Featuring Reverend Gregory

Boyle ~ Founder and Executive

Director of Homeboy Industries

“Lessons from the Field: Kinship as an Intervention”

Committed leadership is critical at every level of the juvenile justice system in Missouri. The system impacts the lives and life opportunities for those served within the same and requires exceptional leadership skills from those in supervisory or management positions. This conference track is intended to build and strengthen leadership capacity and compe-tency for participants to help meet the challenges and opportunities that exist for current and future leaders. This certificate track includes sessions: “Employment Law Basics and Beyond”, “Elements of Effective Leadership”, “Inspiration, Motivation, and Jubilation in the Workplace”, and “What’s Happening in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare in Missouri” which will examine current legal, legislative, and political implications for system leadership.

“The Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., is the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., which dates its beginnings to 1988 and is now the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. Homeboy is a therapeutic community where those seeking to leave gang life behind can find hope and receive support to redefine their lives. In essence, Homeboy returns former gang members to their true selves. Fr. Boyle will speak about universal kinship and redemption, and how the healing power of unconditional love can remind us that no life is less valuable than another.”

Advanced Juvenile Law Track Hear from Legal Experts and Juvenile Justice Professionals on a variety of advanced juvenile law topics ranging from Termination of Parental Rights - Preparation and Trial; Cyber Law as well as Evidence Collection and Ethical Issues.

And many more AMAZING workshops to choose from!!

Here are a few Highlights:

Gangs and Social Enterprises: The Ethics of Kinship

Sex Trafficking and Prosecution

Domestic Violence a New Look

The MaleBox

Racial Equity ~ Beyond the Front Gate

Accident or Inflicted: Investigator you decide???

Reducing Recidivism: Aligning Juvenile Justice Programs with Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Principles (AKA, PUTTING ON MUSCLE)

Roles and Responsibilities of a Public Defender

Understanding and Utilizing the Custody Diversion Protocol

Our Mission: To Promote justice for children, youth and families...

Promoting justice for children, youth and families!!!

2017 SPRING educational Conference

MJJA Corporate Sponsors:

Preferred Family Healthcare

Heartland BHS

Piney Ridge

Two Rivers BHS

Great Circle

Lakeland BHS

SSM Behavioral Health

COMPASS Health

Family Counseling Center, Inc.

Thank You!!!

We couldn’t do it without you!!

The Crowne Plaza Downtown Kansas City

is offering a special group rate of $117 per night

available for conference attendees until April 21, 2017.

Make your reservations by calling 888-233-9527 and request the MJJA Conference rate or register online @

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* Self parking is $10.00 per car, per day for event parking and $19.00 per car, per day for overnight guests. * Valet parking is $14.00 per car, per day for event parking and $23.00 per car, per day for overnight guests.

Conference (Workshop) Registration Fees:

Member Rate: $225 Non-Member Rate: $295

Conference Day Rate: $125 Guest Fee for Meals Only: $100

Exhibitor Fee for State Agencies Only - $100 per

Representative (No Workshops)

Exhibitor Fee for Private Vendor Main Representative (required) - $400

Exhibitor Fee for Additional Representative (no Workshop) - $100

Exhibitor Fee for Additional Representative including

Workshops - (Member) $225

Exhibitor Fee for Additional Representative including

Workshops - (Non-Member) $295

Cooperate Sponsors: 2 Representatives - FREE!!

MO Bar accredited for Continuing Legal Education Credits - Pending

University of MO Columbia - School of Social Work CEUs - Pending

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

11:00 a.m. Registration Opens

1:00 p.m. Welcoming Remarks

Beverly Newman, MJJA Board President

1:30 p.m. Plenary: Lessons from the Field: Kinship as an Intervention

2:30 p.m. Refreshment Break

2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

WORKSHOP CHOICES:

Gangs and Social Enterprises: The Ethics of Kinship

Success Matters - Employment Law Basics and Beyond

Advanced Juvenile Law Workshop - TPR Preparation/Trial

Sex Trafficking and Prosecution

Opportunity Based Probation

5:00 p.m. President’s Reception MJJA Excellence in Juvenile Court Program Award

Thursday, May 25, 2017

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:15 a.m. Morning Welcome

Beverly Newman, MJJA Board President

8:30 a.m. Plenary: The Real Elephant in the Living Room: Why Juvenile Detention Reform must start

with Juvenile Boy Reform

10:00 a.m. Beverage Break

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

WORKSHOP CHOICES:

Domestic Violence a New Look

The MaleBox

Advanced Juvenile Law Workshop - TPR Preparation/Trial (Continued)

Success Matters - Elements of Effective Leadership

Racial Equity - Beyond the Front Gate 12:00 p.m. Lunch - Enjoy some Networking Time with Exhibitors and Attendees.

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

WORKSHOP CHOICES:

Accident or Inflicted: Investigator you decide??? And OK….. You have got this sex case…. Now What?

Reducing Recidivism: Aligning Juvenile Justice Programs with Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Principles (AKA, PUTTING ON MUSCLE) and

Reducing Recidivism: Core and Advance Practice Juvenile Justice Practices (AKA, PUTTING MUSCLE TO USE)

Advanced Juvenile Law Workshop - Cyber Law and Evidence Collection

Success Matters - Elements of Effective Leadership (Continued) and Inspiration, Motivation, and Jubilation in the Workplace

5:00 p.m. MJJA Raffle

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

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Friday, May 26, 2017

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Plenary: Missouri Juvenile Officer Performance Standards 2017

9:30 a.m. Break On Own

9:45 a.m. WORKSHOP CHOICES:

Success Matters - Advanced Juvenile Law Workshop - What’s Happening in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare in Missouri

Roles and Responsibilities of Public Defender

Understanding and Utilizing the Custody Diversion Protocol

11:30 a.m. Conference Adjourns

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Juvenile and Family Court Personnel Juvenile Detention Professionals

Judges Attorneys

Children’s Division Division of Youth Services

Law Enforcement Guardians ad Litem

Court Appointed Special Advocates Educators

Child Advocacy Centers Child Care Providers

Youth Service Professionals

Child Advocates Social Workers

Social Service Professionals Private Practitioners

School Representatives Parents

Community Leaders State Lawmakers

Policymakers School Resource Officers

Anyone with an interest in children

2017 Spring educational Conference

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