Crossover Youth

Red Lake Nation, Minnesota (2016 MSI)

• • Description: Develop a holistic, integrated System of Care model to increase the availability, quality, and coordination of services for crossover youth and their families. This System of Care model focuses on Ojibwe cultural teachings, trauma-informed care, and restorative justice practice. The team's strategies include:

    • Increasing the availability and coordination of mental health, substance use, parent education, and K-12 education supports.

    • Providing training on trauma-informed approaches and restorative practices to behavioral health, tribal courts, and school district staff.

    • Engaging Red Lake Tribal leadership and community members through focus groups and interviews to improve quality of services.

• • • Update (2018): Through SAMHSA's Red Lake Native Connections grant, the team is conducting a community systems analysis to gain a clear picture of the community needs and to develop a disparities impact statement. The team has also provided training on trauma-informed approach as well as diversion and restorative practices. In terms of system partnerships, the Red Lake Tiwahe team meets regularly to develop MOAs to improve collaboration between tribal, county, state, and federal providers. Furthermore, the Executive Tribal Administrator and the Red Lake Tiwahe team is working with NTTAC to review and expand data collection and information-sharing capacity.

• • Contacts:

• • • Stephanie Autumn, Consultant, Self Employed

    • David Conner, Self Governance Coordinator, Red Lake Nation

    • Muriel Dudley, Juvenile Facility/Recidivism Director, Red Lake Nation Children's Healing Center

    • Cheri Goodwin, Executive Director, Red Lake Family & Children Services

    • Ashley Kingbird, Family Advocacy Coordinator, Red Lake Nation Child Welfare

    • Dana Lyons, Captain, Red Lake Department of Public Safety

    • Alyss Mountain, Intervention Specialist, Red Lake Nation Children's Healing Center

    • Mary Ringhand, Judge, Red Lake Nation

Rockland County, New York (2016 MSI)

• • Description: Improve short and long-term outcomes for crossover youth and high–risk youth in North Rockland and BOCES school systems by: 1) Creating a system of care with multi-agency staff who are trained to identify early risk factors; 2) Establishing guidelines/triggers that initiate the referral process for a cross-system coordinated service offered by Partnership for Safe Youth (PSY); 3) Developing protective factors that help stabilize a student’s academic performance and behavior in the community; 4) Working with partners to develop cross-system policies and practices.

  • Contacts: 

• • • Amy Albers, Assistant Superintendent, Student Services Rockland BOCES

    • Marion Edra Breland, Coordinator of Behavioral Health Implementation for Rockland County, and Director of Youth and Family Services for the Village of Haverstraw Rockland County & Village of Haverstraw

    • Sherri Eisenpress, Family Court Judge, Acting Supreme Court Judge New York State Office of Court Administration

    • Barbara Gavin-Green, Director of Social Services Rockland County Department of Social Services

    • Tina Guccione, Supervising Assistant District Attorney Rockland County District Attorney's Office

    • Susan Hoerter, Medical Director Rockland County Department of Mental Health

    • Mary Jean Marsico, Chief Operating Officer / District Superintendent Rockland Board of Cooperative Educational Services

    • Judy Rosenthal, Executive Director, Fiscal & Program Operations, DA's Office Rockland County

San Bernardino, California (2016 MSI)

• • Description: Identify dually involved youth and review and improve the diversion process for crossover youth through reviewing historical and current data and examining effectiveness of dual status processes.

• • • Update (2018): The team is working to obtain buy-in and review data. The probation department is beginning to look at youth's trauma history, noting their individual needs. The team is also aiming to push for a culture change, putting together an implementation guide and facilitate conversations around trauma.

• • Contacts:

• • • Jessica Cuthbert, Supervising Social Service Practitioner County of San Bernardino

    • Deborah Donnelly, Interim Clinic Supervisor San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health

    • Michael Pagnini, Supervising Probation Officer, San Bernardino County Probation

San Rafael, California (2016 YIC)

• • Description: Facilitate the increased use of home-based foster care and short-term residential treatment centers in Marin County for probational youth who are ordered into the foster care system through improving family engagement, establishing community partnership, and training probation staff on the Continuing Care Reform legislation.

  • Contact: David Fahy, Senior Deputy Probation Officer, Marin County Probation

Idaho (2015 MSI)

• • • Description: Strengthen system integration for agencies working with crossover youth model through: 1) In-depth case reviews to develop a heightened understanding of the policies, practices, and key decision points that lead to youth's dual involvement, and 2) Executing an MOU between the courts and Department of Health and Welfare that allows for a unique child identification number, which will facilitate better tracking of children in the child welfare system.

• • Contacts:

• • • Judge Mark Ingram, Lincoln County

    • Judge Bryan Murray, Bannock County

    • Debbie Alsaker-Burke, Child Protection Manager - Idaho Supreme Court

    • Treena Clark, Program Specialist, Policy Unit - Division of Behavioral Health

    • Sharon Harrigfeld, Director - Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections

    • Sara Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender - State of Idaho

    • Miren Unsworth, Deputy Administrator - Department of Health and Welfare

New York City, New York (2015 MSI)

• • • Description: To generate awareness and understanding of the needs of the crossover youth population and strengthen collaboration between the multiple systems involved through writing a briefing paper that focuses on raising awareness of the mental health, housing, education and disproportionality issues for crossover youth and creating a work group with internal and external partners to promote the need for supportive services and create a peer-to-peer mentoring service for crossover youth.

• • Contacts:

• • • Kelly Acevedo, Associate Commissioner, NYC Administration for Children's Services

    • Babette Spain, Special Project Coordinator, NYC Administration for Children's Services

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2015 MSI)

• • Description: To develop a streamlined process to identify crossover youth and connect them to collaborative services to improve outcomes through establishing relationships with key stakeholders, piloting a program in Oklahoma County that identifies and assesses the needs of crossover youth, and implementing new programming and collaborative services through a detailed service map that includes the development of new policies and procedures.

  • Contacts:

• • • Judge Cassandra Williams, Special District Court Judge, OK Supreme Court

    • Brandon Crawford, Research Assistant, OK Department of Human Services

    • Brett Hayes, Program Assistant Administrator, OK Department of Human Services

    • Nicholas Petschel, STREET Grant Project, OK Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

    • Jonathan Roberts, Director, Be the Change

    • Shannon Lee, Project Director, OK Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

    • Jacqueline McDaniel, Program Supervisor, OK Department of Human Services (Position when attending the CJJR Certificate Program) *NOTE* Jacqueline is currently the Director of Program Development and Outreach, Youth Services for Oklahoma County, Inc.

    • Shelley Walter, Deputy Division Director, OK Office of Juvenile Affairs

Virginia Beach, Virginia (2015 MSI)

• • Description: To improve outcomes for youth that crossover from the child welfare system into the juvenile justice system, with a particular focus on educational outcomes. The project aims to 1) identify crossover youth who are having school performance issues, 2) develop an information-sharing platform between the child welfare system, public schools, court services unit, police and the judiciary, 3) create a family centered multi- disciplinary team and an individual education plan for each crossover youth, 4) enhance the police department’s data collection process for crossover youth, and 5) provide the judiciary with education and tools to help promote desirable and consistent outcomes for crossover youth. 

    • • Update (2019): The VA Beach City Attorney's Office developed an MOU to share youth information, which was consequently signed by the VA Beach City Public Schools, District Court, Police Department, and the Department of Human Services. The MOU serves as a critical stepping stone in advancing the team's Capstone Project, and the team continues to improve identification of crossover youth and develop prevention strategies targeting the crossover youth population.

      • Update (2024): Most of the team has moved on to other roles or retired, but the team members continue to work to prevent crossover for youth in their systems.

  • Contacts: 

• • • Judge Tanya Bullock, Judge, Supreme Court of Virginia

    • Jobynia Caldwell, Director of Equity Affairs, Virginia Beach City Public Schools

    • Laura Kaiser, Police Captain, City of Virginia Beach

    • Olymphia Perkins, Court Services Unit Director, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice

    • Aileen Smith, Virginia Beach CSB Deputy, Department of Human Services

    • Gailyn Thomas, Deputy Director of Social Services, Virginia Beach Department of Human Services

Sedgwick County, Kansas (2014 MSI)

• • Description: Streamline court process for crossover youth. Restructure the process map that is followed by a Child In Need of Care (CINC) when they enter the juvenile justice system, following the tenets of CYPM.  This includes increasing the frequency with which the risk assessment is administered, implementing multi-disciplinary team-like meetings, and other changes.

• • • Update (2016): Sedgwick County is now a full CYPM site. The team has developed and adapted a series of standardized lists, forms, charts, and tools to streamline the implementation of CYPM processes. 

    • Update (2024): The team recently implemented a Crossover Youth Facilitator that is an employee of the child welfare agency but is housed at the Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center. This Facilitator directly supports crossover youth and has access to information from both agencies. Multiagency meetings are held to discuss crossover youth and trainings have been implemented to educate professionals from different agencies. Additional trainings have been provided by CYPM staff to develop an integrated response team. This training has helped to bridge communication gaps in the system. The team is working to implement an Individualized Justice Plan, which strives to bring communities, families, and supportive agencies together to prevent youth with developmental and mental health needs from experiencing negative interactions with law enforcement. The team is also tracking crossover youth demographics and needs assessments to inform improvements to current systems.

• • Contacts:

• • • Clayton Bishop, COMCARE Children's Team Supervisor, LCMFT *NOTE* Clayton is no longer involved in Sedgwick County's Capstone work.

    • Lanora Franck, Juvenile Justice Education Liaison, Sedgwick County Department of Corrections

    • Vickie McArthur, Clinical Director, St. Francis Community Services

    • Karen Palmer, Staff Attorney, St. Francis Community Services

    • Kristin Peterman, Foster Care Contract Administrator, Kansas Department for Children and Families

    • Steven Stonehouse, Deputy Director for Corrections Programs, Sedgwick County Department of Corrections

Oneida County, New York (2014 ISCP)

• • Description: Create an MOU to facilitate data-sharing that will be needed in order to support their implementation of a diversion program, focusing on youth age 16-18 (who are currently in adult court in NY). The MOU will also formalize current information sharing procedures and standards, to ensure that they will continue even when current administrators retire. It may also expand upon current information sharing, while also ensuring that it is legally permissible. 

• • • Update (2016): The team developed an MOU and created the Oneida County Arrest Diversion Governing Board (ADGB) that handles operation and legal aspects of information sharing in the jurisdiction. The team also created a legislation subcommittee as part of the ADGB to establish pilot legislation for the Arrest Diversion Program. On a related note, Oneida County has scaled up their School-Based Arrest Diversion Program to include more partners at the table and plan to roll out a community arrest diversion program at the end of 2016. Since inception, total of 14 youth has successfully completed the program. 

• • Contacts: 

• • • Randal Caldwell, Honorable Randal Caldwell-New York State

    • Colleen Fahy-Box, Deputy Commissioner-Oneida County Department of Social Services

    • James Franco, Director of Operations - Utica Safe Schools Healthy Students Partnership, Inc.

    • Anne Lansing, Executive Director - Utica Safe Schools Healthy Students Partnership, Inc.

    • John Syrotynski, Director of Security - Utica City School District

    • David Tomidy, Director of Probation - Oneida County

Arizona (March 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: Develop MOUs and data sharing capacities.

• • • Update (2015): The MOU and LOU were developed and are being executed with Maricopa County Education Services' collaborative justice partners and 41 community schools. In addition, Derrick and his team designed and implemented release of information and consent forms. As a result of improved data sharing, there is an increased discussion and communication on recidivism and system challenges within Maricopa County youth-serving agencies, as well as an improved efficiency to share educational records and enroll youth in schools.

• • Contact: Derrick Platt, Regional Coordinator - Maricopa County Educational Services Agency

Illinois (March 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: Early identification of crossover youth through MOUs.

  • Contact: Juliana Stratton, Executive Director, Justice Advisory Council - Cook County

Maryland (Dec. 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: Sharing education data for foster children served in the child welfare and juvenile services, as well as sharing education data in the Interagency LINKS (Linking Information to eNhance Knowledge). The team will solidify data sharing protocols and file structure, and develop a MOU.

  • Contacts:

• • • David Ayer, Deputy Executive Director of Operations - Maryland DHR Social Services Administration

    • Janice Johnson, Director, Accountability and Data Systems - Maryland State Department of Education

    • John McGinnis, Pupil Personnel & School Social Worker Specialist - Maryland State Department of Education

    • Jacqueline Powell, Education/Health Policy Analyst - Maryland Department of Human Resources

    • Terry Shaw, Assistant Professor - University of Maryland, School of Social Work

    • Tracy Watkins-Tribbitt, Director - Foster Care Court Improvement Project - Maryland Judiciary

Massachusetts (Dec. 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: 1) Update MOU and case management computer system so that education information can be shared between education, child welfare, and juvenile court. 2) Collect and analyze data on school mobility and outcomes. 3) Identify policy implications.

• • • Update (2016): The team worked with the RFK National Resource Center to develop the guide and is in the process of completing the draft. The team also released an RFP to study educational experiences and outcomes for students involved in juvenile dependency proceedings in MA, and is working with the School of Social Work at Boston University to analyze data.

• • Contacts:

• • • Amy Karp, Training Director - Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services

    • Melanie Malcolm, Child Welfare Data Analyst - Massachusetts Trial Court

    • Ilene Mitchell, Case Manager - Massachusetts Trial Court

    • Sally Padden, First Justice of Essex County Juvenile Court - Massachusetts Trial Court

    • Andrew Rome, Deputy General Counsel - Department of Children and Family Services

    • Craig Weller, Supervisor of Data Analysis and Reporting - Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Texas (Dec. 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: To assess the current school mobility among foster students, the team will track changes in foster care students' school placements in Texas through the collaboration between the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS).

• • • Update (2015): The team has developed a shared definition and a clear method to measure school mobility; the team has also developed cross-tabs to compare educational outcomes for foster care students. As a result of these initiatives, the team has established a stronger collaboration between education, child welfare, and court systems in Texas, and a Foster Care and Education Committee was created to oversee the implementation of the Texas Blueprint report. Last but not least, Bill 3748, which requires the development of a data-sharing MOU between the state child welfare and higher education agencies, was passed.

• • Contacts:

• • • Denise Brady, Senior Policy Attorney - Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

    • Kelly Kravitz, Foster Care Education and Policy/Title 1 Part D Coordinator - Texas Education Agency

    • Tiffany Roper, Assistant Director - Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families

    • Nina Taylor, Director of Information Analysis, Research and Analysis Division - Texas Education Agency

    • Catherine Walsh, Independent Consultant - Results for Children

New York (2012 ISCP)

• • Description: Gather and summarize laws and MOUs surrounding confidentiality; train staff.

  • Contacts:

• • • Kathleen DeCataldo, Executive Director, New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children - New York State Office of Court Administration

    • Lisa Grumet, Chief of Policy and Planning, Family Court Division - New York City Law Department

    • Sara Hemmeter, Associate Commissioner for Family and Youth Justice Programs - Administration for Children's Services

    • Sarah Sandelius, Executive Director of Policy and Student Advocacy - New York City Department of Education

    • Maryanne Schretzman, Executive Director, Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence - New York City Office of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services

    • Meridith Sopher, Director of Child Welfare Training - The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice

Bronx, New York City (Oct. 2012 MSI)

• • Description: Evaluate current protocol to ensure that all dually involved youth are identified at the point of arrest (eg: survey families and staff on their experiences, use mapping, etc.). This is intended to support the coming implementation of CYPM.

  • Contact: Gineen Gray, Associate Commissioner - New York City Department of Probation

Onondaga County, New York (Oct. 2012 MSI)

• • Description: Implement Crossover Youth Practice Model: improve data collection and availability of information, and develop work groups to focus on each practice area of the CYPM. Basically, they are forming five work groups, one for each area of CYPM implementation, and assigning appropriate tasks to each. Also, working with Syracuse University to develop risk assessment (of crossing over).

    • Update (2024): The team's final Capstone Project focused on the creation of the Department of Children and Family Services, which groups all youth-serving agencies under one roof to better support cross-system and dual system-involved youth and families. This was driven in part by county involvement in educational issues and data illustrating that county departments were not aligned to coordinate interventions and resources to maximize benefits for youth and families. While positive interdepartmental relationships existed, the team found that coordination between agencies was lacking due to differing goals, protocols, and priorities.

The team started with a review of how other counties in New York were organized and many discussions about what a realignment would mean for each department. The team brought in the Department of Law, Personnel Department, and Department of Management and Budget to assist with planning and execution. The County Executive mentioned this restructuring in a public forum in March 2013, and the notion of realignment was well-received by the public. In September 2013, the Department of Management and Budget and the County Executive's office presented a proposal for the restructuring to the County Legislature, highlighting the reasons for the realignment and that no one would lose their job as a result. The proposal was approved, and leadership teams in each of the realigned departments were formed to determine how each department would approach the realignment. 

Ultimately, the reorganization has allowed formore collaboration between departments and has helped the county take a more holistic and results-based accountability approach to services.

• • Contacts:

• • • Lisa Alford, Commissioner of Aging and Youth - Onondaga County

    • James Czarniak, Director of Juvenile Justice - Onondaga County

    • Robert "Bob" Long, Commissioner of Mental Health - Onondaga County

    • Linda Lopez, OnCare Project Director (Onondaga County System of Care) - Onondaga County System of Care/CCSI

    • Cynthia Morrow, Commissioner of Health - Onondaga County

    • Ann Rooney, Deputy County Executive for Human Services - Onondaga County

    • David Sutkowy, Commissioner - Onondaga County Department of Social Services

Missouri Team (Oct. 2012 MSI)

• • Description: Develop a toolkit of standards, best-practices, and assessment tools to guide all jurisdictions in the state in aligning their diversion programs; Implement a truancy prevention program in a pilot school district to prevent court-involvement, in which a case manager will look into reasons behind truancy and connect the youth with appropriate services.

• • • Update (2015): Some aspects of the project has changed and merged into the Crossover Youth Practice Model (CYPM) work. CYPM will be piloted in two communities as a larger overarching initiative. As part of the planning process, teams and partners will map out 40 youth's life history, review their system involvement, and identify any missed opportunities for agencies to provide support. Given the high number of assessment tools already in place within Children's Division, the team will not develop a separate risk assessment tool. However, the team plans to take an inventory of the information related to risk factors for crossing over from child welfare to juvenile justice.

• • Contacts:

    • • Patricia Breckenridge, Judge - Supreme Court of Missouri

      • Patricia (Patsy) Carter, Director, Children's Clinical Services - Missouri Department of Mental Health

      • Tim Decker, Director - Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Youth Services

      • Tyrone Flowers, Founder and President - Higher M-Pact

      • Anne Dannerbeck Janku, Research Manager - Office of State Courts Administrator

• • • • Candace Shively, Director - Missouri Department of Social Services, Children's Division

      • Tammy Walden, Chief Juvenile Officer - 26th Judicial Circuit, Family Court/Juvenile Division

Tennessee (Oct. 2012 MSI)

• • Description: Develop programs and initiatives to prevent youth from crossing over from child welfare to juvenile justice.

• • • Update (2015): The team has consistently meet every other month and narrowed the focus to supporting parents through providing parenting classes, referrals to resources, counseling referrals, and community outreach. The team is also reviewing interventions specific to youth that are effective in reducing truancy, teenage pregnancy, and delinquency. 

• • Contacts:

• • • Donna Davenport, Juvenile Judge - Rutherford County

    • Deirdre Lackey, Team Coordinator - Tennessee Department of Children's Services

    • Susan Mitchell, Executive Director, Network Development - Tennessee Department of Children's Services

    • Rebecca Partin, Case Manager 2 - Tennessee Department of Children's Services

    • Patricia Reneau, Truancy Officer - Rutherford County Schools

Arizona (July 2012 MSI - Public)

• • Description: To create a cross-system discussion and training forum, map finances, analyze gaps, and develop a Crossover Youth Practice Model (CYPM).

• • • Update (2015): The team hosted an Interconnected Journey: The Impact of Multiple Systems Partnering for Progress in September 2012, and the information gathered served as a foundation for the AZ CYPM. Maricopa County served as the Capstone site, and the Capstone Project has become part of the AZ CYPM work.

• • Contacts:

• • • Craig Blakey, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona - State of Arizona, Maricopa County

    • Chad Campbell, Director, Juvenile Justice Services Division - Arizona Supreme Court

    • Caroline Lautt-Owens, Director, Dependent Children's Services Division - Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts

    • Stacy Reinstein, Deputy Child Welfare Administrator - Department of Economic Security, Division of Children, Youth and Families

    • Beth Rosenberg, Director of Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice - Children's Action Alliance

    • Sara Salek, Medical Director of Children's Services - Division of Behavioral Health Services, Arizona Department of Health Services

    • Katrina Suell, Community Services Administrator - Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

Broward County, Florida (2011 MSI - Private)

• • Description: Analyze data to determine the needs of the crossover youth population and create a diversion process for crossover youth so their needs are met and they do not penetrate the juvenile justice system any further.

  • Contact: Myriam Campo-Goldman, President/CEO - Harmony Development Center

Minnesota (multiple counties) (July 2011 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Facilitate implementation of the Crossover Youth Practice Model in Minnesota by convening trainings and networking sessions (ie. a learning collaborative) with five Minnesota counties that have expressed interest in the model.  This builds on the work of previous fellow Cheryl Kraeger who had John Tuell and Shay come present in MN on the CYPM.

  • Contact: Susan Ault, Senior Director - Casey Family Programs

Hennepin County, Minnesota (July 2011 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Implement the Crossover Youth Practice Model to improve coordinated case management for youth who cross over between the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Includes the following components: 1) draft a Judicial order authorizing information sharing between DOCCR and HSPHD for the purpose of this project; 2) develop a JJ intake protocol to identify crossover youth; 3) coordinate joint case assessments; 4) develop a case coordination protocol/policy; 5) develop policy/protocol for joint case planning and review; 6) one judge/one family.

  • Contacts:

• • • Jerome Driessen, Area Director - Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections, Juvenile Services

    • Michelle Finstad, Program Manager - Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department

    • Judy Johnston, Managing Senior Attorney - Hennepin County Attorney's Office

    • Lisa McNaughton, Managing Attorney - Hennepin County 4th Judicial District Public Defenders' Office

    • Kathryn Quaintance, Presiding Judge of Juvenile Court - State of Minnesota

Jackson County, Oregon (July 2011 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Write and distribute a paper to key Jackson County stakeholders with recommendations regarding how various ongoing projects/efforts in the county can improve their services to reduce the risk of youth crossing over and better meet the needs of youth once they do crossover. These recommendations cover risk-assessment (namely abuse) to identify youth in a truancy prevention program who are risk of crossing over, and to prevent further juvenile justice involvement for crossover youth in wraparound services. This involves gathering data, conducting training, and undertaking case analysis for service mapping.

  • Contact: Angela Curtis, Executive Director - Jackson County Commission on Children and Families

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (Oct. 2011 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Control the use of secure detention for child welfare youth. Identify crossover youth as either DSO (deinstitutionalization of status offenders) or general crossover youth and perform systematic screenings to ensure that each is treated according to protocol. Develop alternative approaches to dealing with youth at high risk of running away (for which they will try to create a profile based on data). Pilot joint assessment, case management/planning for crossover youth.

  • Contacts:

• • • Laura Goba, Community Supports Program Manager - Children's Service Society of Wisconsin

    • Lynn Halmar, Program Director, Ongoing Case Management - Integrated Family Services

    • Eric Meaux, Administrator, Delinquency and Court Services Division - Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services

    • Mary Sowinski, Assistant District Attorney/CHIPS & TPR Team Captain - Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office

Albany, New York (2010 MSI - Private)

• • Description: Collect data on crossover youth, how they are treated by the court, and placements. This information may lead to coordinated service initiatives, better placement options and decisions, and information sharing to identify and serve crossover youth moving forward.

  • Contact: Linda Wright, Northern Regional Home and Community Based Services Waiver Coordinator - Parsons Child and Family Center

Bronx, NY (2010 MSI - Private)

• • Description:  Raise awareness about crossover youths by having program alumni write about their experience.

  • Contact: Victoria Sammartino, Executive Director - Voices UnBroken

Indianapolis, IN (2010 MSI - Private)

• • Description: Develop a diversion program to help crossover youth experience a seamless transition to school, home, and community that is culturally sensitive, individualized, and increase equal opportunities to succeed re-entry. The program's primary goal is to decrease academic failure when they return to traditional school settings from supervised community-based or structured residential care.

• • • Update (2012): The diversion program was implemented in July 2011, and Linda is working to increase enrollment through community awareness initiatives.

• • Contact: Linda Lipscomb, President/Founder, Transitional Assistance Services, Inc.

San Francisco, CA (2010 MSI - Private)

• • Description: Identify crossover youth served by the participant's organization, which provides wraparound services for youth involved in child welfare and/or juvenile justice. Gain access to this information, track it, and then use it to collect data. Do the same for youth currently involved only in child welfare but at risk of crossing over. 

  • Contact: Lauren Brinkman, Collaborative Court Intensive Case Management Program Supervisor - Seneca Center for Children and Families

San Diego, California (2010 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Identify, collect data on, and then provide targeted services to CW-involved youth detained in curfew sweeps.

  • Contact: Lynne Sharpe-Underwood, Executive Director - San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention *NOTE* Lynne is no longer with the agency.

Cook County, Illinois (2010 MSI - Public) 

• • Description: Implement assessment to identify crossover youth (under broadest definition) and modify current multi-disciplinary services to be specifically targeted for these youth.

  • Contacts: 

• • • Beth Compton, Chief Legal Advisor - Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice James R. Thompson Center

    • Debra Ferguson, Assoc. Deputy Director for Forensics - Juvenile Forensics, DHS Division of Mental Health

    • Denice Murray, Executive Deputy Director - Illinois Department of Children and Family Services James R. Thompson Center

    • Lorrie Rickman Jones, Director - DHS Division of Mental Health 

    • George Timberlake, Policy Consultant, Retired Chief Circuit Judge - Jefferson Policy Consultants

Connecticut (2009 MSI)

• • Description: Ensure that successful identification, screening, and case-planning protocols and treatment options for target youth (some of whom are crossover youth) - as outlined by the Emily J. Settlement Agreement - become ongoing  Department of Children and Families practice. Target youth include children incarcerated on a pre-trial basis, who are at imminent risk for residential placement at the time of sentencing, and who can be diverted from residential treatment through comprehensive community-based treatment and joint case planning. Accomplish this by revising current MOU and corresponding services and mechanisms.

  • Contact:

• • • Anne McIntyre-Lahner, Program Director - Interagency Strategic Planning and Coordination, State of Connecticut, Department of Children and Families

Rankin County, MS (2009 MSI)

• • Description: Implement a community-based early intervention and treatment plan to reduce delinquent behavior and build upon strengths of crossover youth in order to ultimately prevent at-risk foster youth and status offenders from penetrating the juvenile delinquency system. Screen families based on probability of continuing abuse (extracted from Structured Decision Making Model).

  • Contact: Thomas Broome, County Court Judge - Rankin County

Vermont (2009 MSI)

• • Description: Establish common values, principles and definitions in order to develop an integrated child welfare and juvenile justice practice model that will help reduce crossover and improve outcomes for crossover youth. Evaluate the success of the practice model.

  • Contact: Stacy Jolles, Juvenile Justice Director - State of Vermont

District of Columbia (2008 MSI CPI)

• • Description: Collect data on crossover youth and develop resource guide, MOU, and protocols to improve services to these youth.

  • Contact: David Muhammed, Chief of Committed Services - Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services

Massachusetts (2008 MSI CPI)

• • Description: Research penetration of CW-involved youths into MA JJ system, then compare that to non-CW youth. Use this research to increase awareness of crossover youth in her jurisdiction and to sponsor a Skadden fellowships. 

  • Contact: Barbara Kaban, Deputy Director/Director Res. And Policy - Children's Law Center of Massachusetts