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Wellness

USDA Programs Help To Feed Children Facing Food Insecurity

In late April, OJJDP released a letter to grantees describing resources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that can help programs ensure food stability for the youth and families they serve. This blog post provides that vital information. 

Wellness Program Implementation Series (Part 6): Program Assessment

May 2021
Held on May 12, 2021, and hosted by OJJDP's NTTAC in conjunction with The Innocent Justice Foundation, this was the final part in a 6-part series that discussed how to build a wellness program, from identifying the necessary components (e.g., funding, buy-in, and providers) and choosing the best option for your team, to implementing your program and assessing its success.

Wellness Program Implementation Series (Part 4): Chaplaincy

April 2021
Held on April 14, 2021 and hosted by OJJDP's NTTAC in conjunction with The Innocent Justice Foundation, this was the fourth in a 6-part series that discussed how to build a wellness program, from identifying the necessary components (e.g., funding, buy-in, and providers) and choosing the best option for your team, to implementing your program and assessing its success.

Wellness Program Implementation Series (Part 3): Embedded Mental Health Provider

April 2021
Held on March 31, 2021 and hosted by OJJDP's NTTAC in conjunction with The Innocent Justice Foundation, this was the third in a 6-part series that discussed how to build a wellness program, from identifying the necessary components (e.g., funding, buy-in, and providers) and choosing the best option for your team, to implementing your program and assessing its success.

Wellness Implementation Series (Part 2): Introduction to your Options and Assessing Team's Needs

March 2021
Held on March 10, 2021, this was the second in a 6-part series that discussed how to build a wellness program, from identifying the necessary components (e.g., funding, buy-in, and providers) and choosing the best option for your team, to implementing your program and assessing its success.

OJJDP Announces Upcoming Webinars

Webinars on Wellness Program Implementations and Missing Children Response Strategies

Register for upcoming juvenile justice-related webinars on funding, programs, and initiatives. 

Date Title Registration
March 2, 2021 Response to At-Risk Missing and High-Risk Endangered Missing Children Register
March 3, 2021 Wellness Program Implementation Series (Part 1): Components of a Wellness Program: How to Build a Program Register
March 5, 2021 Response to At-Risk Missing and...