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Remarks by OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan at the OJJDP Grantee Kickoff Meeting With the Southern University Law Center and Louisiana’s Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission

Remarks by OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan at the OJJDP Grantee Kickoff Meeting With the Southern University Law Center and Louisiana’s Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission

September 6, 2023

Good morning. Thank you, Senator Duplessis for your kind introduction. 

I am Liz Ryan, Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, or OJJDP—the only federal agency dedicated solely to serving youth who are involved in...

OJJDP FY 2023 Center for Youth Justice Transformation

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The purpose of this program is to strengthen state and territory-level compliance with the Formula Grants Program authorized under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, to develop and implement training and technical assistance that supports state, territorial, Tribal, and community-level juvenile justice system reform efforts; and design and implement an online education program for best practices in juvenile justice reform.

OJJDP Calls on States to Strengthen Youth Defense Systems

​​​​​​​On May 15, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark In re Gault ruling affirmed children's constitutional right to counsel, a holding intended to remedy significant liberty and due process deprivations for our nation's youth.

OJJDP FY 2023 Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities (R/ED) in Juvenile Justice

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With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to fund a new Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice to assist states and territories to strengthen their compliance with a core requirement of the Formula Grants Program authorized under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.

OJJDP FY 2023 Juvenile Justice System Reform and Reinvestment Initiative

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With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support states' and counties' implementation of innovative and/or research-based, data-informed recidivism-reduction policies, practices, and programs across multiple juvenile justice system components and disciplines, and sustainable strategies for reinvesting resulting costs saved or averted into effective juvenile justice prevention and intervention programs.