Shelby County Government MARK H. LUTTRELL, JR MAYOR June 9, 2017 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Attorney General US. Department of Justice 950 Avenue, NW Executive Suite 5111 Washington, DC 20004 Re: Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, dated December 17, 2012 Dear General Sessions: We appreciate your interest in the Memorandum of Agreement among the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Shelby County, Tennessee, and the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County. The partners in the reform efforts include Shelby County Government, led by Mayor Mark H. Luttrell, Jr., the Court, led by Judge Dan H. Michael, and the Shelby County Sheriffs Of?ce, led by Sheriff Bill Oldham, with the support of our Shelby County Board of Commissioners. It is necessary to brie?y outline the history of our unprecedented MOA, which was achieved based on the full commitment of our community to advance juvenile justice reform. We are proud to say there was no need for litigation or judicial oversight. With the collaboration of the DOJ primarily through its attorneys Winsome Gayle and Richard Goemann, who have led the semi- annual visits with the Court, the monitors/consultants, national experts hired by the Court, the County, and the Sheriff, and tremendous community support, our juvenile justice system has forever changed for the better and is now an acknowledged national model. We ask that you review the status of the MOA in light of our commitment and the achievements reached. We understand that, during your recent visit to Memphis, you were advised of those commitments and achievements by our law VASCO A. SMITH, JR. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 160 North Main Street, 11th Floor Memphis, TN 38103 901-222-2000 Fax 901-222-2005 The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Attorney General June 8, 2017 Page 2 of 8 enforcement partners, including Memphis Police Department Director Michael Rallings, District Attorney General Amy Weirich, and Memphis Crime Commission Executive Director Bill Gibbons. We hope your review will lead you to the same conclusion we have reached?it is time to terminate the agreement and allow all sides to stand together to praise the work that has been accomplished. BACKGROUND Based on 2015 US. Census figures, the Memphis Metropolitan area is the second poorest large metropolitan area in America, with 26.2% of Memphis residents living in poverty. The Memphis area has the highest childhood poverty rate, 28.8%. Our community?s numbers are very high for teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and very low for high school graduation, 78.7%. Violent crime is increasing and the issues facing our families, our schools, our community, and our Court are serious. By 2009, everyone agreed that change at the Court was needed and self- initiated reform of the juvenile justice system was underway. The ?ndings in April 2012 noted the Court?s extensive efforts, which included: 0 Working with schools and law enforcement agencies in early 2010 to implement a juvenile summons in lieu of arrest program for a limited number of offenses, thereby significantly reducing the number of children detained at the Court. 0 Beginning in 2007, partnering with its large public school system and the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth to develop a program, the Schoolhouse Adjustment Program Enterprise to reduce disproportionate minority contact by ?diverting? certain minor offenses occurring at school from the Court for speci?ed punishments, thereby avoiding the ?school-to-prison? pipeline. 0 Contracting with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges to participate in its Juvenile Justice Model Courts Project. 0 Working with the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a designated Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiatives site. JDAI has had successes in focusing on the detention component of the juvenile justice system, promoting reduction in reliance on secure confinement, while improving public safety and addressing the reduction of racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice systems. The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Attorney General June 8, 2017 Page 3 of 8 In January 2010, the team began looking into juvenile representation, statistical data, and juvenile protection from harm. The Court fully cooperated with the investigation, providing access to Court proceedings, staff, documents (including paying for the conversion of documents to the requested format), recordings of hearings, and all other requested materials. On April 26, 2012, the DOJ issued ?ndings that included: reasonable cause to believe that the Court failed to protect the constitutional rights of children, failed to administer justice in a non-discriminatory manner, and failed to provide reasonably safe conditions of con?nement. The Court?s leadership immediately committed to address thoroughly each of the findings and, importantly, asked the DOJ for technical assistance to do so, stressing that the Court wanted to work collaboratively with the DOJ. Then-Juvenile Court Judge Person stood with the team and the United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee in announcing the findings and the Court?s commitment to improvements, as noted in the press release (emphasis added): ?While the Civil Rights Division Findings are serious and compelling, I am encouraged that the leadership and staff of the Juvenile Court of Memphis, Shelby County and the Shelby Juvenile Detention Center have demonstrated that they intend to take immediate action to remedy the various constitutional deficiencies identi?ed,? said Edward L. Stanton US. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. ?Our central objective is to ensure that our juvenile justice system works and adequately protects the rights of all youths who come before juvenile court. We look forward to working together to reach this goal, and ultimately establishing a model juvenile court.? Days after the findings were issued, the Court initiated signi?cant and substantive changes to address concerns raised, including immediate judicial review of matters involving detention of youth. The Court contracted for the provision of expanded medical and services at the detention center and hired the nation?s leading facility suicide expert to assess the facility, subsequently adopting his recommendations. The County committed to and did bring the Public Defender back to the Court. Based on the extraordinary collaboration, cooperation of the parties, and the commitment to achieving model court status, the MOA was signed in December 2012. The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Attorney General June 8, 2017 Page 4 of 8 Shortly after his election in August 2014, Judge Michael asked Sheriff Oldham to operate the detention center and the Sheriff willingly agreed, taking over the operation on July 1, 2015. The Court, the County, and the Sheriff have consistently sought and received technical assistance from the experts, the Office of Juvenile Justice Detention Prevention, JDAI, and others, including national experts. MOA IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRESS Positive changes continue and are lasting. From fiscal years 2013 to 2017, the Court expended almost $1.2 million for personnel and contract providers directly related to the improvements mandated by the MOA. The Sheriff has spent approximately $1.5 million since July 1, 2015 on upgraded training, increased staffing, obtaining an audit, building a classroom, and the like. Among its many significant expenditures in connection with the juvenile justice system, the County has contracted with Correct Care Solutions since 2013 to provide 24/7 medical care to the youth housed in the detention facility. The prior detention monitor consistently noted the signi?cant improvement in care since the inception of this contract. These amounts do not include costs incurred in developing and implementing programs, through various partnerships, designed to reduce disproportionate minority contact and unnecessary detention, including, for example, Youth Court, Evening Reporting Centers, Hope Academy (a school for children in detention), and programs to assist law enforcement of?cers. A comprehensive list of programs and partnerships is enclosed. There has been a meaningful and dramatic reduction in raw numbers for court referrals, detention, and transfers to adult court. It is also clear that many youth are being diverted away from harsher treatment. THE FACILITY Unfortunately, homicide is on the rise in our community and more of our youth are being charged with murder and other felonies committed with weapons. For example, the detained youth during a recent week included 11 charged with murder in the first or second degree, 19 charged with aggravated robbery, 9 charged with carjacking, 9 charged with aggravated assault, and several others charged The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Attorney General June 8, 2017 Page 5 of 8 with rape, attempted murder, robbery, etc. The DOJ reports ask that fewer youth be held in detention. The DOJ has consistently noted de?ciencies in the Court facility, built in 1935, particularly the detention center, including problems with heat/air, elevators, and space, and has suggested major renovations or replacement. We recognize that building improvements are very much needed. The Administration and the Shelby County Board of Commissioners recently approved a $1.6 million new roof for our facility. A facilities assessment is in the ?nal stages of completion to determine Whether rehabilitation of the current facility or the building of a new facility would be the more cost-effective use of taxpayer funds. The Court is pursuing other initiatives with the Shelby County Crime Commission to establish a juvenile assessment center, which would provide an array of services and support that go well beyond delinquency matters to address a real source of delinquency: childhood dependency and neglect. REMAINING MATTERS The MOA has three main focal areas: Due Process, Equal Protection, and Protection from Harm (detention-related concerns). Recent reports re?ect tremendous improvement. On February 8, 2017, the Shelby County Attorney?s Of?ce, on behalf of all parties, submitted a request pursuant to VII, B3 of the MOA that the DOJ terminate a substantial number of areas of the agreement. On April 3, 2017, Steven H. Rosenbaum, Chief, Special Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, terminated 17 areas of the MOA, a number of which included multiple subparts. As the DOJ recognized, ?[t]he significant number of provisions meeting the termination requirements is a testament to the commitments and diligence of the Court, County, and the Sheriffs Of?ce.? As discussed herein, the Court, the County, and the Sheriff continue to make significant progress in all three major areas covered by the MOA. DUE PROCESS The County and the Court recognize that two of the most dif?cult challenges in this area were to provide structural independence for the Shelby County Public Defender?s Office and the need for sufficient capacity in that Office?s Juvenile Defender Unit. The County completed a major step in the Due Process area on March 23, 2017, when the Mayor signed an Executive Order ?Recognizing, Affirming and Approving the Public Defender Of?ce of Shelby County, Tennessee as The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Attorney General June 8, 2017 Page 6 of 8 an Independent Ethical and Zealous Provider of Defender Services in Shelby County.? As related to the adoption of the Executive Order, the Public Defender is working on implementing the recommendations outlined in his Blueprint to Achieve Compliance in Juvenile Defender Services. Secondly, the capacity of the Office remains a concern, but, as of May 2017, that Office represents the child in 60% Of the Court?s pending cases, with the remaining con?ict of interest cases being handled by the private Defender Panel. Further, Shelby County has continued to provide the PD with signi?cant budgetary increases, and the Administration has affirmed a plan to add supplemental capacity by appointing private attorneys to serve as part-time Assistant Public Defenders. Given these circumstances, the County and the Court have done what they can do to alleviate this matter. The COurt remains in disagreement with the Due Process Monitor?s position that constitutional and ethical issues are presented when the Court adheres to Tennessee Supreme Court law and the Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure on discovery issues at preliminary/transfer hearings. Further, according to the Monitor, other Due Process issues include the availability of examinations (which the Court orders in any case in which need is established, but not as a matter Of course), defense attorney attendance at probation meetings or interviews (over which the County and the Court have no control), and the provision that a youth has the advice of his attorney before waiving self-incrimination rights (again, a matter over which the County and the Court have no control). PROTECTION FROM HARM: DETENTION FACILITY With respect to this area, there have been significant improvements in the past year and especially in the past six months. Accomplishments include: declines in the number and rate of Uses of Force; dramatic increase in the use of non? physical alternatives to Force; decline in rates of youths assaulting other youths; decline in use of physical and mechanical restraints; dramatic decline in number of room confinements; and decline in average duration of room confinement. Additionally, the Sheriff has implemented a Major Incident Reporting System, which automates data collection and allows data validation. An analyst will be hired to develop a population management plan. On May 17, 2017, the DOJ Monitor issued the 9th Report regarding the Protection of Harm provisions of the MOA. Of the provisions in the MOA related to the Prevention of Harm, the vast majority have either been terminated previously by the DOJ, or the Monitor has found the Court to be in compliance. Of the remaining items, those which relate to documentation are correctable. Those which The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Attorney General June 8, 2017 Page 7 of 8 relate to the Monitor?s contention that Detention should scale back its reaction to threats of suicide remain in dispute. EQUAL MINORITY CONTACT The Equal Protection Monitor?s last Assessment Report regarding Equal Protection/DMC matters utilized 2015 data from Court. An Assessment Report analyzing 2016 data is expected relatively soon. A Court committee addresses DMC issues and is the focal point for addressing disparities at each decision point in the juvenile justice system. For example, the Court dealt with the high number of law enforcement referrals by participating in the Memphis Police Department?s annual in-service training to discuss alternatives to referring youth to the Court. A Summons Review Team has been established and process developed to address summonses without Court intervention. The Graduated Response Grid has been tweaked to establish more appropriate and consistent dispositions. The Court has hired an Expeditor to facilitate the pretrial or pro-disposition release of youth from Detention. There has been a significant drop in the number of youth involved in delinquency matters handled by and at the Court. In 2010, there were 11,641 delinquent complaints. That number has dropped steadily over the years to 4,948 in 2016. In 2010, there were 6,288 youth who were detained, and that number has also dropped significantly to 899 in 2016. It is important to note that the Court does not make the decision to initiate delinquency matters or prosecute cases. Every case is brought to the Court by law enforcement. Memphis is a city with a 66% African-American majOrity. CONCLUSION Incredible and solid reform has been achieved thanks to the efforts of all parties to the MOA. The leadership through its attorneys Winsome Gayle and Richard Goemann, and its monitors, the County Mayor and his Administration, the Court, the Sheriff, and the Shelby County Board of Commissioners, and our many community partners should be commended for the hard work that has been done. Thousands of hours and millions of dollars have been spent with the attorneys and monitors in working through all aspects of the MOA. This work has created a roadmap for all other juvenile courts in the United States. The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Attorney General June 8, 2017 Page 8 of 8 We ask that you review the status of the MOA, and, if you agree it should be terminated, that you join us at a press conference in announcing the success of our collective efforts. Please do not hesitate to notify us if you require any additional information. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Sincerely, Mel Jr. Mayor, Shelby County Government Judge Dan H. Michael Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County 762/ Bill Oldham, Sheriff Shelby County Sheriff Of?ce Enclosure cc: Steven H. Rosenbaum, Esq. Chief, Special Litigation Section Civil Rights Division, US. Department of Justice (VIA U.S. MAIL) Winsome G. Gayle, Esq. Richard Goemann, Esq. Special Litigation Section Civil Rights Division, US. Department of Justice (VIA US. MAIL) Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Esq. Acting United States Attorney Western District of Tennessee (VIA EMAIL) W. Pascover, Esq. Shelby County Attorney (VIA EMAIL) Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County Of?ce of Interagency Services Activity Report April 2017 Active Program Collaboratives/ Partnerships American Correctional Association (ACA) Accreditation Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF), Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiatives (J DAI) Site- Contact: Kimbrell Owens, DAI Site Coordinator Child Protection Investigation Team (CPIT) Advisory Coalition - Contact: Demetria Maxwell-Hughlett Department of Children?s Services Community Advisory Board (CAB) Contact: Matthew Ian John Defending Childhood Shelby, formerly the Defending Childhood Initiative (DCI) Network for Overcoming Violence and Abuse (NOVA) - Contact: Demetria Maxwell-Hughlett Gang Reduction Assistance for Saving Society?s Youth (GRASSY) (SCS) - Contacts: Mamie Jones, Steering Committee and Jacqueline Parson, IT Team Hope Academy - Contacts: Pam Skelton, Gary Cummings, and Sherry Schedler Juvenile Cease?re Gun Safety Program- Contact: Martha Rogers and Briggitte Rodgers Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County Evening Reporting Center (ERC) Pilot Program - Contact: Fran Gonzales Juvenile Court Precinct Liaison (J CPL) Initiative- Contact: Pam Skelton Juvenile Intervention 8: Faith Based Follow-up (JIFF) ?Contact: Fran Gonzales Juvenile Intervention 8: Faith Based Follow-up (JIFF), Early Intervention Program (E.I.P.) (formerly Mediation and Restitution/Reconciliation Services Contact: Yolanda Rumph and Martha Rogers Law Enforcement Assessment Phone-In (LEAP) Pilot Program? Contacts: Pam Skelton and Gary Cummings Memphis and Shelby County Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Task Force Contacts: Gary Cummings, Morrie Noel and Lisa Hill Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board (Juvenile Justice Board) Contacts: Gary Cummings, Bridgette Bowman, Kimbrell Owens and Sherry Schedler Memphis and Shelby County Truancy Prevention Initiative (TPI) ?Contacts: Sharon Fuller, Martha Rogers and Sherry Schedler Memphis Police Department (MPD) ?Real Talk? Program Contacts: Matthew Ian John and Lisa Hill Memphis Youth Violence Prevention Plan Project ?Contacts-Judge Michael and Pam Skelton-Policy Council; Gary Cummings, Matthew Ian John, Fran Gonzales, Nancy Roll, Sherry Schedler and Mike Smith (Hope Academy) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Initiatives: 1) Juvenile Justice Model Court?Contacts: Pam Skelton and Trisha Monteil 2) National Implementation Site for Denendencv and Neglect - Contact: Pam Skelton 3) Memphis and Shelby Countv Tramna Audit Contact: Pam Skelton Operation: Safe Community (OSC) - Contacts: Judge Michael and Pam Skelton - Executive Committee- *See Memphis Youth Violence Prevention Plan Defending Childhood Shelby School-Based Probation Liaison (SBPL) Initiative - COntaCtS: Fran Gonzales, Pam Taylor and Sherry Schedler School House Adjustment Program Enterprise (SHAPE) ?Contacts: Gary Cummings and Morrie Noel Shelby County Schools (SCS)-Project S.T.A.N.D. Contacts: Sharon Fuller and Sherry Schedler, Project S.T.A.N.D. Council Youth Court Contacts: Avis Allen, Thomas Coup?, Jasmine Newsom and Pamela James Board and/ or Advisorv Council Involvement . Child Protection Investigation Team (CPIT) Advisory Coalition- Demetria Maxwell? Hughlett Commission on Missing and Exploited Children (COMEC) Board of Directors- Pamela Taylor - Defending Childhood Shelby, formerly Defending Childhood Initiative NOVA, Steering Committee Member 8: Grant Management Team Demetria Maxwell? Hughlett . DCS Community Advisory Board Matthew Ian John - DMC Taskforce of Memphis 8: Shelby County ~Gary Cummings, Morrie Noel, and Lisa Hill . DMC State Taskforce? Gary Cummings and Lisa Hill - Early Success Coalition Steering Committee Michael Blancett and Erica Gang Reduction Assistance for Saving Society?s Youth (GRASSY) Committees (Shelby County Schools) - Member: Steering Committee? Mamie Jones Implementation Team Jacqueline Parson - Hope Academy Advisory Council Pam Skelton, Gary Cummings and Sherry Schedler; Larry Weichel- Michael Smith-Hope Academy In Home Tennessee Committee on Intensive Family Preservation - Barbara Jackson Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) Governing Committee Sub- committees - Kimbrell Owens Juvenile Justice Realignment Task Force- Judge Michael Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Advisory Committee - Sherry Schedler LeBonheur Nurse-Family Partnership Community Advisory Board Fran Gonzales Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Justice Board ?Gary Cummings, Bridgette Bowman, Kimbrell Owens, Lisa Hill, and Sherry Schedler- Board Secretary Memphis and Shelby County Truancy Prevention Initiative (TPI) ?Sharon Fuller, Martha Rogers and Sherry Schedler Memphis Shelby Crime Commission Board of Directors- Judge Michael Memphis/Shelby County Children and Youth Council- Fran Gonzales and Michael Blancett, Executive Committee; Other Members? Pam Taylor, Avis Allen, Matthew Ian John, Belynda Dwyer, Thomas Coupe, Brenda Johnson, Nancy Roll, Bryan Branch, Bernard Williams and Sherry Schedler National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Board of Directors- Judge Michael National Partnership for Juvenile Services (NPJS), Education Council- Michael Smith, Hope Academy? Vice-President Elect Shelby County Citizen Review Panel Michael Blancett Shelby County Interagency Domestic Abuse Fatality Review Team? Michael Blancett Shelby County Relative Caregiver Advisory Board? Stacey Smith Shelby County Schools, Project S.T.A.N.D. Council? Sharon Fuller and Sherry Schedler Southwest Tennessee Community College (STCC) Business, Criminal Justice and Paralegal Studies Advisory Committee - Sherry Schedler Active Interagency Memorandum of Understanding and/ or Agreement April 25, 2002: User agreement between TBI and Juvenile Court for administration of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) telecommunications equipment, and/ or interfaces for transmissiOn and retrieval of information. June 11, 2003: Interagency MOU with COMEC for use of computer network system. October 13, 2006: MOU with Shelby County Sheriff?s Of?ce, Jail Division, to establish policies and practices for communication information for juveniles transferred to Criminal Court. April 30, 2008: MOA between Juvenile Court and Memphis City Schools (MCS), Division of Alternative Schools and Programs, to implement a Transitional Center. The Center serves delinquent youth in YSB and those leaving secure residential settings. The Center provides academic assessment, instruction and comprehensive services with the aim of returning the youth to the appropriate school setting. Center opened on 8/ 12/08 with a capacity of 60. July 17, 2008: Updated 2nd Revision Multi-agency MOU signed with The Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Child Protection Investigation Team (CPIT) and project partners. Purpose is to work through interagency approach to insure best outcomes for child victims of sexual and severe physical abuse. Protocol is culmination of teamwork of law enforcement, child protection, medical, victims? services, mental health, and prosecution per TCA 37-1-607. August 8, 2008: MOU signed between Shelby County Schools, City of Memphis, MPD, Shelby County Government, Shelby County PD, and Juvenile Court for the School House Adjustment Program Enterprise (SHAPE). August 27, 2010: Updated MOU signed. Revision updates original MOUs of 8/8/08 15*t revision of 6/3/09 extending partnership. 11/22/2013: Updated MOU. 11/ 30/ 2014: Updated MOU executed with expanded project partners and charges. December 21, 2009: MOU signed to develop implement educational services in Detention. NOTE: Hope Academy opened in February 2010. February 8, 2011: MOU Extension approved for 1 year. October 5, 2012: Extension approved. October 15, 2014: MOU Extension approved. Note: SCS Attorney - Sybille S. Noble June 22, 2010: MOA with local law enforcement, Shelby County Schools, District Attorney General, University of Memphis, DCS, and community agencies for The Gang Reduction Assistance for Saving Society?s Youth (GRASSY). GRASSY is a school?based intervention working with identi?ed gang members to reduce gang involvement, delinquent behavior, and school disruption by providing targeted services to gang-involved youth based on the OJJ DP national Gang Reduction Program (GRP) Model. November 8, 2011: MOU with Memphis City Schools (now Shelby County Schools) to establish policies and practices for Memphis and Shelby County Youth Court (Youth Court). December 14, 2011: MOA with Shelby County Health Department for nursing services, screenings and coordination of indicated support services for youth in Detention. August 3, 2012: MOU with CASA to define the working relationship, policies, practices and facility usage for daily operations. December 7, 2012: MOU with IFF, Inc. in support of Operation: Safe Community 2012- 2016, Action Item 18c, to increase the number of youth referred for intervention services. February 15, 2013: Letter of Agreement between The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) and Shelby County Government on behalf of Juvenile Court (and Shelby County) for grant funds and to support replication of the DAI. NOTE: Updated MOU executed on 10?14?20 14. April 22, 2013: MOU with Shelby County Schools to implement a School-Based Probation Liaison (SBPL) Initiative. September 4, 2013: MOU with Shelby County Sheriffs Of?ce (SCSO) for the Law Enforcement Assessment Phone-In Pilot Program (LEAP). October 23, 2014: MOU signed to include Memphis Police Department. August 27, 2015: MOU amended adding Collierville Police Department. September 3, 2015: MOU amended adding Germantown Police Department as a project partner. June 2, 2014: MOA with Shelby County Early Success Coalition (ESC) for participation as Endorsing Partner. July 22, between Shelby County Government on behalf of Juvenile Court and Christ Community Health Services, Inc. for dental exams, treatment and services for detained children. April 2, 2015: MOU with Memphis Leadership Foundation (MLF) community partners for continuation of Fast Forward Memphis via US. Department of Labor (DOL), if funded. April 21, 2015: Letter of Commitment signed supporting Seedco Training to Work 3 Initiative. July 6, 2015: MOU with Arlington Community Schools for receipt of a morning report. August 4, 2015: MOU with Shelby County Schools for receipt of a morning report. September 18, 2015: MOU with Shelby County Community Services Agency (CSA) for partnership, referrals and con?dentiality. October 5, 2015: MOU between Shelby County Government, Juvenile Court, City of Memphis and Memphis Police Department for the Juvenile Court Precinct Liaison (J CPL) Initiative. November 2, 2015: MOU with Achievement School District (ASD) for morning report. March 9, 2017: MOU with Bartlett City Schools for a morning report. 4 0 October 19, 2016: MOU with Millington Municipal Schools for receipt of a morning report. 0 October 20, 2016: MOA between Juvenile Court and Shelby County Division of Community Services for reallocated funds from the US. Department of Justice, Shelby County Defending Childhood Initiative (DCI). Juvenile Court receives no-cost extension funding to address trauma audit beginning on 10-1?20 16 through 9/30/2017. Juvenile Court Grant Initiatives Activitv '30 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) YSO - TCCY State Supplement Grant award from TCCY to Juvenile Court and redirected to CASA for services of Youth Services Of?cer (Y SO). Administrative support provided by Juvenile Court Administrative Services. 0 June 22, 2016: New multi?year contract received. (Trisha Monteil) Defending Childhood Initiative (DCI) No?cost extension of grant originally awarded to Shelby County Government. Funds will be used for programming and services necessary to increase trauma?responsiveness at Juvenile Court. Funding begins on 10/1/2016 and ends on 9?30?2017. (Pam Skelton, Trisha Monteil 8: Sherry Schedler) Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) JAG replaces Byrne Formula 8: Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) with a single funding mechanism for speci?c purpose areas including programs for law enforcement, prosecution and court, prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment, and planning, evaluation and technology improvement. Funds provided by the US. BJA passed through to Shelby County Government. 0 May 19, 2016: Proposal submitted to Shelby County Grants Management FY 2016. 0 May 25, 2016: JAG Advisory Committee Meeting to vote on 2016 Proposals. Juvenile Court?s proposal approved. (Sherry Schedler)