OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2020

The January/February issue of OJJDP News @ A Glance is now available. In this issue's Message From the Administrator, Caren Harp discusses the vital role mentoring can play in ensuring a brighter future for our nation's youth: Students who meet regularly with their mentors are 52 percent less likely than their peers to skip a day of school, 46 percent less likely to start using illegal drugs, and 55 percent more likely to enroll in college. The newsletter's top story highlights the National Mentoring Summit and OJJDP's orientation session for new mentoring grantees.

Other features in this issue—

• How OJJDP Is Confronting the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children 
• AMBER Alert System: Rescuing Children and Saving Lives for Nearly 25 Years 
• Staff Spotlight: Associate Administrator Kellie Blue 
• Stakeholder's Corner: National Mentoring Resource Center 
• Upcoming Events 
• News in Brief 
• New Publications 
• News From the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice 

Resources:

• OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2020 (NCJ 254489) is available online. 
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