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The National Gang Center (NGC) has redesigned its website. The new website features focus areas on criminal justice, communities, and research; an inquiries section for quicker responses from staff; new forms to request technical assistance, consultations, and training; the NGC Blog; and new OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model tools to help communities with their gang prevention, intervention, and suppression efforts.
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On July 26, 2017, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET, OJJDP, in collaboration with the Age of Criminal Responsibility Research Training and Technical Assistance Center, will present "Practical Impact of the Age of Criminal Responsibility: Perspectives of Public Safety Professionals." This webinar will discuss how age of criminal responsibility policies impact youth being served in adult facilities. Presenters will review the standards of the Prison...
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR), in partnership with OJJDP's Center for Coordinated Assistance to States, has issued a request for applications for jurisdictions seeking to engage in system improvement efforts through the Multi-System Collaboration Training and Technical Assistance Program (MSC-TTA). This program supports jurisdictions that are interested in developing a sound infrastructure to promote multi-system approaches to serving at-risk and justice-involved youth and...
Invited Training and Technical Assistance Applications
OJJDP has released the spring 2017 issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter. This issue features articles on:
On June 13, 2017, at 2 p.m. ET, OJJDP's National Training and Technical Assistance Center will host the review webinar for the "OJJDP FY 2017 National Intertribal Youth Leadership Development Initiative" solicitation. OJJDP will provide an overview of this solicitation and allow participants to ask questions. The webinar will also highlight the history of OJJDP's work with tribal youth leadership development.
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The purpose of this program is to enhance the capacity of applicant organizations to respond to the needs of child victims of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE)/domestic sex trafficking (DST). Under this initiative, OJJDP expects successful applicants to develop or enhance mentoring service models and mentor training based on best practices to focus on the needs of youth who are at risk or are victims of...
The Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems (YSBP) Program provides support to agencies that use a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to provide intervention and supervision services for youth with sexual behavior problems and treatment services for their child victims and families. Award recipients will target services for youth with sexual behavior problems, their child victim(s), and parents/caregivers of the offending youth and child victims. Youth participating in...
This American Indian/Alaska Native Policy Initiative (policy initiative) is designed to increase the capacity of Tribes to enhance their juvenile justice and related child serving systems, such as child welfare and education, and to improve the lives of Tribal youth exposed to violence. The proposed enhancements that Tribes will implement must align with key recommendations from the report of the Attorney General's Advisory committee on...
On May 10, 2017, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET, OJJDP, in collaboration with the Raise the Age Training and Technical Assistance Center, will present "Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility: Lessons Learned From States That Have Undertaken Policy Shifts." This webinar will discuss the experiences of seven states that have successfully raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years of age. Participants will...
The Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) has issued its recommendations to OJJDP for strategies to advance juvenile justice reform for LGBQ/GNCT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning/gender nonconforming, transgender) youth. The LGBT subcommittee, which is comprised of FACJJ members and leaders who work with and/or identify as LGBQ/GNCT youth, formulated the recommendations. The recommendations are grouped into four categories:
The Fox Valley Technical College AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program will host the AMBER Alert in Indian Country: Child Protection Symposium on June 1-2, 2017, in Bismarck, ND. This event will address child protection issues in Indian Country, including child exploitation, human trafficking, and endangered and abducted children. Participants will learn how to identify AMBER Alert best practices for their community, gather resources to...
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy is accepting applications for two initiatives designed to help juvenile justice agencies and partners improve outcomes for youth, families, staff, and communities:
OJJDP has announced the following fiscal year 2017 funding opportunities:
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Visit the funding page for details about these and other OJJDP funding opportunities.
On April 6, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, the Raise the Age Training and Technical Assistance Center, in collaboration with OJJDP, will present "Raise the Age Training and Technical Assistance Center: Services and Supports Available to States." The OJJDP-funded training center's Community of Practice will provide resources to stakeholders in each of the seven states currently considering raising their age of criminal responsibility...
The Victims of Child Abuse (VOCA) Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals Program provides funding to enhance the coordinated multidisciplinary investigation and prosecution of child abuse through training, technical assistance, and information resources that emphasize the implementation of developmentally-appropriate, trauma-informed, and evidence-based programs, and policies and practices. The National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC) will provide training, technical assistance and online resources to child...
This initiative is composed of three categories and eligibility are different for each category. Category 1: Training and Technical Assistance. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will provide funding to a national training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to deliver intensive TTA to states and localities that are utilizing a data-driven, collaborative, cross-disciplinary, multi-agency stakeholder committee approach to develop and implement an...
To extend and continue the important work done to date in educating the public and in professional development on children exposed to violence, OJJDP invites applications to provide training, technical assistance, and resources to state, local, and Tribal professionals who work with at-risk children and justice-involved youth in three discrete categories of funding, as described following: Category 1: Master Trainings/Training of Trainers on CEV and...
This solicitation will support juvenile drug treatment courts to implement system changes, service delivery, and programming enhancements that are in alignment with the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines (JDTC Guidelines) that OJJDP anticipates releasing by the end of 2016. The new JDTC Guidelines will provide juvenile courts with an evidence-based, treatment-oriented approach that emphasizes family engagement and addresses the substance use and often co-occurring mental...
On March, 22, 2017, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET, the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center will host “Expert Q&A: Working with At-risk Youth with High Levels of Trauma and Risk for (Re)Victimization.” This webinar will address how organizations that serve at-risk youth can gain a grounding in trauma-informed care. Presenters will discuss how to mitigate the risk...
