Please join us for this Free Members
Workshop on March 19th
 

Maximum Potential:
Working with Justice System-Involved Youth
March 19, 2021
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Attendance through Zoom

Zoom information will be emailed to attendees on March 17th.
Attendees - please add Admin@mn-ca.org to your safe sender e-mail list so the notification with Zoom info doesn't go into your Junk mail. 

*Free training event for MCA Members
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Reaching youth and teens is a difficult task. This becomes even more difficult when criminal activity, anti-social attitudes, and chemical use are involved. This training will focus on how to assist these youth in building skills while exploring their past experiences, all while gaining understanding about themselves and making changes in the process. My hope is that you will leave with tangible ideas to utilize in your work with youth and new ways to engage with youth faced with difficult past experiences and difficult current circumstances.

Presenter - Melissa McCann 

Melissa McCann is a Corrections Security Caseworker Career at the MN Department of Corrections and has worked for the department since 2004. She graduated from Hamline University in 2003 with BA degree in Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Psychology. She returned to college to attend Metropolitan State University for alcohol and drug counseling and been a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor through the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy since 2008. Her passion and involvement in corrections has been with the juvenile population, substance abuse and working with chemically dependent youth, training and facilitation, along with building staff wellness. This has led her to be involved in many projects including department strategic planning on recruitment and retention, curriculum development, auditing of programming and services, along with development and implementation of substance abuse and general population programming. Melissa is passionate about helping youth see their true potential and make meaningful changes despite their past experiences.

Melissa is a member of the Minnesota Corrections Association Board of Directors as the Student Services chair. She was awarded the MN Juvenile Detention Association-MCF-Red Wing Juvenile Detention Worker of the Year in 2006. Melissa and her husband both work at the MN Correctional Facility-Red Wing and reside in the Red Wing area.

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Registration is Open

MCA Spring Workshop
Criminal Minds
"Supervising offenders with various mental health needs"
March 25, 2021*
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
8:30 Registration & Sponsor Spotlights 
This event will be attended through Zoom. 

*Attendee registrations transferred from
 the 2020 to 2021 event date. 

Join us for this full day of training ~ 

 Click here for agenda and presenter information  

Event Sponsors:

MACPO
Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge
Restoration Counseling and Community Services (RCCS)
St. Mary's University of Minnesota
Securus Monitoring Solutions
Sequel Youth Family Services

Become an Event Sponsor for the

MCA & MACPO
Annual Juvenile Justice Conference
April 15, 2021
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
This will be a virtual training event.
 

MCA and MACPO are excited to present the Annual Juvenile Justice Conference in a virtual platform this year!  

Starting immediately with e-mail notifications that are sent with information about the Juvenile Justice Conference, All Event Sponsors will be noted!

During the event, each event sponsor will have an opportunity to speak directly to the attendees through our virtual platform at times that will be specifically scheduled for you.  You will also be able to participate in the chat responding to questions during the event day.

We are creating an Juvenile Justice Event Page on our website.  This page will be made available to our attendees starting now and 30-days post-event.  There you will have the opportunity to:

• Place your logo.
• Have a direct link to your website.
  
• Invite attendees to your website and hold special drawings. Receive leads and contact information from participants who sign up there to learn more about your programs and services.
  
• Post documents
• Notify our attendees when you can be available to live chat (outside of our event day) and a direct email link for you to have our attendees email you for appointment requests.
  

And we are definitely open to suggestions from our sponsors on what they would like to see on our website event page as well!

Contact someone from our Sponsorship Team for details on being a Sponsor for this event: 
JoAnn Brown: joann.brown@state.mn.us
Shannon Olean:  shannon.olean@co.dakota.mn.us 

Interruption of E-mails from MCA website

MCA is currently experiencing an interruption in our e-mail service from our website.  This includes event notifications, e-mails with password resets, invoices for memberships and invoices for upcoming event registrations.  

If you do NOT receive an expected e-mail from our website (Admin@mn-ca.org) please reach out to Debbie Beltz, MCA Administrative Manager at mca-mn@hotmail.com.  She will be able to assist you.

This is an issue with the MCA website host and they are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

MCA and MACPO Presents
 Annual Juvenile Justice Conference
April 15, 2021
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

This conference will be held in a virtual platform

Sessions Include:

Understanding the Therapy Process & Desired Outcomes for Adolescents Experiencing Trauma – Dr. Timothy Wright, Director of Outpatient Services, Village Ranch

Lawyers, Clients & Narrative: Tools for Practice – Carolyn Grose, Professor, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

 Restorative Justice: Creating Spaces Where Shift Happens – Ted Lewis, Consultant for the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota-Duluth

 Thinking Differently: A Collaborative Approach to Juvenile Justice – Reese Frederickson, Pine County Attorney

 A Just Response: Exploring Restorative Philosophy in Schools and Juvenile Diversion – Chrissy Gamst, RJ Practitioner and Laraine Mickelson, Mickelson Consulting

Full event schedule to be posted.
Certificate of Attendance with training hours will be available upon request.

Event Sponsors:

Boys Town
McCrossan Boys Ranch
Midwest Monitoring & Surveillance
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
MN Adult & Teen Challenge
NextGen Monitoring
Port
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Village Ranch Inc
West Central Regional Juvenile Center

Event Sponsor Opportunities are limited
  Click here for to become and Event Sponsor & Register

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be e-mailed to the MCA office at mca-mn@hotmail.com. 100% refund* by 03/15/21; 50% refund* 03/16/21 -04/02/21; no refunds after 04/02/21. In lieu of cancellation you may have a replacement in your spot. *If Subway E-Gift Card has been sent, $10 will be deducted from refund.