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Juvenile health/mental health

OJJDP Observes National Prevention Week

National Prevention Week 2020

OJJDP joins the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in observing National Prevention Week, May 10 to 16, 2020. This weeklong observance is dedicated to increasing awareness about substance use prevention and positive mental health.

OJJDP supports programs that employ a cross-system collaborative approach to address the needs of youth involved in the juvenile justice system with mental illness and/or substance abuse problems. Working...

OJJDP Announces Upcoming Webinars

 

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

Date Title Registration
July 10, 2019 Tele-Mental Health: The Clinician's Perspective Register
July 16, 2019 Happiness From the Inside Out Register
July 30, 2019 The Developmentally Informed and Trauma-Informed Police Officer Register

National Children's Alliance 2017 Annual Report

Date Published
April 2018
Publication Type
Statistics, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

Mentoring for Youth With Disabilities

Date Published
October 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Literature Review
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored