Alternatives to incarceration
OJJDP FY 2023 Family-Based Alternative Justice Solicitation Webinar
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OJJDP FY 2023 Community Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Solicitation Webinar
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Targeted Outreach to State Legislatures on Juvenile Justice
OJJDP Administrator Interview on Youth Justice
The Department of Youth Affairs will continue to address training, programming, and compliance of the four core requirements to help improve Guam's juvenile justice system.
MO FY22 Statewide Title II Formula Grant Program
Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice (SAG) incentivizes system improvement projects
Fiscal Year 2022 Title II Formula Grants Program
Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Training and Technical Assistance Program
Serving Justice-Involved Youth at Home, With Community Support
By Liz Ryan, OJJDP Administrator
October is Youth Justice Action Month, a national observance underscoring the need for equity in the juvenile justice system and for centering directly impacted youth and their families to advance youth justice. OJJDP is committed to transforming the juvenile justice system to promote the welfare of all youth. Three priorities guide our work: 1) Treat children as children. 2) Serve...
Treating Children as Children
By Liz Ryan, OJJDP Administrator
October is Youth Justice Action Month, a national observance underscoring the need for equity in the juvenile justice system and for centering directly impacted youth and their families to advance youth justice. OJJDP is committed to transforming the juvenile justice system to promote the welfare of all youth. Three priorities guide our work: 1) Treat children as children. 2)...
Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice
Multidisciplinary approach to addressing the challenges experienced by families as a result of incarceration and/or guilty plea through a community-based, family centered alternative to incarceration.
Establish a Nez Perce Tribe Family Court
Juvenile Justice System Reform Training and Technical Assistance
Register for Webinar on Shifting Youth Justice Resources to Communities
Join the Columbia Justice Lab and the Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice on September 20, 2022, at 2 p.m. ET for “Taking on Transformation: Shifting Resources to Communities.”
This webinar will discuss how youth justice systems can shift resources to community-led and community-owned supports for youth. It is the sixth in a series of webinars examining the growing movement away from youth incarceration...
The Department of Youth Affairs will continue to address training, programming, and compliance of the four core requirements to help improve Guam's juvenile justice system.
Develop programs to address juvenile delinquency and improve North Dakota's juvenile justice system.
FY21 Title II-Statewide
OJJDP 2022 Listening Sessions
Over the summer, OJJDP hosted a series of listening sessions and town halls with stakeholders, national partners, and youth. The sessions provided OJJDP an opportunity to learn about practitioners' challenges and successes, as well as the lived experience of youth with the juvenile justice system. Feedback from these events will inform OJJDP's approach in advancing the Office's three priorities:
- Treating children as children.
- Serving...
New Blog Post Highlights OJJDP’s Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative
New OJJDP Initiative Promotes Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration
By Liz Ryan, OJJDP Administrator
Far too many young people are housed in juvenile justice facilities, and often their detention does more harm than good. Community-based alternatives—working with youth where they live—achieve better results than warehousing youth in prisons.
We currently spend an estimated $5 billion per year to incarcerate children. And research shows that locking up kids doesn’t work. This money is better spent...