The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP) administers grant programs authorized by the Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 2002, effective
October 1, 2003. OJJDP also administers several programs under
other legislative authority and through partnerships with other
federal agencies. In keeping with OJJDP's mission, these programs
are designed to help strengthen the juvenile justice system,
prevent juvenile delinquency, hold juvenile offenders accountable,
and protect and safeguard the nation's youth.
Title II, Part B Formula Grants Program
FY 2004 Appropriation: $83,156,000
This program supports state efforts to improve their juvenile
justice systems and to meet the goals of the JJDP Act. Funds are
allocated annually among the states and territories on the basis
of the relative population of young people under the age of 18.
The Formula Grants program supports state and local efforts to
develop and implement comprehensive state juvenile justice plans
based on detailed studies of needs in their jurisdictions. To receive
a full allocation, a state must demonstrate compliance with four
core requirements prescribed by the JJDP Act of 2002. States are
required by statute to pass through at least 66b percent of the
funds (other than funds made available to state advisory groups)
to units of general local government, local private agencies, and
Indian tribes that perform law enforcement functions.
Part D - Research, Evaluation, Technical Assistance and
Training
FY 2004 Appropriation: $2,475,000
The purpose of this program is to provide for the collection,
preparation, and dissemination of useful, scientifically sound
research and evaluation findings, as well as appropriate training
and technical assistance, regarding the prevention, treatment,
and control of juvenile delinquency. Knowledge gained through research
of what works increases OJJDP's ability to develop and support
programs that use well-crafted solutions and interventions to address
the problems of juvenile crime and violence. These funds help OJJDP
determine which interventions work, which do not, and which should
be further tested and replicated.
Part E - Developing, Testing, and Demonstrating Promising
New Initiatives and Programs
FY 2004 Appropriation: $78,800,000
This program provides funding to states, units of general local
government, Indian tribal governments, public and private agencies,
organizations, and individuals, or combinations thereof to carry
out projects for the development, testing, and demonstration of
promising initiatives and programs for the prevention, control,
or reduction of juvenile delinquency. Funds support model programs
to strengthen and preserve families; prevention and treatment programs
for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders; efforts to
divert youth from the traditional juvenile justice and correctional
systems; community-based alternatives to secure incarceration;
and programs to establish a system of graduated sanctions for juvenile
offenders. The FY 2004 Part E appropriation identifies earmark
programs to receive the total amount of these funds.
Title V Delinquency Prevention Program, Incentive Grants
FY 2004 Appropriation: $18,809,000
Title V funds are administered on a formula basis of relative
youth population and distributed though state advisory groups to
units of local government for a broad range of delinquency prevention
programs--including data-driven, evidence-based prevention programs--to
benefit youth who are at risk of having contact with the juvenile
justice system. Delinquency prevention efforts are focused on one
or more of the following domains: family, community, school, and
peer.
Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program
FY 2004 Appropriation: $24,749,000
This program provides block grant funds for each state and the
District of Columbia, as well as funds to support discretionary
grants and technical assistance and training to enforce state laws
prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages by minors. Projects
may include: statewide task forces of state and local law enforcement
and prosecutorial agencies to target establishments suspected of
a pattern of violations of state laws governing the sale and consumption
of alcohol by minors; public advertising programs to educate establishments
about statutory prohibitions and sanctions; and innovative programs
to prevent and control underage drinking.
Gang Prevention Program
FY 2004 Appropriation:
$19,779,000
The FY 2004 appropriations included funding for a gang resistance
and education program in conjunction with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as described in the House report.
OJP shall submit a financial plan to the Committees on Appropriations
within 45 days of enactment of the appropriations act to describe
how this program will be administered.
Tribal Youth Program
FY 2004 Appropriation:
$9,900,000
Authorized under annual Appropriations acts, the purpose of the
Tribal Youth Program is to support and enhance tribal efforts to
prevent and control delinquency and improve the juvenile justice
system for American Indian/Alaska Native youth. All federally recognized
tribes and Alaskan native villages or coalition of tribes or villages
are eligible to apply for a 3-year grant. Grants are awarded on
a competitive basis with no supplemental funding offered.
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) Program
FY 2004 Appropriation: $59,397,000
This program provides block grant funds to develop programs to
promote greater accountability in the juvenile justice system.
JABG funds can be used for 16 purpose areas, including: developing
graduated sanctions for juveniles, hiring additional prosecutors,
establishing juvenile gun courts, and establishing and maintaining
a system of juvenile records designed to promote public safety.
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories
of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands,
and Puerto Rico, are eligible for JABG funds. Each state must distribute
75 percent of its total allocation among units of local government,
unless the state has documented that it has the primary financial
burden for juvenile justice within the state. In such cases, a
state can submit a waiver request for the 75-percent pass-through
amount. In distributing JABG funds, the state must subaward grants
among units of local government on a formula basis that combines
law enforcement expenditures for each unit of local government
and the average annual number of Uniform Crime Report Part I violent
crime arrests reported by each unit of local government, for the
three most recent calendar years for which data are available.
The recipient of JABG funds must contribute, in the form of a cash
match, at least 10 percent of the total program cost. If JABG funds
are used to construct a permanent juvenile corrections facility,
the cash match shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs.
Other Major Programs Administered by OJJDP
Boys & Girls
Clubs of America
FY 2004 Appropriation: $79,166,000
OJJDP administers funds allocated under the Juvenile Assistance
Grant Program to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Funding for Boys & Girls Clubs of America and this initiative
has been provided by Congress in the form of a hard earmark in
the budget of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The resources to
fund this project are provided to OJJDP for administration. These
funds will allow the Boys & Girls Clubs of America--now serving
more than 3.3 million youth, employing more than 11,300 full-time
and 22,500 part-time youth professionals, and organizing the efforts
of more than 200,000 volunteers--to continue their work in FY 2004.
Specifically, the funds will be used to (1) increase the total
number of youth served by Boys & Girls Clubs by expanding and
enhancing existing programs and services and by establishing new
Club sites; (2) support and strengthen Boys & Girls Club services
through enhanced programs, organizational capacity-building efforts,
and continuation/sustainability support; and (3) decrease the negative
impacts of the "digital divide" through the installation and use
of current generation technology, particularly the establishment
of new youth technology centers, and through the development, implementation,
and use of resources, tools, and training to ensure youth access
the Internet in safe and positive environments.
Child Abuse Training for Judicial Personnel
FY 2004 Appropriation: $2,258,000
Authorized under the Victims of Child Abuse Act, as amended, this
program is designed to disseminate information, offer court improvement
training programs, and provide technical assistance at the national
and state levels on permanency planning and model court achievements
for the purpose of improving dependency courts' handling of child
abuse and neglect cases nationwide. OJJDP awards a grant to the
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges to provide
these services.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program
FY 2004 Appropriation: $11,772,000
Originally authorized through the Victims of Child Abuse Act and
re-authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, this program
supports the implementation of CASA programs nationwide. CASA programs
work to improve the manner in which courts and the child welfare
system manage child abuse cases by providing court representation
for children under dependency court jurisdiction.
Drug-Free Communities Support Program
FY 2004 Appropriation: $70,000,000
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy directs
the Drug-Free Communities Support Program in partnership with OJJDP.
This program provides grants of up to $100,000 to community coalitions
that mobilize their communities to prevent youth alcohol, tobacco,
illicit drug, and inhalant abuse. The program helps coalitions
strengthen their coordination and prevention efforts, encourage
citizen participation in reduction efforts, and disseminate information
about effective programs.
Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse
FY 2004 Appropriation: $12,869,000
Authorized through the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, as
amended, this program supports the implementation of a coordinated,
informed, and timely response to child abuse in every community
throughout the nation. This will be achieved through a coordinated
national strategy of providing training and technical assistance
to professionals involved in investigating, prosecuting, and treating
child abuse as well as through support for the development of Children's
Advocacy Centers.
Missing and Exploited Children's Program
FY 2004 Appropriation: $35,622,000
Authorized through the Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1984,
as amended, this program enhances the national response of state,
local, and federal law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and nongovernmental
organizations to missing and exploited children. The program serves
as the primary vehicle for building a national infrastructure to
support the effort prevent the abduction and exploitation of our
nation's children.
Safe Start Program
FY 2004 Appropriation:
$9,894,000
This program prevents and reduces the impact of children's exposure
to violence by creating comprehensive service delivery systems
that expand upon existing partnerships in the fields of law enforcement,
mental health, early childhood education/development, domestic
violence, child welfare, substance abuse prevention/treatment,
courts, family support/strengthening, crisis intervention, and
legal services.
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