The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2021. This issue's Message From the Administrator highlights National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The top story focuses on the shift children's advocacy centers made to continue responding to cases of child abuse after the emergence of COVID-19. The Youth Voices column recounts how an OJJDP-funded reentry and gang intervention program benefited a youth returning to Oakland, CA, from juvenile detention. The issue also marks the debut of the new "Tribal Connections" section, which will focus on the efforts of Tribes and other entities to support American Indian and Alaska Native youth.
Other features in this issue—
- April Is Second Chance Month
- Stakeholder's Corner: Deploying Telemental Health
- OJJDP Acting Administrator, Staff Address Tribal Youth Conference
- Tribal Youth Offer Feedback to OJJDP During Town Hall Meetings
- Tribal Publications and Events
- News in Brief
- Upcoming Events
- New Publications
RESOURCES:
- OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2021 (NCJ 300297) is available online.
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