1. Defending New Orleans’ Children www.laccr.org

2. SOME JUVENILE JUSTICE TRENDS IN NEW ORLEANS, 2008-2012 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

3. Delinquency Arrests and Prosecutions in Orleans Parish: 2008-2012 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

4. Orleans Parish Arrest and Prosecution Rates Per Child 0-17: 2008-2012 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

5. Average Daily Population of Children in Secure Custody by Parish: 2008-2011 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

6. Percent Reduction in Secure Custody Rates by Parish: 2008-2011 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

7. Secure Custody Rate: Average Daily Secure Custody Population Expressed as a Percentage of Children 0-17, by Parish Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

8. WHICH CHILDREN ARE ARRESTED IN NEW ORLEANS? Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

9. Who Gets Arrested? Arrests by Gender: 1/1/13 through 6/30/13 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

10. Who Gets Arrested? Arrests by Race: 1/1/13 through 6/30/13 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

11. Who Gets Arrested? Arrests by Age: 1/1/13 through 6/30/13 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

12. Who Gets Arrested? Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

13. Who Gets Arrested? Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

14. Who Gets Arrested? Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

15. Who Gets Arrested? Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights Abram, K. et al. 2013. PTSD, Trauma, and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Detained Youth. Bulletin. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

16. Who Gets Arrested? “[A]mong youth in detention centers, over 20 percent of those under 15 had IQ scores in the 60 to 74 range and 40 percent had IQs in the 75-89 range.” “Developing Statutes for Competence to Stand Trial in Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings,” K. Larson and T. Grisso, National Youth Screening & Assessment Project (2011) Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

17. Who Gets Arrested? “Seventy percent of children in the juvenile justice system have an educational disability…” “Stopping the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Pipeline By Enforcing Federal Special Education Law,” American Bar Association’s Children’s Rights Litigation Committee (Winter 2007) Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

18. The Children’s Defense Team: Fairness, Dignity, and Opportunity for New Orleans’ Children

19. Children’s Defense Team Juvenile public defender in New Orleans Represents over 90% of youth prosecuted in Orleans Parish Only independent juvenile public defender in the country Model: – Holistic – Transformative – Cross-disciplinary – Community-oriented Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

20. Children’s Defense Team: HOLISTIC ADVOCACY What we do: – Help clients meet their legal and life goals How we do it: – Respond to the causes and consequences of arrest – Integrate positive youth development principles with legal advocacy Why it works: – Access – Expertise Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

21. Holistic Advocacy

22. Education Advocacy In 2012, LCCR: – Enrolled 318 clients in school – Secured 66 new Individualized Education Programs – Represented clients at 80 suspension and expulsion hearings Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights Children’s Defense Team: HOLISTIC ADVOCACY

23. Mental Health Advocacy In 2012, LCCR’s social service advocacy staff: – Performed 253 psychosocial assessments, with a service plan for each assessed client; – Made 210 behavioral health service referrals – Visited clients 1802 times to provide necessary follow-up and case management. Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights Children’s Defense Team: HOLISTIC ADVOCACY

24. Cross-Disciplinary Defense Teams 5 lawyers 2 investigators 2 social workers 3 youth advocates

25. Children are best supported by their families and communities – not by courts, not in the justice system, and not by public defenders. Assessment-and-referral model demands strong community partnerships Collaborations and collective impact efforts Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights Children’s Defense Team: Community-Oriented Defense

26. Children’s Defense Team: Legal Advocacy 1232: Cases last calendar year (new + existing on January 1) 49: Percentage of hearings that came post-disposition last year 27: Percentage of cases resolved by trial so far this year 52: Percentage of all reported juvenile appellate decisions in 2012 litigated by the Children’s Defense Team 28: Clients in state custody on August 1, 2013 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

27. Children’s Defense Team: Costs in FY 2014 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights

28. LCCR: Projected Revenue Sources, FY 2014 Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights