Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA)
Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Independent Practitioner Report on Youth Justice, Report to Congress, Fiscal Year 2023–2024
State Advisory Groups (SAGs) Capacity-Building Toolkit
OJJDP's 50th Anniversary Administrators' Forum: "JJDPA Through the Decades"
Washington, DC
JJDPA 50th Anniversary Staff Stories: Diamond Lewis
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In Perspective: An Overview of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
Looking Back: OJJDP's Teleconference Series
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OJJDP FY24 Nonparticipating States: Texas and Wyoming
2024 OJJDP National Conference
OJJDP FY 2022 and 2023 Nonparticipating States: Connecticut (2022), Nebraska (2022), Texas (2022 and 2023), Wyoming (2022 and 2023)
OJJDP FY 2023 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Outreach and Education Subgrants Program
Tribal Legal Code Resource: Juvenile Justice - Guide for Drafting or Revising Tribal Juvenile Delinquency and Status Offense Laws
Access to Counsel
Juvenile Justice Reform Act Tribal Provisions Fact Sheet
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization 2018
Disproportionate Minority Confinement: 1997 Update
OJJDP Core Requirements Training for the States – Part Three
This video asks training participants about their expectations and main takeaways from the training for addressing Title II and/or compliance issues in their states.
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OJJDP Core Requirements Training for the States – Part Two
This video asks training participants how OJJDP helped them achieve your state's Title II and/or compliance program goals.
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Legislation
Authorizing Legislation
Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act (Pub. L. No. 93-415, 42 U.S.C. § 5601 et seq.) in 1974. This landmark legislation established OJJDP to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve juvenile justice systems.
In November 2002, Congress reauthorized the JJDP Act. The reauthorization (the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Pub. L. No...