Breadcrumb
- Federal Resources
Federal Resources
Filter by Agency
- Administration for Children and Families (18)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (7)
- Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) (1)
- Employment and Training Administration (1)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
- Family and Youth Services Bureau (12)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (1)
- (-) Food and Drug Administration (1)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (1)
- Institute of Education Sciences (2)
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (1)
- National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY) (2)
- National Collaborative on Workforce & Disability for Youth (4)
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (1)
- Office of Civil Rights (1)
- Office of Disability Employment Policy (12)
- Office of Justice Programs (3)
- (-) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (4)
- Office of Postsecondary Education (1)
- Office of Public Health and Science (1)
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (3)
- Office of Special Education Programs (18)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (1)
- Rehabilitation Services Administration (1)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (3)
Filter by Department
Filter by Topic
- Afterschool (3)
- Bullying (4)
- Collaboration (3)
- Community Development (3)
- (-) Disabilities (2)
- Education (11)
- Employment & Training (2)
- Gang Prevention (18)
- Health and Nutrition (7)
- Juvenile Justice (126)
- (-) LGBTQ (3)
- Mental Health (11)
- Mentoring (7)
- Parenting (2)
- Positive Youth Development (7)
- Program Development (7)
- Safety (4)
- School Climate (1)
- Substance Use/Misuse (14)
- Teen Dating Violence (3)
- Teen Driver Safety (1)
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention (4)
- Trafficking of Youth (3)
- Transition Age Youth (2)
- Violence Prevention & Victimization (35)
Special Education and the Juvenile Justice System
The Bulletin summarizes the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and analyzes their relevance to the juvenile justice process-from intake and initial interview to institutional placement and secure confinement.
Resource: Youths with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System
This literature review (PDF, 10 pages) summarizes research on intellectual and developmental disabilities of youths who are at risk of or who have come into contact with the juvenile justice system. Professionals working in juvenile justice settings can use this resource to better understand the challenges facing young people. Policymakers can also use the review to inform federal policies that pertain to the treatment of youths with disabilities in the juvenile justice system.
Report: Surviving the Streets of New York: Experiences of LGBTQ Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Engaged in Survival Sex
The Urban Institute released a report (PDF, 94 pages), supported by OJJDP, on involvement in the juvenile justice, criminal justice, and child welfare systems and youth engaging in survival sex who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ); young men who have sex with men (YMSM); and young women who have sex with woman (YWSW). The report offers practice and policy recommendations to repurpose law enforcement-based responses to youth engaged in survival sex and services to meet their needs without system involvement.
Share with Youth: This Free Life
This campaign aims to prevent and reduce tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young adults, ages 18-24, who are occasional smokers. As highlighted in a recent blog post describing the campaign, LGBT young adults in the United States are nearly twice as likely to use tobacco as other young adults.
Report: Recommendations of the LGBT Subcommittee: Advancing the Reform Process for LGBQ/GNCT Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
This report (PDF, 11 pages) summarizes the recommendations of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Subcommittee of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice to OJJDP on strategies to advance juvenile justice reform for lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning/gender nonconforming, transgender (LGBQ/GNCT) youth. The recommendations are grouped into four categories:
- Policy and program development,
- Training and technical assistance,
- Data collection and research, and
- Federal LGBT juvenile justice coordination.