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Juvenile (under 18)

Family-Based Justice Center

The Family Based Justice Center delivers training and technical assistance to implement or enhance family-based alternative sentencing programs.

Behavior Change Interventions to Stop School Violence

This program will engage over 100 young people per year through prevention services and provide intensive intervention to the highest risk 15–18-year-olds who are at the center of youth violence and gang activity.

Native Child Advocacy Resource Center

The National Native Children's Trauma Center provides training and technical assistance for the expansion of child advocacy centers to improve access and services to American Indian and Alaska Native children, families, and communities.

Trauma-informed Prosecutor Project (TiPP)

This program enhances the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution of child abuse by providing TTA to prosecutors and other child abuse multidisciplinary team members on trial advocacy, crime scene investigation, and advanced forensic interviewing.

Western Regional Children's Advocacy Center

The Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center will provide training and technical assistance and web-based resources to develop and strengthen children’s advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams in the 13 states of the region.

Opioid Affected Youth Initiative Technical Assistance

The Institute for Intergovernmental Research provides technical assistance to Opioid Affected Youth Initiative grantees as they develop and implement effective, data-driven, and coordinated responses that address the abuse of opioids and other substances.

National Gang Center

The National Gang Center serves as the only definitive clearinghouse of evidence-based and community-informed guidance addressing delinquency prevention, crime reduction, and community violence intervention through the lens of gang issues.