Date: April 23, 2024, 1:00–2:00 pm ET
This webinar explores the critical role of family engagement in the success of reentry programs for individuals returning to their communities after incarceration. Presenters will discuss how involving families in the reentry process can create a supportive environment that fosters positive outcomes for returning individuals. Learn more and register.
Application Deadline: June 3, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
The purpose of this solicitation (PDF, 31 pages) is to support states and Tribes with implementing youth (up to age 24) suicide prevention and early intervention strategies in schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance use and mental health programs, foster care systems, pediatric health programs, and other child- and youth-serving organizations. Learn more and apply.
This tip sheet (PDF, 6 pages) explains what accommodations are, who they apply to, and provides examples of workplace accommodations that could be helpful for young people with serious mental health conditions. The resource is designed to help young people understand the types of accommodations they may be eligible for and the process of requesting them. Learn more.
This training aims to inspire and support those who work with and care about young adults with mental health conditions as they pursue career ambitions. This training is designed for service providers, family members, peer supporters, and employers who seek to empower young adults with mental health conditions to succeed in both school and work. Learn more.
This podcast explores the importance of self-advocacy and provides tips for young adults on obtaining accommodations in work and school. In this episode, a young adult certified peer support specialist discusses her journey advocating for herself in school and then in the workplace. Learn more.
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 partnerships. This event is the first in-person OJJDP conference since 2011. Youth, families, grantees, leading researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders who are working to transform juvenile justice are encouraged to attend. Learn more.
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 and implications for policymakers. Learn more.
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 with and for current or previous justice-involved youth to reduce juvenile delinquency, recidivism, and/or other problem and high-risk behaviors. Learn more and apply.
This brief (PDF, 17 pages) provides an overview of the grantees and strategies funded through the Community Collaborations to Strengthen and Preserve Families Initiative (CWCC). The brief outlines the CWCC’s goals, timeline, and technical assistance; describes each of the 13 CWCC grantees; and summarizes the strategies used in CWCC projects. Learn more (PDF, 17 pages).
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 two PFS grantees. Learn more.
This report (PDF, 113 pages) examines how technologies can raise the bar for all elementary and secondary students. It offers examples of schools, districts, classrooms, and states who have established systemic solutions to inequities of access, design, and use of technology in support of learning. The report also describes three key divides limiting the transformational potential of educational technology to support teaching and learning, including:
The Digital Use Divide
The Digital Design Divide
The Digital Access Divide
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 teams to improve effectiveness, outcomes, and victim well-being. Learn more and apply.
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 system
Summarizes research related to adolescent developmental science and its impact on the raise-the-age legislation and recent Supreme Court decisions on protections for youth
Examines outcome evidence on the impact of changing the age boundaries for jurisdiction of juveniles who offend, including attempts at diverting them from adult court and transfer laws.
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 parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system to mitigate the harmful impacts of incarceration on children and their families to improve child, parent, and family outcomes. Applicants may apply under one of these two categories:
Category 1: Family-Based Alternative Justice Program
Category 2: Family-Based Alternative Justice Training and Technical Assistance
Application deadline: May 3, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
These programs seek to identify and nurture the next generation of law enforcement leadership through encouraging the use of evidence-based research to advance criminal justice. NIJ is accepting applications for the following programs:
Grants.gov Deadline: April 29, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
JustGrants Deadline: May 13, 2024, 8:59 pm ET
With this solicitation (PDF, 35 pages), OJJDP seeks to enhance and expand mentoring services for young people impacted by opioids and other substance misuse. This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth who are currently misusing or dependent on substances (including opioids, stimulants, and other licit or illicit substances), youth at risk for misusing substances, and youth with family members who are currently misusing or dependent on substances. Learn more and apply.
This report (PDF, 35 pages) describes research literature on career and technical education (CTE) spanning the past 20 years. The literature review addresses the following research questions:
Which types of CTE programs have been the focus of studies that make causal claims?
What is the impact of CTE program participation on student outcomes? Specifically, does CTE have impacts on students’ secondary-level outcomes, their postsecondary educational outcomes, and their employment outcomes?
When examining the combination of CTE program types and relevant outcomes, for which combinations are there gaps in the causal research?
This webpage contains distracted driving enforcement materials for NHTSA’s Put the Phone Away or Pay campaign. Materials include talking points, news releases, message boards, radio and TV ads, social media content, and more. Learn more.