This year’s JDAI Inter-site Conference was held in Kansas City during the first week of October.  The District of Columbia was represented by a delegation of seven people.  The over-riding theme of the conference was that juvenile justice systems should pass the “my child” test, meaning that every jurisdiction should strive to create a system that would make one comfortable if “my child” were to become entangled in it. 

More information on the conference can be found here.

More information regarding the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative can be found here.