The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is offering the State Juvenile Justice Formula and Block Grants Training and Technical Assistance Program. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act allow OJJDP to offer this grant. The programs goals are to provide training and technical assistance to state and local juvenile justice systems and some non profits to respond to juvenile delinquency. It will do this by helping the grantees to plan, establish, operate, coordinate and evaluate delinquency prevention. It also will help fund projects to improve juvenile justice. The grantee will get as much as $2 million for a one-year program period. It can also be renewable for three additional years.
Grant Helps States Respond to Juvenile Delinquency
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