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On October 27, 2022, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. ET OJJDP, the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ), and the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) will cohost a youth panel discussion: What Youth Justice Means to Youth: A Vision for the Future.
This hybrid (in-person and virtual) event will feature a panel of youth leaders presenting their policy platform of recommendations to transform the youth...
The award winning OJJDP News @ a Glance bi-monthly newsletter is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The inaugural issue was launched in February 2002 as part of OJJDP's "new approach to information dissemination." OJJDP has continued to grow the newsletter and introduce columns that include:
In the March/April 2021 issue, OJJDP News @...
In a recent blog, OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan emphasizes the importance of serving justice-involved youth at home, with their families and in their communities, one of three priorities that guides the work of OJJDP. This is the second of three blog posts by Ryan during National Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM), recognized each October to raise awareness and highlight the need to support justice-involved...
In a new blog, OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan discusses treating children as children, one of three priorities that guides the work of OJJDP. This is the first of three blog posts by Ryan during National Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM), recognized each October to raise awareness and highlight the need to support justice-involved youth.
"One of my three top priorities as OJJDP...
Washington, DC
Join OJJDP on October 3, 2022, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET for "Youth Justice Action Month: Creating Brighter Futures for Our Nation’s Youth."
This webinar—hosted by OJJDP in partnership with the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and the National Juvenile Justice Network—will highlight Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM), recognized each October to raise awareness about supporting justice-involved youth.
During the webinar, OJJDP Administrator...
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR), in partnership with the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Ceres Policy Research, is accepting applications for its 2022 Supporting the Well-Being of System-Involved LGBTQ Youth Certificate Program, to be held virtually from November 14–18, 2022.
This training is designed to help juvenile justice, child welfare, and other system partners improve outcomes for LGBTQ youth in child-serving...
Join OJJDP in observing the 48th anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) and its impact on juvenile justice.
Signed into law on September 7, 1974, the JJDPA established OJJDP to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system.
In 2018, the Juvenile Justice Reauthorization Act reauthorized and amended the JJDPA. The legislation strengthens the four...
