Training and technical assistance

Under this program, the successful applicant will operate the OJJDP National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Youth in Custody (the Center) to provide resources, training, and technical assistance for state, local, and Tribal departments of juvenile justice and corrections, service providers, and private organizations that operate juvenile facilities.

The VOCA Regional Children’s Advocacy Centers competitive program supports four Regional Children’s Advocacy Centers, one situated within each of the four U.S. Census regions, that (1) develop multidisciplinary teams, local children’s advocacy center programs, and state chapter organizations that respond to child abuse and neglect; and (2) deliver training and technical assistance that strengthen existing multidisciplinary teams, child advocacy center programs, and state chapter organizations.

This program supports training and technical assistance (TTA) for states, state and local courts, units of local government, and Indian Tribal governments to build their capacity to develop, maintain, and enhance juvenile drug courts for substance-abusing youth.

This program provides training and technical assistance support to enhance the national AMBER Alert network; increases and improves law enforcement response to missing, endangered, and abducted children.

OJJDP’s Family Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Program supports training and technical assistance (TTA) that helps states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian Tribal governments develop, maintain, and enhance drug courts for substance-abusing adults who are involved with the family court due to child abuse and/or neglect issues.