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Juvenile Justice Summit
The Alabama Juvenile Justice Summit is a pivotal statewide forum dedicated to advancing the juvenile justice system in Alabama. This summit aims to unite stakeholders-including policymakers, practitioners, educators, community leaders, and youth advocates-to foster a shared understanding of the challenges facing youth and the communities served by Alabama's juvenile justice system.
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A community meeting to address the current and future challenges of Alabama's children.
Grantees of the State of Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention/Children's Trust Fund will convene for a mandatory training event.
Conference activities will include workshops on a variety of subjects in addition to motivational speakers in the general sessions. The conference also allows agency workers to network with other agency workers from other counties.
Stigma is defined as a set of negative beliefs that a group or society holds about a topic or group of people. The World Health Organization has classified stigma as having a detrimental effect on the treatment of individuals and is a huge barrier to recovery. Public attitudes about various stigmatizing conditions indicate that individuals with a substance use disorder are viewed more negatively than individuals with a mental health disorder. This stigma promotes the vicious cycle that is embedded in the disease of substance use disorder. In the state of Alabama, stigma presents as a barrier to seeking treatment and directly affects the way an individual views themselves. The goal of this summit is to address stigma, as it relates to individuals with a substance use disorder, by dispelling myths, educating on evidence-based practices, and bringing awareness to this public health issue.