Turning Points: A Commitment to Building the Capacity of Tribal Courts
The National Justice Center is pleased to announce that it has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance to administer Turning Points: A Comprehensive Tribal Court Alcohol and Substance Abuse Training Program.
The Turning Points Training Program is designed to build the Capacity of Tribal Justice Systems that work with clients who are impacted by alcohol and substance addiction. The goals of the project are to improve tribal court intake systems and processes to increase tribal courts’ ability to anticipate client risk and protective factors for substance abuse and violence, resulting in the ability to provide rehabilitative services that meet the health needs of clients who struggle with these issues.
The Turning Points Program will provide tribal justice systems with:
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four (4) regional in-person, academy style training sessions;
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five (5) onsite technical assistance (TA) sessions and ongoing office-based TA;
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four (4) webinars; and
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two (2) mentoring sessions for specific tribal justice systems for the purpose of adapting promising practices, such as the Juvenile Crime Prevention Intake Survey, currently used by tribes in Oregon to reduce juvenile delinquency and crime, to enhance tribal court operations concerning substance abuse issues.
The Turning Points Regional Training Sessions are scheduled as follows:
- April 27-30, 2010: Turning Points: Tribal Court Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Orlando, FL, Training Academy—Southeast
- Aug 3-6, 2010: Turning Points: Tribal Court Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Seattle, WA, Training Academy—Northwest
- Aug. 16-19, 2010: Turning Points: Tribal Court Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Green Bay, WI, Training Academy—Great Lakes/Plains
Click here for the Turning Points Training Agenda
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To request onsite or other types of technical assistance, please send requests by e-mail or phone to:
Ms. Margaret Colglazier
Training Coordinator
Phone: (707) 579-5507
Toll Free: (800) 966-0662
E-Mail: tcoord@nijc.org
Turning Points Webinar information will be disseminated using the NIJC mailing list. To join the NIJC mailing list, go to http://www.nijc.org and click the Mailing List button on the main menu. You will be directed to an online e-mail registration form.
To apply for one of the two onsite Turning Point Mentoring Sessions with the Umatilla Tribal Court Staff who have implemented the Juvenile Crime Prevention Tool (JCP) in their court system, please provide a statement of your current case load and a statement of your need for adopting an intake assessment form such as JCP. Priority and choice of tribes that will participate will be awarded to tribes that have participated in one of the four regional training sessions.
If you have any questions or suggestions for the Turning Points Training and Technical Assistance Program, please contact us at:
National Indian Justice Center
5250 Aero Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: (707) 579-5507
Fax: (707) 579-9019
E-Mail: tcoord@nijc.org
**Please note that all training dates and locations are subject to change. Please verify dates and location with the NIJC Training Coordinator, Margaret Colglazier, tcoord@nijc.org**
