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Juvenile aftercare

OJJDP FY24 Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks applications for funding to assist jurisdictions in planning and assessing promising and evidence-based prevention and intervention services that will inform the development of a community-based continuum of care for youth at risk of becoming or already involved in the juvenile justice system.

OJJDP FY24 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program Solicitation Webinar

April 2024
Held on March 27, 2024, this webinar assisted eligible applicants interested in applying for the OJJDP FY 2024 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program Solicitation. It provided a general overview of the program, the goals and objectives, a discussion about the application process, and a Q&A opportunity for participants.

Remarks by OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan at the Meeting of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Remarks by OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan at the OJJDP Grantee Kickoff Meeting With the Southern University Law Center and Louisiana’s Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission

September 19, 2023

Good morning! Thank you, Amy, for your kind introduction, your steadfast leadership at OJP, and your commitment to the Coordinating Council and our work to support our nation’s children. 

As Amy said, I’m Liz Ryan, Administrator of the...

OJJDP FY 2023 Eliminating Records Barriers to Youth Success

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to select a national training and technical assistance provider to support jurisdictions' efforts to improve juvenile records expungement and sealing in order to eliminate barriers to their successful reentry and ensure that they are afforded the genuine second chances upon which the juvenile justice system is predicated.

OJJDP FY 2023 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program will provide funding to support states, units of local government, and community-based organizations to develop programs to provide comprehensive reentry services for moderate- to high-risk youth before, during, and after release from confinement.