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Op-Ed: OJJDP Is Simplifying Title II Work to Focus on DMC Reduction, Not Process

Op-Ed By: Caren Harp, OJJDP Administrator

Originally posted by the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange on June 29, 2018

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is taking a new approach to Title II (the portion of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act authorizing states to innovate efforts to improve juvenile justice systems and ensure the fair treatment of youth) that will facilitate...