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The annual 2008 OJJDP/State Relations and Assistance Division (SRAD) National Conference will be held August 17–20 in Nashville, TN. The conference offers training and information sessions for juvenile justice specialists, State Advisory Group (SAG) members (including youth SAG members), compliance monitors, Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) coordinators, Title V coordinators, and disproportionate minority contact (DMC) coordinators. Attendance is by invitation only and is a requirement of the Title II Formula Grants Program.

Sessions will present information on a variety of topics for conference attendees. These topics include developing an effective 3-year comprehensive plan, meeting the core requirements of the JJDP Act, addressing the welfare of juveniles in detention, compliance monitoring, using the SMART system, strategic planning tools and techniques, preparing State DMC plans, and the circumstances impacting Native American tribes implementing and sustaining their own juvenile justice programs.

Full-day and half-day training sessions are available for attendees interested in additional instruction before the conference begins. These sessions are available to all conference participants and are designed for both new and experienced professionals. Training is offered for new juvenile justice specialists, new compliance monitors, SAG members, and youth SAG members.

The EUDL conference will be held in Nashville August 21–23, directly following the SRAD conference. Planning both conferences in close proximity offers SRAD attendees the opportunity to attend the EUDL conference to network with other professionals with whom they might not normally interact and gain additional training from the EUDL sessions. See "Don't Miss the 10th Annual EUDL Conference."