OJJDP FY 2020 Delinquency Prevention Program
Webinar
Juvenile justice
OJJDP FY 2020 Delinquency Prevention Program
Closing Date
This program will provide grants to eligible states or federally recognized tribes to implement evidence-based strategies to address the unmet needs of at-risk or delinquent youth through a continuum of delinquency prevention programs for juveniles who have had or who are likely to have contact with the juvenile justice system.
OJJDP Administrator Harp's January/February 2020 Video Message
January 2020
This issue's Message From the Administrator 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.
OJJDP Administrator Harp's January/February 2020 Video Message
January 2020
This issue's Message From the Administrator 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.
OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2020
Date Published
Sponsored or Published
Published
OJJDP Announces New Funding Opportunity
OJJDP has announced the following fiscal year 2020 funding opportunity:
OJJDP FY 2020 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
Closing Date
This program will support the efforts of states, communities, tribal jurisdictions, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and institutions of higher education to implement programs and strategies that identify, respond to, treat, and support children, youth, and families impacted by the opioid epidemic.
OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2020
The January/February issue of OJJDP News @ A Glance is now available.
AMBER Alert Coordinator Meeting - Region 2
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Classroom
Drug Courts
Substance abuse has devastating effects on youth, families, and communities. The opioid epidemic claims 130 lives each day, according to the National Vital Statistics System. Drug courts were established in the mid-1990s to help those offenders with substance abuse problems.
OJJDP FY 2020 Supporting Effective Interventions for Adolescent Sex Offenders and Children With Sexual Behavior Problems
Closing Date
This solicitation provides funding to develop intervention and supervision services for adolescent sex offenders and children with sexual behavior problems, and to provide treatment services for their victims and families/caregivers.
OJJDP Announces New Funding Opportunities
OJJDP has announced the following fiscal year 2020 funding opportunities:
OJJDP FY 2020 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative
Closing Date
This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk for juvenile delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement. Mentoring services can be one-on-one, group, peer, or a combination of these types. Applicants in all categories must initiate mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger at the time of admission to the program. Funding can be used to support new mentoring matches or continue existing mentoring matches at the time of application.
Webinar To Discuss Tribal Youth Truancy Prevention
On February 13, 2020, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
OJJDP FY 2020 Tribal Children's Advocacy Center Expansion Initiative for Child Abuse Victims
Closing Date
This solicitation seeks to expand Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) by providing funding for satellite CACs to address the needs of child victims and their families in tribal communities.
Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) March 2020 Meeting
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All times are Eastern Time unless noted otherwise.
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting