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DOJ To Convene Symposium On Child Protection In Indian Country

 

 

WASHINGTON,  -- The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) will convene the National Symposium on Child Protection in Indian Country on Tuesday, March 9, through Thursday, March 11, 2010. Organized and sponsored by OJP's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Santa Ana Pueblo, the symposium will bring together teams from more than 60 tribes comprised of individuals representing law enforcement, child protection and tribal leadership.  Symposium sessions will focus on creating a multidisciplinary approach and coordinated community/tribal-based effort to prevent, interdict and respond to child abuse, neglect and exploitation.

What:  

National Symposium on Child Protection in Indian Country

  

When:

Tuesday – Thursday, March 9-11, 2010

  

Where:

Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort

  
 

1300 Tuyuna Trail

  
 

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico

  
   

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

  
     

WHO:      

Ronald Laney, Associate Administrator, OJJDP

  
 

Gena Tyner-Dawson, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General for Tribal Affairs, OJP

  
 

Larry J. Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior

  
 

Jeff Slowikowski, Acting Administrator, OJJDP

  
 

Greg Fouratt, U.S. Attorney, District of New Mexico

  
 

Jefferson Keel, President, National Congress of American Indians

  
     

WHAT:

Opening Session

  
     

WHEN:

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. MST

  
     
 

*************

  
 

Larry J. Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs

  
 

U.S. Department of the Interior

  
     
 

Luncheon Speaker: Safe Communities in Indian Country

  
     
 

12:30 – 1:45 p.m. MST

  
   

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

  
     

WHO:

Stephanie C. LoConto, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Sex Offender

  
 

Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking  (SMART), OJP

  
     

WHAT:

Plenary Session:  Sex Offenders and Program Management  in Indian Country

  
     

WHEN:

8:30 -10:00 a.m. MST

  
 



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