Resources for Rural Jurisdictions

Rural Native Youth A Panel Discussion on Comparative Resources and Collaborations to Improve Outcome Webinar
This webinar, hosted by the National District Attorney’s Association on December 16, 2024, featured a panel of rural native youth and a discussion on comparative resources and collaborations to improve outcomes throughout rural Tribal communities. Rural Youth and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Webinar
This webinar, hosted by the National District Attorney’s Association on November 6, 2024, discussed various aspects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among rural youth, providing perspectives from public health researchers and system-involved youth service providers. The presentation included an overview of the research on ACEs among youth in detention and ways to counteract or build resiliency to ACEs, focusing on rural youth. Report of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Rural Justice Rural Victim Assistance guide Defining "Rural Areas" Juvenile Justice Evidence Based Practices in Rural Communities Preventing Legal Deserts in Our Rural Communities Fact Sheet: Access to Justice is Rural Access Growing Racial Diversity in Rural America: Results from the 2020 Census Rural America Has Highest Jail Incarceration Rates in the U.S. Despite Low Crime Rates, New Report Reveals Violence and Abuse in Rural America In most Vermont counties, prosecutors are managing well over 300 cases. Officials say that has to change, and soon. Successful Pretrial Strategies in Rural Communities: Small-Town Solutions to Solve Big-Time Problems The Impact of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences on Rural Children, with Elizabeth Crouch Rural-Urban Differences in Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences: Results from the National Survey of Children's Health Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences Across Rural Communities: Results from the National Survey of Children’s Health Confronting Adverse Childhood Experiences to Improve Rural Kids' Lifelong Health with Adrienne Coopey, DO Rural Nebraska county attorneys, public defenders confront ‘legal desert’ in hiring new lawyers (starherald.com) Catalyst award will assist prevention of sexual violence among Indigenous youth Effectiveness of a Sexual Assault Self-defense Program for American Indian Girls Prevention program aims to reduce dating violence, problem drinking among LGBTQ+ youth Development and Pilot Evaluation of an Online Intervention to Prevent Dating Violence and Problem Drinking in Sexual Minority Youth