Tribal Youth Programs and Services

On September 30, 2020, the Department of Justice announced more than $295.8 million in awards to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. More than $103 million was awarded under the Justice Department’s Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) to enhance law enforcement and tribal justice practices, expand victim services, and sustain crime prevention and intervention...

The OJJDP Tribal Youth Resource Center, in partnership with the National Native Children's Trauma Center, will be hosting online learning events in June 2019. Webinars start at 2 p.m. ET, topics and dates include:

• Developing Trauma Informed Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts. Date: June 13, 2019.
• Introduction to Childhood Exposure to Trauma in Tribal Communities. Date: June 20, 2019.
• Secondary Traumatic Stress...

The United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY), with support from OJJDP, is seeking Native youth for its new Peer Guide Program. UNITY will recruit 12 Native youth between the ages of 18 to 24 to serve as Peer Guides for the implementation of youth-developed community service projects related to juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention. At least two youth will be selected from OJJDP...

The OJJDP Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center will host the 2018 National Tribal Youth Conference on December 3-4, 2018, on the Agua Caliente Reservation in Palm Springs, CA. The conference theme is "Reclaiming the Sacred Circle: Justice and Healing for Tribal Youth through Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment." This event will bring together OJJDP Tribal Youth Program and Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court grantees and...

On August 16, 2018, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. ET, OJJDP and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership will present "Supporting and Inspiring Native Youth." This webinar will focus on creating conditions to support Native youth through mentoring and youth development programming. This webinar is part of the Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series, which is supported by OJJDP's National Mentoring Resource Center and facilitated jointly...

OJJDP’s Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center will present the first part of the two-part webinar series "Restorative Justice for Tribal Youth: Philosophy and Practice" on March 27, 2018, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET. The second part of the series is on May 29, 2018, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET. The webinars will explore restorative justice for tribal youth...