Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

01/22/2025

Apply now for OJJDP’s FY25 Multistate Mentoring Programs Initiative funding opportunity. Applications are due to Grants.gov by Feb. 24 and to JUSTgrants by March 10. Find out more: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2025-172314?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=FY25-Funding

This funding opportunity seeks to support mentoring organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth who are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement.

01/22/2025

Recent changes to and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) services affecting system-involved youth are discussed in OJJDP’s recently released article. Find out more:

Since the 1960's states and local jurisdictions have not been able to draw down federal Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding to treat youth who are held in local detention centers or state-run commitment facilities do to the "Inmate Exclusion" policy.

01/22/2025

Join our team! OJJDP has an opening for a Grants Management Specialist (GS-13). Serve as a subject matter expert, manage grants and cooperative agreements, offer expert advice and guidance to address and navigate complex challenges. Learn more about the role and apply by Thursday, Jan 23:

Join our team! OJJDP works with national, state, local, and Tribal organizations to prevent juvenile delinquency, improve the juvenile justice system, and protect children.

01/21/2025

Attend our upcoming webinar on February 6 at 2 p.m. ET for an overview of OJJDP’s FY25 Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success funding opportunity. Sign up to attend:

This funding opportunity provides funding to state and local jurisdictions that are most impacted by youth incarceration to develop a continuum of care that includes a focus on youth development, prevention, diversion, and treatment services.

01/21/2025

Written with the input of six young people who have experienced the abduction of a brother or sister, the second edition of "What About Me? Finding Your Path Forward When Your Brother or Sister is Missing" serves as a comprehensive resource and outlines ways to effectively work with and the media, and what to do if their missing sibling returns: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/library/publications/what-about-me-finding-your-path-forward-when-your-brother-or-sister-missing?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=Siblings-Guide-2nd-Edition

01/17/2025

Apply now for OJJDP’s FY25 Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success funding opportunity. Applications are due to Grants.gov by Feb. 24 and to JUSTgrants by March 10. Find out more: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2025-172277?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=FY25-Funding

This funding opportunity seeks to assist jurisdictions in planning and assessing promising and evidence-based prevention and intervention services that will inform the development of a community-based continuum of care for youth at risk of becoming involved or are already involved in the juvenile ju...

01/17/2025

– and these powerful success stories from the National Mentoring Resource Center prove it. See how OJJDP’s mentoring grantees are empowering youth around the country: https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/blog/category/featured-grantees/

01/16/2025

Some restrictions that have prevented the use of federal or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding to treat youth who are held in local detention centers or state-run commitment facilities are being lifted. Read more:

Since the 1960's states and local jurisdictions have not been able to draw down federal Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding to treat youth who are held in local detention centers or state-run commitment facilities do to the "Inmate Exclusion" policy.

01/16/2025

📢 Applications are open for the FY25 Department of Justice Coordinated Tribal Assistance funding opportunity. Find out more and apply to Grants.gov and JUSTgrants by March 18 and March 25, respectively: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2025-172288?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=FY25-Funding OJP Bureau of Justice Assistance

This funding opportunity seeks to provide funding to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities.

01/16/2025

Access the National Mentoring Resource Center’s geo-map to connect with OJJDP youth mentoring grantees across the U.S. and territories: https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/ojjdp-grantee-map

This map provides information about OJJDP’s youth mentoring grantees across the United States and territories. The map displays locations and summary information about OJJDP-funded organizations providing mentoring opportunities for youth. Both primary grantees and sub-grantees are represented. Yo...

01/16/2025

Did You Know? Juvenile court caseloads for delinquency offenses increased between 2021 and 2022 but remained below pre-pandemic levels, according to OJJDP’s Trends and Characteristics of Delinquency Cases Handled in Juvenile Court, 2022. Learn more:

In this brief, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) illustrates trends and characteristics of delinquency cases handled in juvenile court in 2022.

01/16/2025

FUNDING ANNOUCEMENT: OJJDP FY25 Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children. Learn more about the opportunity and apply to Grants.gov and JUSTgrants by February 6 and February 20, respectively: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2025-172286?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=FY25-Funding

This funding opportunity seeks to support states, units of local government, Tribal communities, and community-based organizations to implement, develop, or expand programs within detention or correctional facilities to respond to the needs of incarcerated parents (juvenile or adult) who have childr...

01/15/2025

Looking for ways to improve your program and reach more youth in your community? Check out the National Mentoring Resource Center for publications, program assessment tools, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and more: https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/

01/15/2025

New AMBER Alert guides detail how to form Child Recovery and Search Teams. Read more:

OJJDP Title II Funding Helps Georgia Keep System-Involved Youth at Home, in Their Communities

01/15/2025

OJJDP Funding Opportunity! Apply now for the FY25 Enhancing Youth Defense grant. The Grants.gov and JUSTgrants deadlines are February 5 and February 19, respectively. Learn more about the opportunity and apply now: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2025-172279?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=FY25-Funding

This funding opportunity seeks to implement youth defense system efforts that strengthen and improve the representation of youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

01/14/2025

Siblings of missing or abducted children can feel lost in the enormity of the crisis. The just-released second edition of OJJDP’s "What About Me? Finding Your Path Forward When Your Brother or Sister is Missing" is a resource written just for them. Take a look: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/library/publications/what-about-me-finding-your-path-forward-when-your-brother-or-sister-missing?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=Siblings-Guide-2nd-Edition

01/14/2025

New Funding Opportunity: OJJDP's FY 2025 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program funding is now available. Find out more about the opportunity and apply to Grants.gov and JUSTgrants by February 5 and February 19, respectively. Learn more: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2025-172280?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=FY25-Funding

This funding opportunity seeks to build the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC) and improve outcomes for youth with subs...

01/14/2025

OJJDP celebrates “Thank Your Mentor Day” with MENTOR and recognizes the impact that caring, invested adults can have on the next generation of change-makers. Find out more about the power of mentoring:

Access the National Mentoring Month videos, and monthly calendar of events, and learn more about how this campaign promotes and recruits mentoring programs.