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Training and technical assistance

Building the Capacity of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs to Train Child Protection Personnel

Zero Abuse will survey frontline professionals, child advocacy center (CAC) leadership, and academic faculty to update its current Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) program plan and course content. Zero Abuse also will develop six CAST toolkits tailored for undergraduate and graduate CAST courses to allow schools to provide education that leads to more qualified graduates being hired into child-serving, child protection-centered professions. Zero Abuse also will...

State Relations and Assistance Division National Training Conference

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) held its 2021 State Relations and Assistance Division (SRAD) National Training Conference virtually on November 8–10, 2021. SRAD oversees the distribution of funds under the Title II Formula Grants program.

OJJDP provided critical training to designated state agency representatives, juvenile justice specialists and compliance monitors, state advisory group (SAG) members, and Federal Advisory Committee on...