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Youth Justice

Your Resource as a Youth Justice Grantee

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) recently funded community partnerships to divert youth from justice referrals. The funding was allocated under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. The purpose of the program is to develop diversion alternatives in communities from the youth justice system.
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The goals of this program are to enhance collaboration and coordination of substance use screening, assessment, intervention, and treatment among schools/school districts, mental and substance use health specialists, law enforcement, and youth justice officials at the local level; to ensure families have the support and training necessary to divert youth from the justice system; to develop a shared evidence-based process for screening, assessment, intervention, and treatment before delinquency; and avoid referring students with mental health and substance use disorders to law enforcement.

Website Purpose

As specified in the GFO, grantees will be required to engage in the following training activities:
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder screening, training, and outreach activities.
  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome screening, training, and outreach activities.
  • Project evaluation.
  • Addressing health concerns in the juvenile population such as underage drinking, opioid use, methamphetamine use, and lead paint toxicity.

This website will be your resource to access training events and activities as well as find training recordings and materials after each event. 

Topic Areas

Click on each button below to access topic related training resources. 
FASD
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Meetings
Youth Justice Grantees have monthly meetings. Every other month is a grantee meeting or a training meeting.

Scroll down for more information on the upcoming training!
Youth Justice Training
February 14, 2023
10am-11am CST
Topic: Fentanyl Prevention Training (National Perspective)
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March 14, 2023
10AM-11AM CST
Topic: LGBTQ+ Understanding Gender Dysphoria in Youth 
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by Ricardo Wynn
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May 9, 2023
10am-11am CST
Topic: ​Vaping
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July 11, 2023
10am-11am CST
Topic: Collaboration Part 1: How to build a collaborative
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​In Person Event
at Kalahari for Prevention Conference
September 12, 2023
10am-5pm CST
Topic: Collaboration Part 2 and Data Presentation by Raylette Johnson
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November 14, 2023
10am-11am CST
​topic coming soon
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Youth Justice Grantee Meeting
April 11, 2023
June 13, 2023
August 15, 2023
October 10, 2023
December 12, 2023
More Information on the Upcoming Training
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February 14, 2023
​10am-11am CST
Topic: Fentanyl Prevention Training (National Perspective)
​Speaker: Jake Nichols, Pharm.D., MBA 

Jake Nichols is a pharmacist in long-term recovery with extensive experience in community pharmacy, academia, primary care, managed care, and pharmaceutical industry. He specializes in the treatment of substances use disorders, with a focus on medication for addiction treatment. He speaks regularly at conferences across the country, highlighting his experiences as a patient, along with the importance and value of treatment. Through his fifteen-year struggle with substance use, he found his calling in the field and has dedicated his career to helping patients and their families suffering from this debilitating chronic disease. By providing clinical support for clinicians treating patients with substance use disorder and serving as a vocal advocate for treatment, Jake has established himself as a key resource within the field. Dr. Nichols has shared the story of his own struggles with addiction at well over 200 pharmacy, nursing, and medical schools across the country. He also regularly facilitates patient and parent support groups. Jake is currently the Co-founder, President and CEO at Renovo Health, which offers clinicians evidence-based tools and support to enhance patient outcomes. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 2000 and his master’s degree in Business Administration from UMass Boston in 2007.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-nichols-5b34517 

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Resources

Collaboration Tools 

From Handshake to Compact: Guidance to Foster Collaborative, Multimodal Decision Making. This is a self assessment tool for existing collaboratives.

A Collaboration Self-Assessment Checklist​

Collaboration Self-Assessment Checklist (another option)
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Updated Client Right Materials
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The Client Rights Office has published new materials on the DHS website.

Rights of Minors: Outpatient Behavioral Health Treatment (Brochure)
This brochure replaces the "Rights of Children and Adolescents in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment" publication. It is available in English, Hmong, and Spanish.

Rights of Minors: Outpatient Behavioral Health Treatment (One-Page Flyer)
This one-page flyer is a new publication. It highlights the key points in the "Rights of Minors: Outpatient Behavioral Health Treatment" brochure. It is available in English, Hmong, and Spanish.

Client Rights Specialist Training
The client rights specialist training has been updated. Thank you for your patience and understanding while the client rights specialist training was not available. 
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Visit the Client Rights Office webpages on the DHS website for more information on client rights.

Meeting Archives
Please click on the + sign to the right of the date to access any archived materials. 
February 16, 2021
Slides                 Checklist                        Data Tracker                    Collaboration Checklist
March 16, 2021
Agenda
April 20, 2021
Slides
May 18, 2021
Slides    Video Archive
June 15, 2021
Slides
July 20, 2021
Slides      Video Archive
September 14, 2021
Video Archive
November 14, 2021
Video Archive
February 8, 2022
Slide Template
June 14, 2022
Grant Application and Self Care Recording
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Funding for this website and programs were made possible (in part) by (Substance  Abuse Prevention & Treatment Block Grant B08TI010057-19 funding.) from SAMHSA.

The views expressed in this website and materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. ​
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