Fiscal Year 1998 Program Planning Activities

Section 204(b)(5)(A) of the JJDP Act requires the OJJDP Administrator to publish for public comment a Proposed Comprehensive Plan describing the program activities that OJJDP proposes to carry out during FY 1998. The Proposed Comprehensive Plan includes activities authorized by Parts C and D of Title II of the JJDP Act. Taking into consideration comments received on the Proposed Comprehensive Plan, the Administrator will develop and publish a Final Comprehensive Plan describing the program activities that OJJDP intends to fund during FY 1998.

The OJJDP program planning process for FY 1998 is being coordinated with the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and the four other OJP program bureaus: the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). The program planning process involves the following steps:

• Internal review of existing programs by OJJDP staff.

• Internal review of proposed programs by OJP bureaus and Department of Justice components.

• Review of information and data from OJJDP grantees and contractors.

• Review of information contained in state comprehensive plans.

• Review of comments made by youth service providers, juvenile justice practitioners, and researchers to provide OJJDP with input in proposed new program areas.

• Consideration of suggestions made by juvenile justice policy makers concerning state and local needs.

• Publication of Proposed Comprehensive Plan in the Federal Register.

• Consideration of all comments received during the period of public comment on the Proposed Comprehensive Plan.

• Publication of the Final Comprehensive Plan in the Federal Register.

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