Department of Justice

Date: April 25, 2024, 2:00 pm ET  In this webinar, panelists will highlight lessons learned through collaboration to expand health coverage for young people that inform planning for broader adult reentry populations. Presenters will focus on the opportunity for adult corrections administrators to support young adults ages 18–21, and up to ...

Date: November 19—21, 2024  This three-day conference will feature 72 workshops, 3 plenary sessions, and youth networking events all aimed at “Shaping the Next 50 Years” in juvenile justice. Various youth justice and delinquency prevention topics will be covered, and sessions will be geared toward young people and youth and family ...

This literature review describes the legal mechanisms by which youth can be processed and incarcerated with adults and provides the most recent data on the number of youths in adult jails and prisons. Learn more.  

This literature review discusses intentional gun violence involving youth aged 10 to 24 years. The resource describes various federal data sources on gun violence, risk factors for youth gun violence perpetration, protective factors for youth, policy research on guns, public health perspectives on gun violence, outcome evidence, and legal impacts ...

Grants.gov Deadline: May 21, 2024, 11:59 pm ET  JustGrants Deadline: June 4, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  With this solicitation (PDF, 26 pages), OJJDP seeks to support and strengthen collaborations between arts-based organizations and juvenile justice systems to develop, expand, or enhance promising and effective interventions that provide access to high-quality arts programs ...

This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) provides an overview of the Pay for Success (PFS) Initiative, which supports innovative reentry programs that connect young people and adults to safe, affordable housing and essential reentry services. The fact sheet describes the PFS Initiative’s purpose, objectives, and eligibility, and shares highlights from ...

Grants.gov Deadline: May 8, 2024, 11:59 pm ET  JustGrants Deadline: May 22, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  With this solicitation (PDF, 36 pages), NIJ will provide funding to accredited research universities for a study on the current landscape of multidisciplinary teams working on sexual exploitation crimes against children and best practices for multidisciplinary ...

This literature review provides an overview of the history and evolution of the juvenile justice system. The literature review also:  Discusses the age boundaries of the juvenile justice system  Provides definitions of relevant terms  Describes common exceptions based on mitigating circumstances or transfer laws  Presents national data trends on age in the juvenile justice ...

Grants.gov Deadline: April 30, 2024, 11:59 pm ET  JustGrants Deadline: May 14, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support emergency planning for state, local, and Tribal juvenile justice residential facilities. Learn more and apply. 

Grants.gov Deadline: April 29, 2024, 11:59 pm ET  JustGrants Deadline: May 13, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  This program (PDF, 31 pages) seeks to build the capacity of states, communities, state and local courts, local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to implement new, or enhance existing, diversion and alternative justice programs for ...