JJPOC 2017 – 2018 Meeting Information
Meeting DatesMaterialsJune 2018 Agenda Meeting Minutes PowerPoint Youth Homelessness Issue Brief May 2018 Agenda Meeting Minutes PowerPoint 2018 Legislation Passed Announcement April 2018 Agenda Meeting Minutes PowerPoint Close to Home Issue Brief Final 4-9-18 Long term effects of Trauma on a Child Issue Brief March 2018Meeting CanceledFebruary 2018 Agenda PowerPoint January 2018 Agenda Meeting Minutes [...]
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JJPOC 2018 – 2019 Meeting Information
Meeting DatesMaterialsJune 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes PowerPoint JJPOC Bill Highlights Technical Assistance Summary Steven Hoffler Bio May 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes PowerPoint Community-based Interventions Meet and Greet Invitation Invitation to CSG Site-visit for Task Force Members JJPOC MH Presentation Garcia Sex Trafficking Issue Brief 4-18-19 April 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes PowerPoint More States Need to [...]
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JJPOC Membership
Appointing Authority Appointee/DesigneeStatuteMember of the General Assembly selected jointly by the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate(Co-chair) Rep. Toni Walker Co-chair, Appropriations Committee Legislative Office Building Room 2702 Hartford, CT 06106 Toni.Walker@cga.ct.govThe Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, and a member [...]
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JJPOC Successes
Today, Connecticut is widely considered a model for how a state can improve its juvenile justice system, while improving public safety and overall youth outcomes. Increasingly, youth charged with minor offenses are diverted from court involvement, and may instead receive behavioral health supports and other programming proven effective. For youth involved in the court system, [...]
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Legislation
Legislation Connecticut is widely considered a model for how a state can improve its juvenile justice system, while improving public safety and overall youth outcomes. Increasingly, youth charged with minor offenses are diverted from court involvement, and may instead receive behavioral health supports and other programming proven effective. For youth involved in the court system, [...]
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JJPOC Meeting Dates
Meeting DateMaterialsJune 2020 Agenda Meeting Minutes PowerPoint Judicial Branch Regions Update May 2020 Agenda PowerPoint DOC COVID Stats 5-14 Master File - Manson Youth Institution COVID-19 Juvenile Detention Status Report DCF Update on COVID-19 Planning Operations Meeting Minutes April 2020Meeting Canceled Due to PandemicMarch 2020Meeting Canceled Due to PandemicFebruary 2020 Agenda Meeting Minutes PowerPoint Proposed [...]
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JJPOC 2021 – 2024 Strategic Plan
To build on the progress achieved so far, the JJPOC, in partnership with the Tow Youth Justice Institute at the University of New Haven, worked over the course of the last six months on developing a new strategic plan for the next three years (2021 to 2024) that continues the four goals outlined in the [...]
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Significant Changes to the Juvenile Justice System
The following changes are the result of efforts of the JJPOC and others through executive and legislative leadership. Closing Connecticut Juvenile Training School In December 2015, Governor Dannel Malloy announced his desire to close the Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS) by July 2018. The facility opened in 2001 with a maximum capacity of over 230 [...]
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