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OJJDP Launches Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center Website

The OJJDP Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center has launched its new website. This website serves as a clearinghouse of culturally appropriate resources, training, and technical assistance to help OJJDP Tribal grantees and federally recognized Tribes improve, enhance, and support their juvenile justice systems. The website provides information in areas such as juvenile healing to wellness courts; Tribal youth-specific prevention, intervention, and treatment...

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2014

Date Published
April 2017
Publication Type
Survey, Statistics, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

OJJDP FY 2017 Defending Childhood American Indian/Alaska Native Policy Initiative: Supporting Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Systems for Tribes

Closing Date

This American Indian/Alaska Native Policy Initiative (policy initiative) is designed to increase the capacity of Tribes to enhance their juvenile justice and related child serving systems, such as child welfare and education, and to improve the lives of Tribal youth exposed to violence. The proposed enhancements that Tribes will implement must align with key recommendations from the report of the Attorney General's Advisory committee on...

OJJDP FY 17 Second Chance Act Smart on Juvenile Justice: Community Supervision Reform

Closing Date

As many as 100,000 youth younger than 18 years old are released from juvenile correctional facilities every year. These young people often return to their communities with complex needs, such as physical and behavioral health issues and barriers to education and employment. This grant program will provide grants to state and local government agencies and federally recognized Native American/Alaskan Native Tribes to support their efforts...

The AMBER Advocate, Winter 2016

Date Published
January 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Issue Overview
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored