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January 2024
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Camp Mariposa Offers a Lifeline to Children Affected by Substance Use
OJJDP awarded $92.5 million in FY 2023 to increase and improve mentoring opportunities for youth, with plans to expand mentoring services for children of incarcerated parents.
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OJJDP Continues Supporting Efforts To Expand AMBER Alert Plans in Tribal Communities
OJJDP supports the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program, offering Tribes specialized training on topics specific to missing child investigations in Native communities.
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From the Field: OJJDP Welcomes Connecticut and Nebraska’s Return to the Title II Formula Grants Program
After a 5-year hiatus, Connecticut and Nebraska have rejoined OJJDP’s Formula Grants program, receiving a combined total of more than $1.2 million in fiscal year 2023 funding.
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Tribal Connections: Justice Department Seeks Applicants for FY 2024 Tribal Assistance Funding.
The Justice Department has released the fiscal year 2024 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation, which allows Tribes to submit a single funding application for seven Tribal-specific grant programs.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
OJJDP publishes bulletins, fact sheets, data snapshots, reports, and other publications. Access and download them on the OJJDP website’s publications section.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Find information about trainings, conferences, webinars, and other events of interest to practitioners, professionals, and other stakeholders in the youth justice field.
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FUNDING INFO
OJJDP offers funding through formula and discretionary grants, cooperative agreements, and payment programs. Learn about opportunities on the OJJDP website’s funding section
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DID YOU KNOW?
High school females were more likely than high school males to report being bullied over the previous 12 months in 2021, both on school property (17 percent of females versus 12.8 percent of males) and electronically (20.5 percent of females versus 11.2 percent of males). Find these and related statistics in OJJDP’s Bullying Experiences Reported by High School Students, 2021, a new data snapshot published in the Statistical Briefing Book.
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