Article archive / January 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 5. Source pages: 6.
The John. D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change initiative has recognized Sharon Hornsby, dean of the Northshore Technical Community College Florida Parishes Campus, as a “Champion for Change” in juvenile justice reform efforts.
Dean Hornsby, a licensed professional counselor, is the project director of the Louisiana Models for Change pilot program at the Northshore Technical Community College Florida Parishes Campus in collaboration with the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Institute for Public Health and Justice to provide career development and job training enrollment opportunities for adjudicated youth.
“Dean Hornsby embodies the values of Models for Change: fundamental fairness, recognition of developmental differences between youth and adults, and believes that all youth have the potential to not only change, but to become contributors to building their own communities,” said Dr. Debra DePrato, director of the LSUHSC Institute for Public Health and Justice and the lead for Louisiana Models for Change. “As a result of her leadership, this group of students, many of whom have never before seen what success looks like, have become more successful in school and in life. ”
An astonishing 80 percent of the students in the Models for Change NTCC program so far have successfully completed the entire educational/job training program. Seventy percent have already earned a job‐based credential.
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