Governor's Task Force Report was completed and presented May 21, 2009 Facts and Figures about DMC in Iowa ------------------------ DMC TA Manual, 3rd edition, September 6, 2006 DMC Resource Guide (published by CJJ) How are Relative Rates Calculated? Method for measuring disproportionate minority contact
Helpful Links: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention DMC-Reduction Best Practices Database
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