OJJDP Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the JJDPA
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention marks the 50th anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, with the year-long observance "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Celebrating 50 Years of the JJDPA". Throughout 2024, the Office will observe the Act's golden anniversary with several events.
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ICYMI: Today in Juvenile Justice: Administrator Update
The audio recording is now available for Administrator Ryan's call held on March 27, 2024, Administrator Ryan. During the call, she highlights the expansion of OJJDP's partnership with AmeriCorps to support community-based programs that increase reentry services to justice-involved youth.
OJJDP Priorities
OJJDP's three priorities reflect the Office's guiding philosophy: to enhance the welfare of America’s youth and broaden their opportunities for a better future. To bring these goals to fruition, OJJDP is leading efforts to transform the juvenile justice system into one that will—
The juvenile justice field's decisionmaking must be informed by science and research to ensure young people are adjudicated fairly and given opportunities to learn and recover from youthful mistakes.
Community-based programs that involve families as a critical component enhance youth outcomes, increase public safety, and strengthen neighborhoods.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, March 2024
The March newsletter highlights OJJDP’s continuum of care framework for delivering juvenile justice services, recent trends in youth crime and victimization, and a conversation between Administrator Liz Ryan and Tribal youth.
View and Apply for OJJDP Funding
Access current funding opportunities from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Juvenile Court Statistics 2021
Juvenile Court Statistics 2021 describes delinquency cases and petitioned status offense cases handled between 2005 and 2021 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. National estimates of juvenile court delinquency caseloads in 2021 were based on analyses of 299,432 automated case records and court-level statistics summarizing an additional 29,369 cases.
Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 2020
This fact sheet presents national estimates of cases waived by juvenile court judges to be handled by criminal courts from 1985 through 2020. In 2020, U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction handled 508,400 delinquency cases.
Justice Department Publishes Report on Reducing Fines and Fees
The Department of Justice's Office for Access to Justice recently released "Access to Justice Spotlight: Fines & Fees." This report highlights approaches that jurisdictions are taking to presume youth indigent and eliminate juvenile fines and fees.
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Preventing Youth Hate Crimes & Identity-Based Bullying Initiative
Discover more about OJJDP's Preventing Youth Hate Crimes & Identity-Based Bullying Initiative. This national initiative focuses on prevention and early intervention from a youth-based perspective. OJJDP hosted its second Youth Hate Crimes and Identity-Based Bullying Prevention Virtual Symposium from October 17-18, 2023.