| C |
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| Stress the coordination of investigation, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse cases. |
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| Funds collaborative, community-based delinquency prevention efforts. |
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| Combats crimes against children by providing high-quality research and statistics to the public, policymakers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. |
| D |
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| Addresses the overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system at all points in the juvenile justice process. |
| E |
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| Supports and enhances efforts by states and local jurisdictions to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors and the purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors. |
| F |
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| Promotes the activities of youth courts, which offer communities a program in which youth are judged by their peers for minor delinquency, status offenses, and problem behaviors. |
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| Supports state and local delinquency prevention and intervention efforts and juvenile justice system improvements. |
| G |
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| Designed to reduce gang activity in targeted neighborhoods. |
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| The Girls Study Group assists OJJDP in understanding risk and protective factors associated with female juvenile offending and the consequences for youth involved in such offending. |
| I |
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| Juvenile Information Sharing (JIS) aims to increase the capacity of youth-serving agencies to build multiagency partnerships in which information is exchanged in a timely and secure way. |
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| Helps state and local law enforcement agencies develop an effective response to cyber enticement and child pornography cases. |
| J |
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| Helps states develop programs that promote greater accountability among offenders and in the juvenile justice system. |
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| Builds the capacity to develop and establish juvenile drug courts adopting the Reclaiming Futures model for juvenile offenders who are abusing substances. |
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| Provides individuals and organizations with easy access to a comprehensive collection of information and resources on juvenile justice topics. |
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| Geared toward supporting national and community organizations that directly serve youth through mentoring. |
| M |
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| Provides intensive training and technical assistance to improve the courts' handling of child abuse and neglect cases and to ensure more timely decisionmaking in permanency planning. |
| N |
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| Collects and distributes data regarding missing and exploited children and operates a national toll-free hotline. |
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| Assists policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in the development and implementation of effective, community-based gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies. |
| P |
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| Improves the understanding of serious delinquency, violence, and drug use by examining how youth develop within the context of family, school, peers, and community. |
| S |
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| Prevents and reduces the impact of family and community violence on young children and their families. |
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| Strengthens coordination, communication, and collaboration among youth serving agencies to support the neediest youth and their healthy transition to successful adulthood. |
| T |
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| Tribal JADG provides awards to federally recognized tribes to develop and implement programs that hold tribal youth accountable for delinquent behavior and strengthen tribal juvenile justice systems. |
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| Helps tribal communities prevent juvenile delinquency, reduce violent crime, and improve tribal juvenile justice systems. |
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| The Truancy Reduction Demonstration Program began in 1998 as a cooperative effort of OJJDP, the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, and the Executive Office for Weed and Seed. |
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