U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Report
Employmentand Training
Court-Involved
f o r
Youth
Employmentand Training
Youth
Court-Involved
Research and Program Development Division
develops knowledge on national trends in juveniledelinquency; supports a program for data collectionand information sharing that incorporates elementsof statistical and systems development; identifieshow delinquency develops and the best methodsforits prevention,intervention,and treatment; andanalyzes practices and trends in the juvenile justicesystem.
Training and Technical Assistance Division
pro-vides juvenile justice training and technical assis-tance to Federal,State,and local governments; lawenforcement,judiciary,and corrections personnel;and private agencies,educational institutions,andcommunity organizations.
Special Emphasis Division
provides discretionaryfunds to public and private agencies,organizations,and individuals to replicate tested approaches todelinquency prevention,treatment,and control insuch pertinent areas as chronic juvenile offenders,community-based sanctions,and the dispropor-tionaterepresentation of minorities in the juvenile justice system.
State Relations and Assistance Division
supportscollaborative efforts by States to carry out themandates of the JJDP Act by providing formulagrant funds to States; furnishing technical assis-tanceto States,local governments,and privateagencies; and monitoring State compliance withtheJJDP Act.
Information Dissemination Unit
produces and distrib-utesinformation resources on juvenile justice research,training,and programs and coordinates the Office’s pro-gram planning and competitive award activities. Informa-tion that meets the needs of juvenile justice professionalsand policymakers is provided through print and onlinepublications,videotapes,CD–ROM’s,electronic listservs,and the Office’s Web site. As part of the program plan-ningand award process,IDU develops priorities,publishessolicitations and application kits for fundingopportunities,and facilitates the peer review processfordiscretionary funding awards.
Concentration of Federal Efforts Program
promotesinteragency cooperation and coordination among Fed-eralagencies with responsibilities in the area of juve-nilejustice. The Program primarily carries out thisresponsibility through the Coordinating Council onJuvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,an inde-pendent body within the executive branch that wasestablished by Congress through the JJDP Act.
Child Protection Division
administers programs relatedto crimes against children and children’s exposure toviolence. The Division provides leadership and fundingto promote effective policies and procedures to addressthe problems of missing and exploited children,childrenwho have been abused or neglected,and childrenexposed to domestic or community violence. CPD pro-gram activities include conducting research; providinginformation,training,and technical assistance on pro-grams to prevent and respond to child victims,witness-es,and their families; developing and demonstratingeffective child protection initiatives; and supporting theNational Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Office of Juvenile Justiceand Delinquency Prevention
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) was established by the President and Con-gress through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974,Public Law 93–415,asamended. Located within the Office of Justice Programs of the U.S. Department of Justice,OJJDP’s goal is toprovide national leadership in addressing the issues of juvenile delinquency and improving juvenile justice.OJJDP sponsors a broad array of research,program,and training initiatives to improve the juvenile justicesystem as a whole,as well as to benefit individual youth-serving agencies. These initiatives are carried out byseven components within OJJDP,described below.
The mission of OJJDP is to provide national leadership,coordination,and resources to prevent and respond to juvenileoffending and child victimization. OJJDP accomplishes its mission by supporting States,local communities,and tribal jurisdictions in their efforts to develop and implement effective,multidisciplinary prevention and intervention programsand improve the capacity of the juvenile justice system to protect public safety,hold offenders accountable,and pro-vide treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of individual juveniles and their families.
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Employment and Training for Court-Involved Youth
Report
John J. Wilson, Acting Administrator
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
November 2000
The Task Force on Employment and Training for Court-Involved YouthJointly sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration,and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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