The Racial and Ethnic Disparities subcommittee is a subcommittee of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Council. (JJAC). The JJAC serves as Iowa’s State Advisory Group for administration of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act . The R/ED subcommittee exists to address a core requirement of the JJDPAct Section 223(a)(22): “Requires states to address juvenile delinquency prevention efforts and system improvement efforts designed to reduce, without establishing or requiring numerical standards or quotas, the disproportionate number of juvenile members of minority groups, who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.”
| Racial and Ethnic Disparities (R/ED) Subcommittee | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Business | City |
| LaTasha DeLoach, Co-Chair | Iowa City Senior Center | Iowa City |
| Diamond Denney, Co-Chair | Iowa Department of Health and Human Services | Des Moines |
| Stephan Pearson, Co-Chair | Juvenile Court Services | Sioux City |
| Whitney Buchanan | Juvenile Court Services | Des Moines |
| Terrance Campbell | Juvenile Court Services | Waterloo |
| Kim Cheeks | Office on the Status of African Americans | Des Moines |
| Julie Clark-Albrecht | Iowa Department of Health and Human Services | Des Moines |
| Bob Greenlee | Retired, Waterloo Police Department | Shell Rock |
| Stephanie Hernandez | Siouxland Human Investment Partnership, JCS | Davenport |
| Kevin McKeever | 6th Judicial District | Iowa City |
| Ivy Menke | Juvenile Court Services | Sioux City |
| Reuben Neff | Wapello County Attorney | Ottumwa |
| John Spinks | Oakridge Neighborhood Services | Des Moines |
| Miguel Trevino | Juvenile Court Services | Davenport |
| Chris Wyatt | Juvenile Court Services | Cedar Rapids |