Operationalizing APPA’s, "10 Core Principles for Juvenile Probation"
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SESSION INFO

Saturday, June 29, 2024
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Session Type: Workshop
This is the first of three connected but stand-alone workshops. Participants are encouraged to attend all three but can take any workshop independently without participating in others. Through the work of a juvenile justice subcommittee and past president D. Brian Lovins, the American Probation and Parole Association adopted a vision and 10 Core Principles for Juvenile Probation--rooted in adolescent development, inclusion and equity. This workshop will cover three areas: (1) we will unpack and review the 10 core principles and how they are consistent with what the science tells us about working with adolescents; (2) we will hear about living examples on operationalizing these principles into practice, highlighting the work of Pierce County, Washington; and, finally, (3) we will spend some time interactively discussing strategies and approaches that APPA can take to ensure these principles are applied and maximized throughout the probation profession and with key stakeholders.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Travis Johnson
Program Associate, American Probation and Parole Association


American Probation and Parole Association, Lexington, KY Program Associate 2016-present • Conducted on-site training sessions for 9 APPA professional development institutes while also conducting meetings with grant partners • Coordinated with APPA partners and provided logistical support for creation of webinar content at onset of online training institute. Collected community feedback for adaption of subsequent online training programs. • Scheduled and coordinated recordings of virtual training workshops for 3 virtual institutes. • Conducted outreach to qualified trainers to present at APPA institutes • Developed written products (e.g., reports, articles, briefs, research memos, presentations, etc.) for both grants and membership services departments • Obtained new funding opportunities through positive working relationships with government and private agencies, creation of grant proposals and execution of deliverables • Prepared and monitored timelines, budgets, progress reports, and deliverables to ensure that responsibilities to funders are met in assigned project areas • Maintains training record for programs such as Impaired Driver Assessment, Tribal Law and Order Act, and the Tribal Intergovernmental Reentry Workshops.

Opal West
Senior Associate, The Annie E. Casey Foundation


Opal West is a senior associate with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. As part of the Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Strategy Group, her work focuses on youth probation, the disposition most often imposed on young people who enter our nation’s juvenile justice system. West is helping to transform youth probation nationally into a focused intervention that promotes personal growth and long-term success for youth who pose significant risks for serious offending. Also, she guides juvenile justice agencies to treat families as partners. West began her career as a juvenile probation and parole officer in Louisiana. Working for state government there, she led efforts to improve conditions of confinement in detention centers across the state. She also led statewide expansion efforts for the JDAI® approach to building a better and more equitable youth justice system and was appointed to serve on a task force to develop standards of care for state-run secure facilities and local detention centers. West is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

Marcus White
USPO, US Probation Office - WDPA


Marcus White is a credible mentor with Pierce County Juvenile Court. He knows first-hand the overwhelming challenges growing up in inner-city communities and succeeding against all odds. He spent most of his childhood in juvenile detention, group homes and institutions, where he got a second chance at life. He took advantage of every program the DOC had to offer, turning his place of prison into a campus of education. Seventeen years later, he was a new man ready to take on society, obtaining a career as a Union carpenter, becoming a homeowner, father, entrepreneur, mentor, and an inspirational figure in the community he was once a menace to.