Frequently Asked Questions

When Your Child is Missing: A Family Guide to Survival, an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report, contains helpful information for families about what to do when a child is missing. This report is also available in Spanish. For additional information, visit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children website and our Missing Children Special Feature.

Resources on youth gang prevention include the following:

• Gang Violence Prevention
• Helping At-Risk Youth Say "No" to Gangs
• Best Practices to Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model
• Parents' Guide to Gangs
• OJJDP Strategic Planning tool

Additional resources are available on the Special Feature: Youth Violence - Gangs section of our site and the National Gang Center website.

See the following resources for information that may be helpful when looking at ways to prevent school shootings:

• About School Crime and Safety, National Institute of Justice
• Special Feature: School Safety, OJP
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety, Bureau of Justice Statistics

The National Institute of Justice Journal article, What Do the Data Reveal About Violence in Schools?, may also be of interest.

Information about stress among law enforcement officers can be found on the following sites:

• Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community, National Institute of Justice
• Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness: Mitigating the Impact of Stress, Bureau of Justice Assistance

Information on tribal justice is available on the Department of Justice's Tribal Justice and Safety and Office of Tribal Justice websites. Visit the Tribal Justice topic page for additional information and resources from the Office of Justice Programs.

Operated by the National Institute of Justice, the CrimeSolutions website uses rigorous research to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. Visit the Drugs & Substance Abuse section of the site to view research on program effectiveness reviewed and rated by CrimeSolutions Researchers and Reviewers.

Also visit the Drugs & Substance Abuse of our site for additional publications and resources.

Funding News is a weekly email capturing information about solicitation releases, funding-related webinars, and funding resources from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). A Funding Tips series of messages also provide useful information to help as you apply for OJP funding opportunities. You can sign up for Funding News directly through GovDelivery.

Visit the Grants/Funding section of our site for additional information and resources.

Statistics on children recovered from abductions are available in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) reports, National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Throwaway Children (NISMART) Series. See the Missing Children Special Feature section of our site for more information.

Additional resources:

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC's) website
• Annual AMBER Alert reports
• FBI's Annual National Crime Information Center's Missing Person and Unidentified Person statistics

The Human Trafficking Special Feature provides topical information about and access to resources produced or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs and other federal agencies. For specific information regarding victims, see the Victims and Services Providers section of the Special Feature. 

The Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) Program, managed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, provides support and resources for agencies interested in developing or enhancing a volunteer program and for citizens who wish to volunteer their time and skills with a community law enforcement agency.