Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2024, $590,110)
The State of Alaska’s Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is the division within the Department of Family and Community Services that is responsible for all probation, detention, and institutional treatment services for delinquent youth in Alaska. DJJ is the state planning agency that is responsible for administration of grants from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This project will serve Alaska’s statewide juvenile population, ages 10-18 years old, which is approximately 12.5% of the State of Alaska’s total population. The priority goals for Alaska’s Title II Formula Grant are to maintain compliance with the four core mandates of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act) as reauthorized in 2018.