Question and Answer Session Part 1 (Questions 1 through 5) (Click here for Part 2; view all the event videos here.) 1. Advice for the next administrator Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson The gist: If you had one piece of advice to give the new administrator … what would that be? 2. Dealing with competing influences at OJJDP Asked by [...] [...more]
Question and Answer Session Part 2 (Questions 6 through 11) (Click here for Part 1; view all the event videos here.) 6. Where should OJJDP be housed? Asked by Jeffery Butts, Public/Private Ventures The gist: Was this the right name for the juvenile justice program? Would it have been more protected had it been in HEW, then HHS? There [...] [...more]
The speeches by the six former OJJDP administrators at the Nov. 10 forum, OJJDP @ 35, have been posted online. Hear the administrators discuss how they became administrators, the key issues during their tenures, their accomplishments and their advice for the future. Youth Today Publisher Bill Treanor kicks off the forum. Part 2 of Bill Treanor’s introduction: John [...] [...more]
Tenure: 1994–2000 Accomplishments (as cited by the administrator) Full Story A strong relationship with the field that was based on mutual respect for what we each had to offer in getting better outcomes for our children and youth. A focus on the full range of capacities that OJJDP had to offer the field, supported by a strong staff: funding [...] [...more]
1994–2000 Accomplishments Many juvenile justice advocates were nervous when this former juvenile prosecutor was named to head the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). But to many staffers there, Shay Bilchik’s tenure is the Golden Era: The Clinton White House was more aligned than its immediate predecessors with its progressive approaches, Congress gave the [...] [...more]
Tenure: 1989–1992 Accomplishments (as cited by the administrator) Full Story Stabilized and organized a demoralized staff and reached agreement as follows: Help me advance the Bush administration policy agenda, and I agreed to help them on projects they were working on that did not conflict with the Bush agenda. Focused on combating illiteracy among youth in or at risk [...] [...more]
1987–1989 Accomplishments Verne L. Speirs arrived at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to quiet things down after the impossible-to-ignore tenure of Alfred Regnery. He arrived with 14 years of on-the-ground and administrative experience in criminal justice. In many ways, he was a parallel to Ira Schwartz: Both headed OJJDP after the tenures of controversial [...] [...more]
Tenure: 1987–1989 Accomplishments (as cited by the administrator) Full Story Initiated and expanded strategic program planning, with a strong emphasis on external input. Addressed the emerging issues and identified ongoing, systemwide needs. Promoted and expanded joint funding opportunities. Disseminated information and material from OJJDP to the stakeholders on a regular and timely basis. [...more]
1989–1992 Accomplishments Robert Sweet is an unfailingly nice man who took over the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) with enthusiasm and visions of ambitious initiatives. He went through a difficult confirmation process, faced a politically suspicious staff and fought with higher-ups at the Justice Department about awarding grants. Many staffers and juvenile justice advocates came [...] [...more]
Tenure: 1977–1979 Accomplishments (as cited by the administrator) Full Story Refocused the JJDPA funds to objectives of the act. Emphasized the advocacy aspects of the act: removal of status offenders from detention; least possible intervention with actual offenders; and enforcement of the formula grant contracts that the states had signed in order to receive funds through the act. Took steps [...] [...more]
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