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OJJDP News @ a Glance, July 2024

NCJ Number
309280
Date Published
July 2024
Publication Series
Abstract

A feature article highlights the Children's Justice Project, a 2-year effort spearheaded by OJJDP to accelerate the identification of children and youth who have been found deceased but never identified. Another feature article describes the Border Youth Resiliency Project, an OJJDP-supported program helping youth in El Paso, TX, recover from trauma. Other articles feature OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan's remarks at a convening of Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence grantees and a podcast series about OJJDP grantees funded under the Second Chance Act Youth Reentry initiative. Additional stories report on plans for the 2024 OJJDP National Conference on Youth Justice in November and recap the June 2024 meeting of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Date Published: July 1, 2024