The theme of this year's conference is "Imagining a New Future: Justice, Equity, Healing, and Empowerment for Native Youth."
The conference offers opportunities for OJJDP-funded Tribal Youth Programs, Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts, federally recognized Tribes, as well as Tribal and non-Tribal youth-serving organizations to discuss issues related to Tribal youth. The event promotes peer learning opportunities and positive youth development prevention and intervention approaches that can be implemented and sustained within Tribal communities.
The conference will offer sessions with Native youth leaders, OJJDP Tribal Youth and Juvenile Healing to Wellness grantees, and other nationally recognized experts in the fields of Tribal youth leadership, empowerment and best practices in juvenile justice prevention, intervention, and alternatives to detention.