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What does it take to be Happy?
 It's not just youth who struggle in today's
world.
Most people find it difficult to live a
positive and fulfilling life.
Although there are no simple answers to many
of life's problems, there are some very real
things that can help. Whether you are
interested in self-improvement, relationship
improvement, or simply getting more
satisfaction out of your life, Dr. Neil C.
Headman can help. You can find
out more about
Dr. Headman and his background by
visiting his website (http://www.drheadman.com).
by Dr. Neil C. Headman
With all of
the individual, family, community, and
societal costs of juvenile delinquency,
it is fair to ask if we are doing the
right things to facilitate its
reduction. It is so easy to stay in the
same old mind set, while simply changing
our outward appearance. To this day,
many programs continue to emphasize
services to individual youth who have
demonstrated delinquent or
pre-delinquent behaviors, without giving
sufficient focus to family,
neighborhood, and community factors that
facilitate or support negative youth
behavior. If we look at youth as the
rising plants in the garden of society,
we are sure to pay more attention to
these facilitative factors. Here are
some principles that can help...
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Prevention Conferences & Events |
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OJJDP's 13th National
EUDL Leadership Conference
August 10-12, 2011
Orlando, FL" |
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The 19th Annual
Research Conference on "What
Works"
September 11-14, 2011
Cincinnati, OH |
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October 9-12, 2011
Chicago, IL |
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OJJDP's 2011 Conference for
Children's Justice & Safety
October 12–14, 2011
Washington, DC |
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23rd Annual National
Youth-At-Risk Conference
March 4-7, 2012
Savannah, GA |
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National Conference on
Juvenile and Family Law
March 27-30, 2012
Reno, NV |
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24th Annual NAA Convention
April 2-4, 2012
Dallas, TX |
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To Prevent Delinquency You Need to Know the
Risk Factors!
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If the goal of services is to
prevent delinquency, or to keep
youth from engaging in delinquent
activities, it is important to know
what factors tend to influence youth
to engage in delinquent activities.
When we understand these risk
factors, we can work to reduce them
in the life of those we serve, and
can help them develop protective
factors. To prevent delinquency, we
must support resiliency.
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Don't Re-invent the Fundraising Wheel
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In
trying to prevent delinquency, those of us
working in non-profit agencies often try to
do everything on our own. Because we
are so used to operating with limited
resources, when resources are available we
may fail to utilize them. Rather than
"re-inventing the wheel" of grant writing,
for example, program administrators should
utilize the compiled expertise of other
successful grant writers.
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What Does It Take to Save a
Youth |
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Of all the
theories, beliefs, and opinions on how to save youth
from delinquency none have been clearly established
as supreme. So, what does it take to prevent youth
from going down the road to delinquency?
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Juvenile Justice &
Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002
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As state and non-profit
agencies work to prevent delinquency, it is
important for them to understand federal guidelines.
The Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act of
2002 provides such guidelines. In brief, states
must: 1) deinstitutionalize status offenders; 2)
keep sight and sound separation between adult and
juvenile detainees/inmates; 3) remove juveniles from
adult facilities; and 3) reduce disproportionate
minority contact.
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As anyone
working to prevent delinquency, or to
provide youth services in general, knows it
is a struggle to find adequate operating
funds. So, where do you get the
funds? Where can others get the funds?
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