With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to select a national training and technical assistance provider to support jurisdictions' efforts to improve juvenile records expungement and sealing in order to eliminate barriers to their successful reentry and ensure that they are afforded the genuine second chances upon which the juvenile justice system is predicated.
The purpose of this program is to help jurisdictions improve how they expunge, seal, or vacate juvenile records in order to eliminate barriers to successful reentry, improve youth outcomes, reduce recidivism, and enhance public safety.