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Training and Technical Assistance:
An Overview of Opportunities From OJJDP
State and local government agencies face the challenge of providing
needed services with limited resources. The Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) offers a number of training
and technical assistance programs to help the juvenile justice
field meet this challenge by implementing research-based strategies,
using best practices, and working efficiently.
In FY 2004, OJJDP will distribute more than $150 million in block
grants to states and territories through the Formula Grants, Title
V Community Prevention Grants, Juvenile Accountability Block Grants
(JABG), and Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) programs.
The Office sponsors several training and technical assistance programs
to ensure that states are able to use these funds effectively.
Many of OJJDP's discretionary grants also have training and technical
assistance components to support program development and implementation.
OJJDP's National Training and Technical Assistance Center
(NTTAC) is the primary outlet for juvenile justice training
and technical assistance information and resources. The Center
enhances OJJDP's ability to meet the needs of the juvenile justice
field, promotes best practices, and fosters shared teaching and
learning among grantees and contractors. NTTAC supports juvenile
justice practitioners, elected officials, and citizen advocates
by:
- Conducting ongoing needs assessments and supporting evaluations
of training and technical assistance delivery.
- Providing searchable directories of training and technical
assistance providers, events, and resource materials.
- Distributing customized packages of training and technical
assistance materials.
NTTAC's Provider Directory lists contact information for more
than 50 OJJDP-sponsored training and technical assistance providers.
NTTAC products, which include a bimonthly newsletter and other
publications, help service providers stay current on the latest
trends, technologies, and initiatives.
OJJDP supports several programs to assist states in implementing
the Formula Grants program. The Formula Grants Training and
Technical Assistance Program provides a broad scope of training
and technical assistance related to the Formula Grants program
areas (see sidebar). OJJDP's Juvenile
Justice Evaluation Center helps
states and communities evaluate juvenile justice programs and use
findings to improve program performance. The Center is also one
of OJJDP's technical assistance providers for disproportionate
minority contact (DMC), one of the four core protections (along
with deinstitutionalization of status offenders, separation of
juveniles from adult offenders in institutions, and removal of
juveniles from adult jails and lockups) that states must address
to receive Formula Grants. In addition, OJJDP's DMC Training,
Technical Assistance, and Information Dissemination Program provides
states with curriculums, training of trainers, and broad-based
knowledge about DMC.
The Title V Training and Technical Assistance Program supports
community efforts to develop and implement local delinquency prevention
strategies. The program offers training and technical assistance
in the following areas:
- Data collection and analysis.
- Evaluation and performance measurement.
- Planning and program development.
- State and local capacity building.
- Team building and orientation.
Title V training is for community leaders, planners, researchers,
program developers, private individuals, and representatives from
a broad range of public and private agencies that serve youth and
families. The recently expanded Title V Model Programs Guide
and Database can help communities identify evidence-based delinquency
prevention strategies and programs covering the full range of juvenile
justice services. This valuable resource can assist all juvenile
justice practitioners, regardless of their funding sources.
Training and technical assistance for the JABG Program is provided
through NTTAC. The JABG Training and Technical Assistance Program assists
federal and state agencies, law enforcement, the judiciary, corrections,
and local juvenile justice agencies in their efforts to implement
a system of accountability-based sanctions. The program provides
needed services to juvenile justice professionals through a variety
of technical assistance events. JABG performance measures, best
practices bulletins, and technical assistance resource guides are
available through the JABG Web page.
OJJDP established the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training
Center (UDETC) to support the EUDL program. The Center's
mission is to provide science-based, practical, and effective
training and technical assistance services to states and communities
working to combat underage drinking. Staff provide onsite training
and expert technical assistance. The Center hosts an online database
and disseminates information through audio teleconferences, publications,
and e-mail alerts. Practitioners also can access information
through the Center's Web site.
OJJDP's Missing and Exploited Children's Training and Technical
Assistance Program helps local and state law enforcement
officers and other juvenile justice officials improve enforcement,
prevention, and intervention services for children and their
families. Overseen by OJJDP's Child Protection Division, the
program provides training and technical assistance to the AMBER
Alert Program, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program,
and other programs related to child abuse and neglect and missing
and exploited children.
Information about training and technical assistance resources
related to many of OJJDP's other programs, such as the Court Appointed
Special Advocates Program and the Model Dependency Courts Initiative,
is available on OJJDP's Web site (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp).
Select “Program Search” to access the training and technical
assistance information for a particular program.
Online Resources
- National Training and Technical Assistance Center: nttac.org.
Formula
Grants Program Areas |
- Aftercare/reentry.
- Alternatives to detention.
- Child abuse and neglect.
- Children of incarcerated parents.
- Community assessment
centers.
- Compliance monitoring.
- Court services.
- Deinstitutionalization of
status offenders.
- Delinquency prevention.
- Disproportionate minority contact.
- Diversion.
- Gangs.
- Gender-specific services.
- Graduated sanctions.
- Guns.
- Hate crimes.
- Jail removal.
- Job training.
- Juvenile justice system improvement.
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- Mental health services.
- Mentoring.
- Native American issues.
- Planning and administration.
- Probation.
- Restitution/community
services.
- Rural issues.
- Schools.
- Separation of juveniles
from adult offenders.
- Serious crime.
- Sex offenders.
- State Advisory Group allocations.
- Substance abuse.
- Youth advocacy.
- Youth courts.
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The Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a
component of the Office of Justice Programs, which
also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute
of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime. |
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News @ a Glance is
OJJDP’s bimonthly newsletter, bringing you up-to-date
notices of agency activities, recent publications, funding
opportunities, and upcoming events—with an emphasis
on providing quick access to online sources for publications
and other resources. Let us know what types of features
would be most useful to you (visit [email protected]).
Subscribe to and receive OJJDP News @ a Glance electronically
so you can be sure to receive every issue. Visit the OJJDP
Web site (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp)
for information on how to subscribe. |
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