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OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2018

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2018. In this issue's Message From the Administrator, Caren Harp discusses how OJJDP is changing its Title II Formula Grants program to help states improve their juvenile justice systems, maintain public safety and ensure youth are treated fairly and held appropriately accountable for their...

Applications Being Accepted for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Certificate Program

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform has released a request for applications for the 2018 Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Certificate Program, which will take place November 5-9, 2018, at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. This weeklong training will help juvenile justice, child welfare, and other system partners focus on strategies to address racial and ethnic disparities in their jurisdictions and reduce the overrepresentation...

Op-Ed: OJJDP Is Simplifying Title II Work to Focus on DMC Reduction, Not Process

Op-Ed By: Caren Harp, OJJDP Administrator

Originally posted by the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange on June 29, 2018

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is taking a new approach to Title II (the portion of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act authorizing states to innovate efforts to improve juvenile justice systems and ensure the fair treatment of youth) that will facilitate...