Addressing the Training Needs of Juvenile Prosecutors
The project will provide live trainings, webinars, and responses to technical assistance requests from juvenile prosecutors and their professional allies.
Juvenile justice
Building Community Collaboration for School Safety
This program provides training and technical assistance using evidence-based practices used to address youth violence and victimization, violence reduction, delinquency prevention, and accountability.
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative Technical Assistance
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research provides technical assistance to Opioid Affected Youth Initiative grantees as they develop and implement effective, data-driven, and coordinated responses that address the abuse of opioids and other substances.
National Mentoring Resource Center
The National Mentoring Resource Center is a comprehensive and reliable resource for mentoring tools, program and training materials.
Victims of Child Abuse Act Children’s Advocacy Centers Sub-Grant Program—Domestic Victims of Trafficking Funds
Through this program, NCA will increase the number of children's advocacy center programs serving child/youth victims of sex trafficking and child pornography, with an emphasis on those involved in federal cases through our memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the FBI.
Training and Technical Assistance Project To Expand Childrens Advocacy Centers Serving American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
The National Native Children's Trauma Center provides training and technical assistance for the expansion of child advocacy centers to improve access and services to American Indian and Alaska Native children, families, and communities.
OJJDP Updates Statistical Briefing Book
OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book (SBB):
- Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports data analysis tool has been updated to include data through 2018.
- FAQs describing the number, demographics, weapon use, and victim-offender relationship of juvenile homicide victims and juvenile homicide offenders have been updated through 2018.
- Easy Access to Juvenile Populations and related FAQs in the Juvenile Population Characteristics and Hispanic...
Department of Justice Awards $144 Million To Improve Services for Crime Victims
The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced awards of more than $144 million to enhance services for victims of crime nationwide. OJJDP awarded more than $54 million to support the effective investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases and improve positive outcomes for child abuse and neglect victims. This includes OJJDP's support of children's advocacy centers (CACs) to address child abuse and...
The AMBER Advocate, Issue 3 2020
Date Published
October 2020
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Improving Youth Defense
Overview
In May 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in In re Gault that established the right to counsel for youth in delinquency cases. Despite progress made nearly 56 years since that decision, the promise of In re Gault has yet to become a reality for many of America's youth. Research...
Moving to Telemental Health in a Child Advocacy Center Environment
Date Published
April 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Toolkit for Re-emerging Child Advocacy Centers
Date Published
June 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
SC FY20 PREA Grant
2020-ZF-FX-0038
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$31,191
KY FY20 PREA Grant
2020-ZF-FX-0024
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$27,109
In Focus: Supporting Youth and Families Impacted by Opioid Abuse
Date Published
September 2020
Series
Publication Type
Training,
Technical Assistance,
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding,
Factsheet
Agencies
OJJDP
In Focus: Emergency Planning for Juvenile Facilities
Date Published
September 2020
Series
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Agencies
OJJDP
State of Wisconsin OJJDP Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System Project
2020-MU-FX-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$425,000
2019 Annual Report to Congress: Victims of Child Abuse Reauthorization Act
Date Published
September 2020
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
OJJDP
Tribal Court CASA: A Guide to Program Development
Date Published
2000
Publication Type
Policy/Procedure Handbook/Manual
Agencies
OJJDP
NISMART-2 Household Survey: Adult & Youth Follow-Up Questionnaire Matrix and Questionnaire Errata
Date Published
2005
Publication Type
Survey
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Diagnostic Screening with Incarcerated Youths: Comparing the DPS and Voice DISC
Date Published
June 2007
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Child Neglect and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Date Published
March 2001
Publication Type
Training (Aid/Material)
Agencies
OJJDP
Theory and Research on Desistance From Antisocial Activity Among Serious Adolescent Offenders
Date Published
July 2004
Publication Type
Research (Theoretical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
Strategies to Reduce Underage Alcohol Use: Typology and Brief Overview
Date Published
June 1999
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Crowding in Juvenile Detention: A Problem Solving Approach Videoconference
Date Published
April 2000
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance)
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored,
OJJDP