Juvenile reentry

On April 11, 2024, OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan announced the inaugural cohort of grantees for the FY 2023 Building Local Continuums of Care To Support Youth Success initiative. Awards total more than $17 million to 23 grantees and 3 training and technical assistance providers.

Listen to an audio recording of the April 10, 2024 Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Council) quarterly meeting in Washington DC.

During the week of April 8, 2024, YRTAC sat down with Amy Bradshaw Hoppock, AMIkids Vice President of Behavioral Health. This discussion focuses on research funded under a Second Chance Act grant award that explores the impact of family engagement on the success of detained youth.

This weekly podcast series is part of Second Chance Month 2024. During the week of April 2, 2024, the Youth Reentry Technical Assistance Center (YRTAC) featured the work of Second Chance Act grantee, the Utah Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS). JJYS provides a continuum of intervention, supervision, and rehabilitation programs to detained youth while assuring public safety.

Held on March 27, 2024, this webinar assisted eligible applicants interested in applying for the OJJDP FY 2024 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program Solicitation. It provided a general overview of the program, the goals and objectives, a discussion about the application process, and a Q&A opportunity for participants.

During the call held on March 27, 2024, Administrator Ryan highlighted the expansion of OJJDP's partnership with AmeriCorps to support community-based programs that increase reentry services to justice-involved youth.

During the call held on February 26, 2024, Administrator Ryan highlights OJJDP's Continuum of Care initiative, which spans prevention, intervention, and reentry strategies that focus on improving youth outcomes and increasing public safety.