The RFK National Resource Center recently announced the selection of six jurisdictions for participation in the Dual Status Youth Training Initiative. We received a large volume of quality applications for inclusion from jurisdictions across the nation, making our selection process both challenging and rewarding.
During the rigorous process of review of the applications, the RFK National Resource Center noted that three applicants had an existing and extensive history of attention to policies, practices and positive collaboration on behalf of dual status youth. Their ongoing attention to the effective implementation of reforms would therefore benefit from a distinct and tailored training approach from the RFK National Resource Center that focused more prominently on fidelity of practice reforms, sustainability, and addressing implementation challenges in their jurisdictions.
The following sites will receive two days of this tailored on-site training for their multi-system collaborative using the key elements of the RFK National Resource Center’s Dual Status Youth Framework, detailed in the seminal publication Guidebook for Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare System Coordination and Integration: A Framework for Improved Outcomes, 3rd Edition (available online):
- Stearns County, MN
- Summit County, OH
- Tulsa County, OK
We look forward to partnering with these jurisdictions and their committed youth-serving leaders and practitioners, building upon our recent successful DSY technical assistance projects sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, as well as more than a dozen years of site-based experiences. The RFK National Resource Center believes our approach to engaging jurisdictions and all of their stakeholders, on their turf, is a cost-effective means of training that is critical to addressing the complexities of multi-system coordination and integration practice and policy reforms on behalf of dual status youth.
John A. Tuell, Executive Director
Jessica Heldman, Associate Executive Director