The Princeton Prize is an initiative to honor students in grades 9-12 who are promoting the cause of race relations in their schools and communities. The top winner in the Greater Cleveland area, who is selected by application, will receive a $1,000 cash prize and an all-expenses paid trip to Princeton University for a symposium on race relations, where s/he will meet all the other winners from around the country. Local committees may also select other students to receive certificates of accomplishment. The Cleveland committee will honor the students in a local ceremony in the spring.

The committee is particularly interested in applications from students who have initiated or taken leadership roles in race-relations activities. There is no requirement that the student apply for admission to the university. There is also no application fee.

Applications are due on January 31. More information about the program, including an application, can be found at  http://www.princeton.edu/pprize.         

Attorney General Eric H. Holder announced, during a recent Annie E. Casey

Foundation’s reception dinner, the award of $100,000 to five new National Forum on Youth

Violence Prevention sites through the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice

and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The five new sites, Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland,

Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Seattle, Washington; and Long Beach, California, will each

receive $20,000 to begin the work that has been so successful in the other Forum cities. Each

site will also be eligible to receive additional funding once they develop sound plans for

coordinating resources, engaging in community outreach, and involving stakeholders in their

efforts.

OJJDP also awarded $2 million to the existing 10 Forum cities to support their core

youth violence prevention work and their transition to self-sustainability, which includes $1

million from the Department of Education to fund the sites’ school climate and safety

improvement efforts through implementation of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and

Supports framework.

“The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention provides the template for future

federal-local collaborations to strengthen and rebuild our communities,” said OJJDP

Administrator Robert L. Listenbee. “The Forum cities are reclaiming their streets and schools

from the violence that has troubled them for so many years, and they are offering a future of

better opportunities to their children.”

Launched in 2010 at the direction of President Obama, the Forum is a network of

communities and federal agencies working together to share information and build local

capacity to prevent and reduce youth violence. The Forum began with six cities: Boston;

Chicago; Detroit; Memphis; Salinas, California and San Jose, California. In 2012,

Minneapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey; joined the original six

Forum sites.

The Departments of Justice, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and

Urban Development and Labor and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

are the Forum’s federal partners. Participating cities are selected based on need, geographic

diversity and willingness and capacity to undertake comprehensive efforts that are the

hallmark of the Forum. More details about the Forum’s goals and city plans, the toolkit and

the assessment are available at: www.findyouthinfo.gov.

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The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), headed by Assistant Attorney General Karol

V. Mason, provides federal leadership in developing the nation’s capacity to prevent and

control crime, administer justice and assist victims. OJP has six components: the Bureau of

Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Office for Victims of Crime; and

the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and

Tracking. For more information about OJP, please visit http://www.ojp.gov

The first Children of Incarcerated Parents Community Engagement Sessions, which will be held on the following days:

 

1.       Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Fatima Family Center, 6809 Quimby Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Light dinner will be available.

·         While this session is open to anyone, the target audience is clients/consumers, returning citizens, families impacted by incarceration, caregivers, grassroots organizations, media, elected officials, funders, businesses, and general public.

·          Continuing Education Credits will be offered

·         CEUs for social workers and counselors and RCHs for chemical dependency professionals – 1.5 CEUS and RCHs

·         CLEs pending

 

2.       Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Greater Cleveland Food Bank, 15500 South Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44110 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Morning refreshments, lunch, and a light afternoon snack will be available.

·         While this session is open to anyone, the target audience is various service providers (multiple disciplines), community & faith-based organizations, academia, governmental entities, funders, media, and general public.

·         Again Continuing Education Credits will be offered

·         CEUs for social workers and counselors and RCHs for chemical dependency professionals – 6.5 CEUs and RCHs

·         CLEs pending

 

·         PLEASE NOTE – There is limited seating for both events.  Please register promptly on the link embedded below:

 

http://fcfc.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/Children-Incarcerated-Parents.aspx

 

·         Background Information:  The two above-reference sessions stem from work that has transpired over the last year.  Beginning in 2013 key agencies in the Greater Cleveland area began convening to develop a coordinated and comprehensive service system to address the unique needs of children of incarcerated parents in Cuyahoga County.  These two community engagement sessions that will provide you opportunities to:

·         Learn more about the needs of children of incarcerated parents and effective responses to address their needs.

·         Hear from local and national experts that will speak on this topic from the following perspectives:  Research/Academia, Practitioner/Service Provider, Child/Families Impacted by Incarceration

·         Contribute your ideas on the Greater Cleveland Strategy for Children of Incarcerated Parents

 

·         Lastly, but certainly not least – a TREMENDOUS thank you to the sponsors for this event!

·         ADAMHSCC

·         Case Western Reserve University – Schubert Center for Child Studies

·         Cuyahoga County

·         Healthy Fathering Collaborative

·         Oriana House, Inc.

·         St. Luke’s Foundation

·         University Hospitals – Rainbow, Babies & Children

·         U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio