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By Chyrl Jones, Acting OJJDP Administrator
“After incarcerated individuals serve their time, they should have the opportunity to fully reintegrate into society,” said President Joseph R. Biden when he proclaimed April 2021 as Second Chance Month. This is particularly true for youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
On any given day, there are approximately 37,500 youth in residential placement; the majority of whom...
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...
President Biden proclaimed April as Second Chance Month, dedicated to supporting successful reentry of adult and youth offenders. On any given day, there are more than 37,529 youth in residential placement in this country. Join OJJDP in spreading awareness and providing second chances for those committed to rejoining society.
Last year, OJJDP awarded more than $11 million in grant programs to support reentry services for youth...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has posted a new article discussing OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and Juvenile Residential Facility Census.
Both OJJDP-sponsored surveys gather information from residential placement facilities that hold juveniles who are charged or adjudicated for an offense. The article describes the work that OJJDP and NIJ are performing to improve data collection on juveniles in residential placement...
On January 29, 2021, OJJDP extended the deadlines of all open fiscal year (FY) 2021 solicitations by four weeks. The new due dates are as follows:
| Solicitation | Revised Grants.gov Deadline | Revised JustGrants Deadline |
| OJJDP FY 2021 Enhancing Juvenile Indigent Defense | March 1, 2021 | March 16, 2021 |
| OJJDP FY 2021 Child Abuse Training for Judicial and Court Personnel | March 1, 2021 | March 16, 2021 |
| OJJDP FY... |
Register for upcoming juvenile justice-related webinars on funding, programs, and initiatives.
| Date | Title | Registration |
| January 14, 2021 | Keeping Kids Safe: Ask The Experts - A Conversation About Boundaries And Consent | Register |
| January 20, 2021 | An Overview of Special Education Considerations: What Juvenile Court Prosecutors Need to Know | Register |
| January 26, 2021 | From Submission to Court: The Basics of a Forensic Biology Laboratory | Register |
| January 27... |
OJJDP has released "Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2018." This fact sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases handled in U.S. juvenile courts from 2005 to 2018. During that period, the number of delinquency cases involving juveniles declined 55 percent. Decreases were experienced across four offense categories: property, public order, person, and drug law violation cases. The estimates are based on data from more...
