2024 OJJDP National Conference on Youth Justice: Shaping the Next 50 Years

November 19-21, 2024 | Washington DC

Join the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for three days of inspiration, innovation, and connection at the 2024 OJJDP National Conference on Youth Justice November 19 to 21, 2024 in Washington, DC.  

OJJDP’s first in-person conference since 2011 will bring together youth and families, grantees, leading researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders from across the U.S. who are working to transform juvenile justice. 

Attendees can expect 80 workshops, 2 plenary sessions, and networking events all aimed at “Shaping the Next 50 Years” in juvenile justice. Various youth justice and delinquency prevention topics will be covered, and sessions geared toward young people as well as youth and family partnerships will be available.  

This conference is the capstone event for OJJDP's yearlong celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Signed into law September 7, 1974, this landmark legislation continues impact on local, state, and Tribal efforts to prevent delinquency and improve juvenile justice systems nationwide. 

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