Kentucky

2017 YIC Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

Contacts:

William Codell, Assistant General Counsel, KY Department of Juvenile Justice

Steve Gold, Henderson County Attorney, Commonwealth of KY

Sherlonda Gray, Corrections Instructor/Coordinator II, KY Department of Juvenile Justice

LaShana Harris, Executive Assistant Director, KY Department of Juvenile Justice

Gregory Lundy, Juvenile Facility Superintendent, KY Department of Juvenile Justice

Lori Bradbury Robinson, Licensed Psychologist/Program Administrator, KY Department of Juvenile Justice

Alichia Stanley, Superintendent, KY Department of Juvenile Justice

Samantha Woods, Division Director KY Department of Juvenile Justice

Capstone Description:

Build a sustainable and comprehensive therapeutic treatment system within the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice Youth Development Centers. The main elements of project include:

1. Integrating valid and reliable screening and assessment tools.

2. Adopting evidence-based programs and interventions.

3. Developing trainings and professional development programming for staff.

4. Tracking project outcomes.

Capstone Update (2024):

The Kentucky Team continues to incorporate evidence-based programming into their services. Kentucky DJJ is currently working to bolster residential programming. Additionally, ART has been incorporated into several of their Youth Development Centers and DJJ now uses the YASI for screening and assessment. DJJ also has an Evidence-Based Practices Team that monitors programming.

2010 MSI (Public) Participant

Contact:

Alfreddie Hasan Davis, Deputy Commissioner of Operations - Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

Capstone Description:

Establish committee of pre-existing advisory board focused on early identification of traumatized children in CW, predicting risk of and preventing delinquency.

2018 RED Christian County, KY Team 

Contacts: 

Rachel Bingham, Executive Officer Administrative Office of the Courts

Edward Palmer, Community and Youth Activist/Certified Diversity Trainer/Pastor

Capstone Description:

The team seeks to address the overrepresentation of youth of color that have been identified as having special education needs and/or services. Key strategies include developing and implementing trauma-informed care practices, enhancing efforts to engage families by using a culturally sensitive and multi-disciplinary approach, and providing wrap-around services.

Capstone Update (2019):

Using Christian County as a pilot site, the Kentucky team has completed service mapping to identify resource and service gaps available for their target population. They have also coordinated RED and trauma-related trainings to school staff, law enforcement officers, and community members. Between 2018 and 2019, the team overall found a 15% reduction (368 in 2018 vs. 313 in 2019) in complaints filed against youth between January and June. In 2018, 38% (140) of the complaints were filed against white youth, and 51% (188) of the complaints were against African American youth. In 2019, there is a decrease in the number of complaints filed for both white and African American youth, but there is a greater reduction for African American youth - 42% (133) of the complaints were filed against white youth, and 46% (143) were filed against African American youth. Similar reduction in the representation of African American youth in detention is observed.