Juvenile (under 18)
JJDP Act Native American Pass-Through Calculation
Methodology for Fiscal Years 2010 - 2017
Section 223(a)(5)(C) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended requires states to provide funds for programs of Native American Indian Tribes that perform law enforcement functions. The Act specifies a formula that is based on the proportion of the number of Tribal youth under 18 years of age to the total number of...
Visiting Our Partners at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
By Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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...