The 7th Generation National Tribal Mentoring Program

OJJDP's Demonstration Programs Continuation Grants program was established to provide grants and cooperative agreements to organizations that OJJDP has selected for funds in prior years. This program will be authorized by an Act appropriating funds for the Department of Justice.

In support of OJJDP's Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance, EDC will provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to OJJDP Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry (TJDR) grantees, Tribal Youth Program (TYP) Detention and Reentry grantees, and non-OJJDP-funded Tribal Juvenile Detention Centers (TJDCs) through the EDC Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry TTA Center (TJDR TTAC). TJDR TTAC will enhance all TJDCs capacity to provide culturally appropriate, comprehensive support services for successful reentry of tribal youth to families, schools, and communities, through: 1) improving services for tribal youth in detention and reentry programs; 2) advancing the dissemination of emerging best practice models for tribal juvenile detention and reentry programs, including alternatives to detention; 3) improving TJDCs capacity to capture and report relevant data and monitor JDC standards; and 4) assisting TJDCs to develop sustainability plans. TJDR TTACs American Indian Technical Assistance Specialists (TASs) and Technical Partners (TPs) from across Indian Country will provide individualized technical assistance; onsite TP and TAS training; peer-to-peer visits to TJDCs; a two-day training for TJDC Correctional Officers; a one-day skills training for TJDC staff; and the TJDR National Resource Center website and webinar series. EDC will measure progress with its web-based TTA database system, pre-and post-test instruments, and TA survey to track required OJJDP performance measures. NCA/NCF