The 54th annual MNJOA Conference will be held January 21 - 23, 2009 in Duluth, MN. 

2009 REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The annual conference registration brochure is now available. 
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CONFERENCE HOTEL INFORMATION
Book your room online today at the Duluth Holiday Inn & Suites! (This link gets you the MNJOA negotiated room rate).

2009 SCHOLARSHIPS
Limited scholarships are available.  Please submit a scholarship application along with your registration form.  Unfortunately not all applications can be fulfilled. 

EXHIBITORS
Space is available for exhibitors.  If interested, please contact Mike Eliason at (952) 431-8223 for more information. 2009 Exhibitor Form

Annual Awards - 2009 Nomination Form
Outstanding Juvenile Officer (sworn) & Service Award (non-sworn)
Due: November 30, 2008 

Our 2008 conference (January) was incredible!

Check out our SRO Survey RESULTS!

2008 Award Winners -

Outstanding Juvenile Officer - Officer Geoffrey Olmscheid
Mankato Department of Public Safety
Officer Olmscheid is quoted as being one that “simply goes through each day improving the lives of those to whom he comes in contact.  He’s described as not only a gentleman, but also a gentle man.  This is evidenced by the times he has taken calls during the night on his days off from a student or parent in crisis.”

Oustanding Service Award
We are happy to announce that we have two award winners this year - Tammy Doebler and Brenda Arntzen.  Tammy and Brenda both work for the Roseau County Prevention Coalition and they received multiple nominations from both the school and police department working with them in Warroad.  The Prevention Coalition focuses on a pro-active approach to increasing teen decision making skills.  The program began only 14 months ago, but is already showing remarkable success.  Programs and areas of focus include: Project Northland, Teen Journey, juvenile problem solving skills and truancy intervention.