Description
The Administrator is appointed by the President and shall develop objectives, priorities, and a long-term plan to improve the juvenile justice system in the United States. The Administrator shall implement overall policy and a strategy to carry out such plan, for all Federal juvenile delinquency programs and activities relating to prevention, diversion, training, treatment, rehabilitation, evaluation, and research.
Beginning January 2025, Eileen M. Garry has led the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in an acting capacity. Acting Administrator Garry has 30 years of leadership at the Department of Justice, previously serving as OJJDP’s Acting Administrator from January 2017 to January 2018. Read full bio.