Ohio

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Ohios Strategies to Reduce Disproportionate
Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System

• Ohio Department of Youth Services
• Parole and Community Services
• David Schroot, Deputy Director
• June 20, 2008

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Agenda

• DMC and the Federal Requirements
• Federal DMC Process
• Ohios DMC Initiative
• Ohio Rates and Data
• Cuyahoga Countys DMC Initiative
• Questions and Answers

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What is DMC

• Disproportionate Minority Contact
• A condition that exists when minority youth have
  a rate of contact with law enforcement and the
  juvenile justice system greater than their
  proportion in the general population

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Federal Requirement

• The federal Office of Juvenile Justice and
  Delinquency Prevention requires that states
  receiving Title II funding address DMCstates
  must
• address juvenile delinquency prevention efforts
  and system improvement efforts designed to
  reduce, without establishing or requiring
  numerical standards or quotas, the
  disproportionate number of juvenile members of
  minority groups, who come into contact with the
  juvenile justice system

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Federal DMC Process
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Identification

• DMC Decision Points
• Juvenile arrests
• Referrals to juvenile court
• Cases diverted
• Cases involving secure detention
• Cases petitioned (charge filed)
• Cases adjudicated delinquent
• Cases resulting in probation placement
• Cases resulting in confinement to secure JCF
• Cases transferred to adult court

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Identification and Assessment

• Since 2004, Ohio has collected data to identify
  disparities across the decision points
• Counties teams are currently conducting
  assessments of the data to determine who, what,
  when, where, and why disparities exist

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Ohios DMC Initiative

• The purpose of Ohios initiative is to reduce
  overrepresentation of minority youth in the
  juvenile justice system through the development
  and implementation of a model of community
  capacity building and systems change to address
  issues around DMC
• The 14 Counties selected to participate in DMC
  represent 86.91 of the minority youth population
  ages 10 17, in the State of Ohio

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Ohios DMC Initiative Participating Counties
Allen Butler Clark Cuyahoga Franklin Hamilton Lora
in Lucas Mahoning Montgomery Richland Stark Summit
Trumbull
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Ohios DMC Initiative

• August 2007
• Kicked off the first DMC Institute with OSU, CLEX
• 100 participants from all 14 counties
• Overview of DMC Process
• September 2007
• DYS allocated approximately 700,000 to the 14
  counties to begin assessments and for possible
  interventions
• November 2007
• Cultural competency Institute conducted by
  Michael Lindsey of Nestor Consulting

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Ohios DMC Initiative

• February 2008
• Institute on DMC Reduction Strategies
• Center for Childrens Law and Policy
• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Childrens Home Association of Illinois
• West Virginia Supreme Court
• May 2008
• Held an Institute on monitoring and evaluation
• Developing logic models
• Developing outcomes based on assessment results

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Ohios DMC Initiative

• Future Institutes and Activities
• June 27, 2008Institute on sustaining DMC locally
• Continuing beyond the States DMC
• Increasing/building community capacity
• DMC as part of a community strategic plan
• September 26, 2008Counties will participate in a
  presentation event showcasing their
  accomplishments
• Title II funding earmarked for DMC reduction
  activities
• OSU will continue to provide training and
  technical assistance (Institutes) in year 2 of
  the DMC Initiative

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Ohio Rates and Data

• 84.1 of Ohios youth population is Caucasian
• 36.8 of DYS population is Caucasian
• 15.9 of Ohios youth population is African
  American
• 60.1 of DYS population is African American
• 2.9 of Ohios youth population is Hispanic
• 2.5 of DYS population is Hispanic

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Ohio Rates and Data Total Admissions to DYS
Comparing 1999 to 2007, admissions are down by
19.2
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Ohio Rates and Data DYS Admissions by Race
Comparing 1999 to 2007, white admissions are down
by 40 and non-white admissions are up by 1.2
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Ohio Rates and Data Cuyahoga County Admissions
to DYS by Race
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Cuyahoga County DMC

• Cuyahoga County is 28 minority
• Cleveland City is 57 minority
• DMC Activities
• Juvenile Court has submitted data to identify DMC
• Law enforcement has submitted arrest data
• County has formed a team to facilitate DMC
  process locally
• Department of Justice Affairs is participating in
  DMC Initiative
• Kent State University is conducting an assessment
  to determine who, what, when, where, and why
• Title II funding will be dedicated to DMC
  reduction activities

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Questions and Answers