Join the Court Improvement Project (CIP) for a hybrid in-person and virtual event!

The 2020 Conference will be a little different from past years in order to remain flexible in changing Directed Health Measures. CIP will be holding one in-person event at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln Innovation Campus on September 28, 2020, which will also be streamed across the state. CIP will allow as many in-person registrants attend the conference as is permitted by UNL safety guidelines and local health measures at the time of the conference.

The conference theme is “Seeing the Youth, Action Through Perceived Options” with a program presented by Lisa Thurau, Executive Director of Strategies for Youth. The conference will also include presentations by psychologists, law enforcement, and education professionals from the state and each local area. Stakeholders can expect to understand and learn to identify underlying issues related to trauma and adolescent development, to meet youth where they are, and build relationships for positive outcomes.

Strategies for Youth is a non-profit organization, advocating for youth in juvenile justice and providing evidenced-based training for law enforcement who are interacting with youth. The description of StrategiesForYouth.org is as follows: “Strategies for Youth actively engages police, youth, and youth-serving community-based organizations in an interdisciplinary approach to addressing several problems: the proliferation of contentious encounters between police and youth, unnecessary arrests of youth for minor offenses, and disproportionate police contact with youth of color.”

Registration will open on August 3, 2020.