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Case workers in Juvenile Justice have long been concerned about a subversive movement in the back halls of Congress and many state houses to erase any distinction between young offenders and adult criminals. As recently as the 1990s almost all 50 states overhauled their juvenile justice laws, allowing more youths to be tried as adults and scrapping long-time protections to help rehabilitate delinquent kids and prevent future crimes. Only ignorance of the history of juvenile justice in United States could be responsible for a now subdued but continued movement to “simplify” criminal justice by merging juveniles and adults together in the eyes of the law. May we take a moment to remind everyone how our juvenile justice system evolved to its present effective state.

In this video we walk you through how to navigate across the different screens and tools within the FAMCare case management platform. This tutorial showcases the ease and functionality of navigating our system.  Our goal is simple, we help you to optimize your day-to-day activities. This makes your agency more efficient so you provide superior outcomes for those you serve. 

"Darkness Cannot Drive 

out darkness;

only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate;

only love can do that."

Martin Luther King Jr.

Inspiring words as we remember and honor Dr. King's legacy.   

OJJDP has announced the following fiscal year 2021 funding opportunities:

• OJJDP FY 2021 Multistate Mentoring Programs Initiative

          Grants.gov deadline: February 23, 2021.

          JustGrants applications are due by March 9, 2021.

          Register for the February 2, 2021 solicitation-related webinar.

          View related FAQs.

• OJJDP FY 2021 National Mentoring Programs

          Grants.gov deadline: February 23, 2021.

          JustGrants applications are due by March 9, 2021.    

          View related FAQs.

NOTE: Applicants will submit the SF-424 and the SF-LLL in Grants.gov and the FULL application including attachments in JustGrants at https://justgrants.usdoj.gov/.

Whether we're threatened by the second or the third spike of this persistent and deadly COVID-19 pandemic, parents are again faced with school closings and re-openings that have them confused and in doubt. Is their child better off at home being schooled on-line or attending their local brick and mortar school with their classmates and teachers?

OJJDP has announced the following fiscal year 2021 funding opportunities:

• OJJDP FY 2021 Supporting Effective Interventions for Adolescent Sex Offenders and Children with Sexual Behavior Problems

          Grants.gov deadline: February 22, 2021.

          JustGrants applications are due by March 8, 2021.

          Register for the January 19, 2021 solicitation-related webinar.

• OJJDP FY 2021 Supporting Tribal Youth: Training and Technical Assistance and Youth Leadership Development

          Grants.gov deadline: February 15, 2021.

          JustGrants applications are due by March 1, 2021.

• OJJDP FY 2021 Delinquency Prevention Grants Program

          Grants.gov deadline: February 15, 2021.

          JustGrants applications are due by March 1, 2021.

          Register for the January 22, 2021 solicitation-related webinar.

NOTE: Applicants will submit the SF-424 and the SF-LLL in Grants.gov and the FULL application including attachments in JustGrants at https://justgrants.usdoj.gov/.

RESOURCES:

• Visit the funding page for details about these and other OJJDP funding opportunities.
• Follow OJJDP on Twitter and Facebook.

OJJDP has released "Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2018." This fact sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases handled in U.S. juvenile courts from 2005 to 2018. During that period, the number of delinquency cases involving juveniles declined 55 percent. Decreases were experienced across four offense categories: property, public order, person, and drug law violation cases. The estimates are based on data from more than 2,500 courts with jurisdiction over 87 percent of the nation's juvenile population in 2018. This fact sheet is derived from the OJJDP-sponsored report “Juvenile Court Statistics 2018” and was developed with support from the National Institute of Justice.

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Goodbye 2020...Bring on 2021

2020 will always be remembered as the year of the COVID- 19 pandemic. Not since the mid 14th century, when the Black Plague decimated one third of Europe’s population killing 75 million people and ushering in the Dark Ages, has the human race experienced such a natural disaster.

Hello 2021

Although the annual turning of the calendar page is only an artifice, one year giving way to the next seems to instill hope in the human heart. We make New Year's resolutions. We look forward to better times. We use our goals and desires for the new year to obliterate the past year's disappointments and pain. We believe the future will be better than the past. We have hope.

Register for upcoming juvenile justice-related webinars on funding, programs, and initiatives.

Increasing Demand…

Meals On Wheels, which delivers meals to the elderly in their homes and at senior centers, has seen demand for their services explode since the pandemic started.

• When COVID-19 hit, a staggering 89% of Meals On Wheels programs reported increased demand for meals, practically overnight.
• 79% of Meals On Wheels programs saw their demand double.
• Older adults who were mobile prior to the pandemic can no longer safely go to stores to buy their own food, and many do not have loved ones close by to help them through this time. Add this to the roster of seniors who were already homebound.