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Juvenile (under 18)

Tribal Youth Programs and Services

Overview

OJJDP's Tribal Youth Programs and Services helps Tribal communities prevent victimization and juvenile delinquency, reduce violent crime, and improve Tribal juvenile justice systems.

Tribal Consultation

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Programs and Funding

Between fiscal years 2017 and...

Visiting Our Partners at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

 

By Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Photo of representatives from OJP and NCMEC
Representatives from OJP and NCMEC.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a critical partner to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), serving as a resource to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. Since its founding in 1984, NCMEC has helped recover more than 296,000 missing...

OJJDP FY 19 Addressing the Training Needs of Juvenile Prosecutors

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The FY 2019 Addressing the Training Needs of Juvenile Prosecutors program will fund state agencies responsible for administering, managing, or overseeing the training, education, and professional development needs of juvenile prosecutors and their support staff. The juvenile prosecutor's office has a need for legal training because of the specialized nature of juvenile and family law. This funding will allow states to develop or supplement existing...

OJJDP FY 19 Enhancements for Juvenile Indigent Defense

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This program will support states and localities in developing and implementing strategies to ensure that youth involved with the juvenile justice system have fair and equal access to quality legal representation; ensure that offenders involved with the juvenile justice system have resources that address the collateral consequences of justice system involvement; and/or provide training for the juvenile indigent defense bar, including public defenders and court-appointed...

OJJDP FY 19 Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCA) Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Prosecutors

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The OJJDP FY 2019 Victims of Child Abuse (VOCA) Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Prosecutors program will fund a national training and technical assistance program for attorneys and others who are involved in the criminal prosecution of child abuse to enhance the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution of such crimes. The successful applicant will be required to provide training and technical...

OJJDP FY 18 Addressing Training Needs for Juvenile Prosecutors

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This program will support funding to state prosecutors offices’ that are responsible for administering training to state prosecutors, such as State Prosecutor Coordinating Offices, to address training gaps and needs for juvenile prosecutors. Funding can be used to identify, develop and/or supplement state-wide training resources and tools for juvenile prosecutors and their support staff. The goal of this program is to strengthen the skills and...

OJJDP FY 18 Improving Juvenile Reentry Programs Capacity for Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting

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The program will provide funding to enhance state and local programs' data collection, analysis, and reporting efforts through technical support to implement recommendations from OJJDP's Initiative to Develop Juvenile Reentry Measurement Standards. OJJDP launched the Juvenile Reentry Measurement Standards project in FY 2015 to establish a model to assist jurisdictions in measuring services and outcomes in juvenile reentry. The standards aim to align measurement practices...

OJJDP FY 17 Smart on Juvenile Justice: Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative

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This initiative is composed of three categories listed below. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations having a 501(c)(3) exemption with the Internal Revenue Service; for-profit organizations, including Tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations; and institutions of higher education, including Tribal institutions of higher education. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Category 1: Training and Technical Assistance. The Office of Juvenile...

OJJDP FY 15 Smart on Juvenile Justice: Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative

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This initiative will provide funding to (1) develop effective, well-resourced model juvenile indigent defender offices and (2) develop and implement standards of practice and policy for the effective management of such offices. Through training and technical assistance, this initiative will provide cost-effective and innovative training for the juvenile indigent defense bar and court-appointed counsel working on behalf of juvenile indigent defendants, particularly in traditionally underserved...

OJJDP FY 15 Initiative To Develop Juvenile Reentry Measurement Standards

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This solicitation seeks proposals for rigorous research regarding juvenile and/or older adolescent reentry. The goal of the research will be to advance understanding and implementation of effective, developmental science-informed reentry practice in the field. OJJDP expects this research will highlight practices that will improve positive outcomes for youth transitioning out of placement and reduce recidivism. OJJDP will identify priority areas for this solicitation based on...

OJJDP FY 14 Enhancements to Juvenile Drug Courts

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OJJDP envisions a nation where our children are healthy, educated, and free from violence. If they come into contact with the juvenile justice system, the contact should be rare, fair and beneficial to them. To fulfill this vision, OJJDP will make awards to currently operating juvenile drug courts to enhance their capacity and the services they provide.

OJJDP FY 13 Juvenile Indigent Defense National Clearinghouse

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This program supports the improvement of juvenile indigent defense across the nation. It will provide a broad range of activities and services to improve the overall level of systemic advocacy, improve the quality of juvenile indigent defense representation, and ensure professional and ongoing technical support to the juvenile indigent defense bar.

OJJDP FY 10 Juvenile Indigent Defense National Clearinghouse

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The OJJDP FY2010 Juvenile Indigent Defense National Clearinghouse program supports the improvement of juvenile indigent defense. This program will provide a broad range of activities to improve the overall level of systemic advocacy, improve the quality of representation of indigent juveniles, and ensure professional and ongoing technical support to the juvenile indigent defense bar.

OJJDP FY 09 Tribal Juvenile Accountability Discretionary Grants Program

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Under the authority bestowed by 42 U.S.C. Section 3796ee-1, OJJDP will award funds under its Tribal Juvenile Accountability Discretionary Grants (Tribal JADG) Program to federally recognized Tribal communities to develop and implement programs that hold AI/AN youth accountable for delinquent behavior and strengthen Tribal juvenile justice systems.

OJJDP FY 09 Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program

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The Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG) Program is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 376ee). The goal of the JABG program is to reduce juvenile offending through accountability-based programs focused on both the juvenile offender and the juvenile justice system. The objective is to ensure that States and Territories are addressing the specified program purpose areas...

OJJDP FY 07 National Juvenile Justice Programs

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The purpose of the OJJDP FY 2007 National Juvenile Justice Programs is to provide support to programs that have a national scope and national impact on combating juvenile delinquency, reducing the victimization of children, and improving the juvenile justice system and support OJJDP’s mission to provide national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.