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Juvenile justice

Serving Children at Home

Research has consistently shown that youth involved in the justice system have better outcomes and are less likely to reoffend when they receive services and supervision in their home communities, not in institutions.

Treat Children as Children

Young people who come into contact with the juvenile justice system deserve the same opportunities as their peers who have never faced system involvement.

OJJDP FY25 Juvenile Justice System Reform and Reinvestment Initiative

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Through this notice of funding opportunity, OJJDP seeks to support states' research-based, developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed responses to youth offending and other public safety and community challenges identified through stakeholder engagement and data analysis.

Centering Youth and Families

OJJDP wholeheartedly embraces the "nothing about us without us" principle. We do more than work for justice-involved young people—we work with them.