UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION - FY 1980 UPDATE

• NCJ Number: 61605
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN OVERVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION'S (OJJDP'S) ACTIVITIES IS PRESENTED, ALONG WITH THE OFFICE'S PLANS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1980.

Abstract

IN 1975, OJJDP WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR PROGRAMS AND POLICIES RELATING TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. CENTRAL TO THE OJJDP'S MISSION IS A PROGRAM OF FORMULA GRANTS TO THE STATES, APPORTIONED ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION UNDER THE AGE OF 18, AND A DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM TARGETED AT SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS RELATING TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. THE OJJDP ALSO PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FORMULA BLOCK GRANT STATES AND TERRITORIES AND TO GRANTEES FUNDED UNDER THE SPECIAL EMPHASIS DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM. WITHIN OJJDP IS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION (NIJJDP), WHICH SERVES AS THE RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION BRANCH OF THE OFFICE. IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING OJJDP PROGRAMS, THE OFFICE USES A TEAM APPROACH, WITH MEMBERS OF EACH DIVISION AS WELL AS SUPERVISORS PARTICIPATING. IT CONSIDERS THE MANDATES OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT; SELECTS PRIORITY AREAS FOR FUNDING; AND GATHERS DATA TO ASSESS WHAT IS KNOWN IN AN AREA AND TO IDENTIFY PROMISING APPROACHES. THE OJJDP'S NEW APPROACHES TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT WILL EMPHASIZE OBTAINING BROAD INVOLVEMENT BY STAFF, OUTSIDE GROUPS, AND CITIZENS IN SETTING POLICY, DETERMINING OFFICE GOALS AND DEVELOPING PROGRAM AREAS. IN FISCAL YEAR 1980, OJJDP WILL CONTINUE TO AWARD FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES, EMPHASIZING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND THE CONTINUATION OF FUNDING TO PROJECTS INITIATED IN PRIOR YEARS. OTHER PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 1980 ARE DESCRIBED, SUCH AS PROJECT NEW PRIDE WHICH WILL SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR SERIOUS JUVENILE OFFENDERS. ALSO PLANNED FOR 1980 IS CONTINUATION OF MANY NIJJDP ACTIVITIES BEGUN IN EARLY YEARS, BUT WITH A SHIFT FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO MORE OPERATIONAL GOALS. NIJJDP PLANS TO DEVELOP A TRAINING CENTER AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING MATERIALS FOR THE JUVENILE JUSTICE COMMUNITY AND TO FUND A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR ALL JUVENILE JUSTICE MATERIALS AS A SEPARATE ENTITY WITHIN NCJRS. FURTHER EFFORTS OF THE OJJDP ARE NOTED.