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Training and technical assistance

The Importance of Having Specialized Juvenile Prosecutors

January 2024
This webinar, held on January 11, 2024 and hosted by the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), will demonstrate the importance of having specialized juvenile prosecutors and bureaus/units, given the critical role that juvenile prosecutors play in youth rehabilitation, delinquency, and crime prevention, the development of school and community partnerships, and community safety.

Alaska Native Youth TTA Project

Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. seeks to promote justice and reduce delinquency rates for Alaska Native youth through The Resource Basket Training and Technical Assistance Center.

Innovative ICAC Investigation Training

The US Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is sponsoring a project in collaboration with Boston University, the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII), The University of Texas at San Antonio, Endicott College, and WestEd. The project aims to train state and local law enforcement agencies in new techniques to combat cybercrime, online child abuse, and sex trafficking. The program will...

Advanced Experiential Child Exploitation Training Project

The COVID-19 pandemic increased technology-facilitated crimes against children, presenting challenges for investigators and prosecutors who lack training and access to innovative methods and technologies. Zero Abuse draws on its subject matter expertise and network to combat this surge in crimes against children. Zero Abuse/s Advanced Experiential Child Exploitation Training Project provides investigators, forensic examiners, and prosecutors with advanced, skill-based training on child exploitation search warrants...

Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative Performance Measures Training Session

September 2023
This August 4, 2023 recorded webinar is for Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs (OJJDP) grantees to understand the new performance measurement reporting requirements, select measures that OJJDP grantees must collect (Overall, Multiple-Program, Program Specific), and resources and tools available to grantees.