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The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
held its most recent quarterly meeting at the U.S. Department of
Education's Barnard Auditorium on March 4, 2005. Deborah A.
Price, Deputy Under Secretary, Department of Education, opened the
meeting. OJJDP Administrator J. Robert Flores led a discussion of
opportunities for coordination in 2005. An example of such coordination,
the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program, was the topic of a presentation
by William Modzeleski, Associate Deputy Under Secretary, Department
of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Kellie Dressler,
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program Coordinator, OJJDP; and Marilyn
Copeland, Jonesboro (Arkansas) Public Schools. Gary Rutkin, Education
Program Specialist, Student Achievement and School Accountability
Programs, Department of Education, gave a presentation on prevention
and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected,
delinquent, or at risk.
The Council's quarterly meetings are open to the public. Notices
about upcoming meetings are featured in the Federal
Register.
Juvenilecouncil.gov includes
detailed information about the Council's mission, meeting announcements
and summaries, and links to related resources. Information about
the Council is also available from Bob Samuels, OJJDP's Acting Director
for Concentration of Federal Efforts, 202–307–1357, Bob.Samuels@usdoj.gov.
| The Coordinating Council
on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is composed
of the Attorney General (who serves as chairperson); the
Administrator of OJJDP (vice chairperson); the Secretaries
of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, and Housing
and Urban Development; the Director of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; and the Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation for National and Community Service. Nine
expert practitioners, appointed by the President, the
Senate Majority Leader, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, also serve as Council members. |
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