Reintegration With Resilience: Helping LGBTQ+ Youth Thrive After Confinement
Date Published
April 2024
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Disproportionate minority contact
OJJDP Is Taking Action To Achieve an Equitable Juvenile Justice System
By Chyrl Jones, Acting OJJDP Administrator
When President Biden proclaimed October 2021 as National Youth Justice Action Month, he noted that far too many young people have been "sidelined by unnecessary encounters with the justice system." Citing the adverse effects of system involvement, the President called for a national shift from incarceration to prevention.
National Youth Justice Action Month supports intervention and prevention strategies...
OJJDP Acting Administrator Chyrl Jones: 2021 Coalition for Juvenile Justice Annual Conference
June 2021
Series
In her June 9, 2021, address at the Coalition for Juvenile Justice Annual Conference, Acting Administrator Chyrl Jones highlighted OJJDP's partnership with state advisory groups, its support for tribal communities, and OJJDP's open funding opportunities.
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In Focus: Title II Formula Grants Program
Date Published
March 2023
Series
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Description,
Grants and Funding,
Factsheet
Agencies
OJJDP
The Youth Engaged to Succeed (Y.E.S.) Academy
2020-JX-FX-K004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$708,657
OJJDP Journal of Juvenile Justice, Volume 5, Issue 2, Fall 2016
Date Published
October 2016
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Program/Project Description,
Issue Overview
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
National Conference on Juvenile Justice
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Conference
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization 2018
Date Published
December 2018
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
OJJDP
Redline Version Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act As Amended by the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018
Date Published
March 2019
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
OJJDP
An Overview of Statutory and Regulatory Requirements for Monitoring Facilities for Compliance with the Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders, Separation, and Jail Removal Provisions of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Reference Material,
Legislation/Policy Description,
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Administration/Management Material
Agencies
OJJDP
Disproportionate Minority Confinement: 1997 Update
Date Published
September 1998
Agencies
OJJDP
Disproportionate Minority Confinement: A Review of the Research Literature From 1989 Through 2001
Date Published
2002
Publication Type
Literature Review
Agencies
OJJDP
Juvenile Arrests 2011
Date Published
December 2013
Series
Publication Type
Statistics,
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
OJJDP
Delinquency Cases Involving Hispanic Youth, 2013
Date Published
November 2016
Series
Publication Type
Statistics,
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
OJJDP
Texas Title II Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program
2019-JX-FX-0049
Declined
Funding First Awarded
2019
$0
Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice (WA-PCJJ or Council)
2019-JX-FX-0047
Declined
Funding First Awarded
2019
$872,897
Disproportionate Minority Contact
Overview
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is a leader in efforts to reduce the overrepresentation of minority youth in the Nation's juvenile justice system. Funding through OJJDP's Formula Grants program (Title II) helps states address juvenile delinquency and supports improvements to the juvenile justice system. The funds also help states address the core requirements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...
OJJDP Core Requirements Training for the States – Part One
January 2019
This video asks training participants about the issues they are experiencing in their states surrounding core protections. In November 2018, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) hosted a training for state representatives in Baltimore, MD. The 4-day training provided participants with an overview of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act, updates on the Title II Formula Grants Program, and a review of state representatives' roles and responsibilities.
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Legislation
Authorizing Legislation
Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act (Pub. L. No. 93-415, 42 U.S.C. § 5601 et seq.) in 1974. This landmark legislation established OJJDP to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve juvenile justice systems.
In November 2002, Congress reauthorized the JJDP Act. The reauthorization (the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Pub. L. No...
Key Amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Made by the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018
Date Published
June 2019
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Description,
Instructional Material
Agencies
OJJDP
Multi-Method Study on Risk Assessment Implementation and Youth Outcomes in the Juvenile Justice System
Date Published
April 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
OJJDP Dual System Youth Design Study: Summary of Findings and Recommendations for Pursuing a National Estimate of Dual System Youth
Date Published
December 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Characteristics of Delinquency Cases Handled in Juvenile Court 2016
Date Published
October 2018
Publication Type
Data Snapshot
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: 2016 Annual Report
Date Published
January 2019
Publication Type
Statistics,
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
OJJDP