June 8, 2015 Racial and Ethnic Disparity (RED) Committee Meeting

Audience

Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission Racial and Ethnic Disparity Members and Staff. The public is welcome to attend.

Date/Time

June 8, 2015, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Location

• 21 South Clark Street
  Suite 4301 
  Chicago, IL.
• 823 E. Monroe
  Springfield, IL
• Call in: 888-494-4032 Code: 5329547331#

Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Project Updates
   1. CASP
   2. DMC Newsletter
   3. Data Collection
   4. Federal Compliance Plan
   5. Youth Advisory Board
5. DMC Mini - Forum/Draft Agenda 
6. Toolkit/Resource Guide/Draft Outline
7. New Business | Public Comment
8. Next Meeting Date
9. Adjourn

 Minutes

1. Call to Order
   Meeting was called to order at 2:41pm.
2. Roll Call
   DMC Chairman Esther Franco-Payne and Michael Rodriguez. No quorum present. Guests: Erica Hughes, Christine Head, Stephanie Kollmann, Vanessa Weaver. Staff: Rob Vickery, Julie Stremlau, Karima Douglas.
3. Approval of Minutes
   Unable to approve minutes due to lack of quorum.
4. Project Updates
   1. CASP
      DMC Coordinator, Karima Douglas updated the group on the two CASP sites in Peoria and Macon County. Vanessa Weaver gave an update on ongoing Peoria County Juvenile Justice Council activities. She plans on continuing DMC reduction planning after the CASP grant ends in September.
   2. DMC Newsletter
      This newsletter has not been distributed since last update on disparate police contacts. The committee discussed expanding the distribution list for upcoming newsletters.
   3. Data Collection/Federal Compliance Plan
      Ms. Douglas indicated that they have been looking over the Compliance issues. Data continues to be collected and Erica Hughes of CPRD continues to compile the data to get a better understanding of our needs. The annual compliance plan/report to OJJDP is about ready to be submitted with input from the Executive Director, DMC Coordinator and Compliance Monitors. Ms. Douglas gave a brief report on the 2013 DMC data self-reported from counties across the state.
   4. Youth Advisory Board
      Ms. Douglas explained the YAB has been in limbo for some time now due to membership issues and youth moving on with life goals. There were funds allotted from the IJJC to hire a consultant in youth engagement. That consultant will likely get started in early FY16.
5. DMC Mini-Forum/Draft Agenda
   The group discussed the upcoming event concerning the agenda, topics, etc. The group discussed how there is statewide data and there is a need to poll the data and put it in laymen terms. Need to focus on what we have accomplished. Chairman Franco-Payne explained we want a large view of DMC. We need to choose topics and act on those topics for a broader scope. It was noted with what is going on with youth and the media coverage we should begin to cut to the issues. The group discussed how they would conduct their forum series and presentations on DMC data for each of the decision points. The loose structure included presentations, panel discussions and small group break outs. The primary goal of the forums are to educate participants on DMC and the youth most impacted by the disparities.
6. Toolkit/Resource Guide/Draft Outline
   The community wants to know what we can do to keep our kids out of the system. A small workgroup continues to meet to build a comprehensive DMC toolkit/resource guide that explains the key issues related to DMC and concrete action steps any community member or juvenile justice professional can take to address the problem.
7. New Business | Public Comment
   None noted.
8. Next Meeting Date- July 13, 2015
9. Adjourn
   Meeting was adjourned at 4:10pm.