Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Report to Congress and The White House, Fiscal Year 2023–2024

• NCJ Number: 309984
• Date Published: January 2025
• Length: 25 pages
• Agencies: OJJDP
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)

Annotation

In this document, the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provides its FY 2023–2024 Fiscal Year Report.

Abstract

This publication is the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Report to Congress and the White House for FY 2023–2024. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act established the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), which supports efforts to prevent delinquency and improve juvenile justice systems. By providing national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to youth delinquency and victimization, OJJDP helps States, localities, and Tribes develop effective and equitable juvenile justice systems that create safer communities and empower youth to lead productive lives. The Council is charged with the coordination of all Federal delinquency programs (in cooperation with State and local juvenile justice programs), programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles, and programs relating to missing and exploited children. Additional functions of the Council include: examining how separate programs can be coordinated among Federal, State, and local governments to better serve at-risk children and youth; making recommendations to the President and Congress regarding the coordination of overall policy and development of objectives and priorities for all Federal delinquency programs and activities and all Federal programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles; reviewing the programs and practices of Federal agencies and reporting on the degree to which Federal agency funds are used for purposes that are consistent or inconsistent with mandates of the JJDP Act’s core requirements; reviewing and making recommendations regarding joint funding proposals undertaken by OJJDP and any agency represented on the Council; and reviewing the reasons why Federal agencies take juveniles into custody and making recommendations regarding how to improve Federal practices and facilities for holding juveniles in custody.