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Juvenile Justice and System Involved Youth

Improving the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice Programs: A New Perspective on Evidence-Based Practice

Publisher: 
Georgetown Public Policy Institute

This paper presents a framework for juvenile justice system reform that is organized around evidence-based treatment programs for juvenile offenders integrated into a comprehensive strategy for dep

Element Briefs

The Five Elements of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative

When writing a grant application to become a Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) community, project directors immediately

AAG Robinson and OJJDP Acting Administer Slowikowski Discourage the Use of Scared Straight Programs

Publisher: 
Baltimore Sun

This article features Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Laurie Robinson and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Second Chance Act Juvenile Mentoring Initiative

Funder: 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

This grant will provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims? support, and other services to help adult and juvenile ex-offenders to tra

Systems of Care Programs That Serve Youth Involved With the Juvenile Justice System: Funding and Sustainability

This brief explores ways in which communities can financially sustain the efforts they have in place to meet the needs of children, youth, and young adults involved or at risk of involvement with t

Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Justice

This bulletin presents results from the Pathways to Desistance study, which interviewed juvenile offenders after their conviction to determine what leads them to persist in or desist from serious o

Successfully Collaborating With the Juvenile Justice System: Benefits, Challenges, and Key Strategies

Publisher: 
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health

This brief takes a closer look at the importance of true collaboration between community-based child-serving agencies in providing a comprehensive array of services and supports and fostering posit

Successfully Collaborating With the Juvenile Justice System: Benefits, Challenges, and Key Strategies

Publisher: 
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health

This brief takes a closer look at the importance of true collaboration between community-based child-serving agencies in providing a comprehensive array of services and supports and fostering posit

Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Funder: 
U.S. Department of Justice

The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program seeks to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice and mental health and substance abuse treatment systems