Juvenile courts

By Chyrl Jones, Acting OJJDP Administrator

When President Biden proclaimed October 2021 as National Youth Justice Action Month, he noted that far too many young people have been "sidelined by unnecessary encounters with the justice system." Citing the adverse effects of system involvement, the President called for a national shift from incarceration to prevention.

National Youth Justice Action Month supports intervention and prevention strategies...

OJJDP has released "Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 2018." This fact sheet presents national estimates of cases waived by juvenile court judges to criminal courts from 1985 through 2018. In 2018, juvenile courts in the United States handled 744,500 delinquency cases. In more than half (57 percent) of these cases, petitions were filed requesting an adjudication or waiver hearing. Of the petitioned cases, approximately...

After the solicitations list below was posted, OJJDP determined that it had not specified multiple funding categories for applicants. These solicitations have been suspended while changes are being made, and will be reposted as soon as possible.

• OJJDP FY 2021 Children's Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program
• OJJDP FY 2021 Delinquency Prevention Grants Program
• OJJDP FY 2021 Family Drug Court Program
• OJJDP FY 2021 Juvenile Drug Treatment...

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

OJJDP has released "Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2018." This fact sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases handled in U.S. juvenile courts from 2005 to 2018. During that period, the number of delinquency cases involving juveniles declined 55 percent. Decreases were experienced across four offense categories: property, public order, person, and drug law violation cases. The estimates are based on data from more...