OJJDP Administrator Ryan Advocates Treating Kids as Kids in Recent Op-Ed
In a new opinion editorial, OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan discusses how treating children as children can improve youth outcomes and advance community safety.
Juvenile delinquency prevention
OJJDP FY24 Juvenile Justice Evidence Translation Project
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support the development and dissemination of translational tools and resources – current knowledge about what works packaged in accessible, comprehensible, actionable form for use by everyday youth serving (nonresearcher) practitioners, and lay persons to effect and sustain positive change – on key topics spanning the juvenile justice continuum in order to improve the juvenile justice system and prevent juvenile...
OJJDP FY24 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program - Invited to Apply
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support projects designated for funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No. 118–42) to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation).
OJJDP FY 2023 Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System Solicitation Webinar
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
The Associations of Maternal Warmth and Hostility With Prosocial and Antisocial Outcomes in Justice-Involved Adolescents
Date Published
2021
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Indiana's 2021 Title II Application
15PJDP21GG04726TITL
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$924,014
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...
OJJDP FY 2022 Youth Violence Prevention Program
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
For this solicitation, applicants must develop and implement a youth violence prevention strategy targeting middle and high school age youth and/or those youth having multiple risk factors for violence.
Naturally Occurring Mentoring Relationships and Criminal Justice Outcomes: A Preliminary Examination Using ADD Health Public Use Data
Date Published
November 2020
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Peer Mentoring Guide: Tips for Quality Peer Mentoring Created by Peer Mentors and Youth Mentees
Date Published
November 2021
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
OJJDP Announces New Funding Opportunities
Apply for these OJJDP funding opportunities released the week of June 3, 2022.
OJJDP FY 2022 Multistate Mentoring Programs Initiative
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk or high risk for juvenile delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement.
OJJDP FY 2022 Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This solicitation provides funding for communities to support girls who are involved in the juvenile justice system.
Department of Justice Awards More Than $100 Million To Support Youth
The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced awards of nearly $103 million to support youth and equity in juvenile justice systems.
"Reforming our juvenile justice systems, mentoring our youth and helping young people find a path forward to a safe and bright future are central to our mission at the Office of Justice Programs and remain top priorities of this administration,"...
Mississippi ICAC Task Force Program
2019-MC-FX-K031
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2021
$578,629
Sacramento ICAC Task Force Program
2019-MC-FX-K032
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2021
$440,553
Fostering Healthy Futures Preventive Intervention for Children in Foster Care: Long-term Delinquency Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date Published
2021
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Assessing the Association between Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Delinquent Behavior among Justice-Involved Young Men
Date Published
2021
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
OJJDP Is Taking Action To Achieve an Equitable Juvenile Justice System
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...