Development of an Interagency Agreement - The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Teacher Corps Youth Advocacy School Crime Intervention Program

• NCJ Number: 80408
• Author(s): H Schwartz; B S Schwartz
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 104 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Health, Education and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Youth Advocacy Loop
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report documents the development, operation, and impact of an interagency agreement between the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Teacher Corps Program of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Abstract

Both agencies had common broad social goals in the area of assisting troubled youth, and both were charged with the development and demonstration of new models of implementing institutional innovations to impact the Nation's schools. The agreement was deemed necessary because of these complementary goals. To document the development of the agreement, data collection and analysis began in February 1978 and concluded 3 months later. The four primary sources of information included interviews with key members of both agencies, examination of the agencies' files, interviews with project directors of 10 Youth Advocacy Projects, and nonparticipant observation. Findings revealed that although there was not perfect congruence of needs between the two agencies, there was complementarity of motives among the staff at the Federal level and in the field. The two Federal agencies developed and operated a complex school crime intervention program in 10 different sites across the country. Overall success of the interagency agreement was primarily attributable to the commitment of staff members of both agencies. Tables, footnotes, a chronology of key events, interview schedules, and a diagram are provided.