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Juvenile justice reform

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

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
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.

OJJDP's 2024 National Conference on Youth Justice Showcases Youth Leadership

Ronaldo Villeda, Youth Reentry Fellow for AIR (far right)

More than 2,500 attendees united at OJJDP's 2024 National Conference on Youth Justice November 19–21, in Washington, DC. The conference, cosponsored by the federal Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, brought together young people, families, youth justice practitioners, community leaders, educators, OJJDP grantees, and policymakers to discuss transforming juvenile justice. The conference was the capstone of OJJDP's yearlong 50th anniversary celebration of...

OJJDP FY24 Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks applications for funding to assist jurisdictions in planning and assessing promising and evidence-based prevention and intervention services that will inform the development of a community-based continuum of care for youth at risk of becoming or already involved in the juvenile justice system.

OJJDP FY24 Juvenile Justice System Reform and Reinvestment Initiative Solicitation Webinar

May 2024
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OJJDP FY 2024 Webinars
Held on May 9, 2024, this webinar assisted eligible applicants interested in applying for the OJJDP FY 2024 Juvenile Justice System Reform and Reinvestment Initiative solicitation. It provided a general overview of the program, the goals and objectives, a discussion about the application process, and a Q&A opportunity for participants.

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