It’s #SecondChanceMonth . Every week in April, you can listen to a new episode of the limited series podcast that celebrates #SecondChances : ojjdp.ojp.gov/events/second-… #ReentryMatters

#DYK : With OJJDP support, Children’s Advocacy Centers offer programs to help professionals working with at-risk children to create a less traumatic experience for the victims. Find out more: ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/child…

#ChildAbusePreventionMonth #CAPM #ThrivingFamilies

FUNDING DEADLINE APPROACHING: Apply by April 30 for funds to print and disseminate copies of OJP OVC’s Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials, designed to support young people during their involvement with the justice system.

Find out more: ovc.ojp.gov/news/announcem…

Did you miss OJJDP Liz Ryan’s March 27 administrator update call? It’s not too late!

Listen to the recording for her brief update on the expansion of OJJDP's partnership with AmeriCorps to increase #reentry services to justice-involved youth: ojjdp.ojp.gov/media/video/40…

Project Imagine in Danville, VA challenges young people to “imagine” a life beyond crime, then provides #mentorship , consistency, and accountability to help them achieve it. Learn more: ojjdp.ojp.gov/newsletter/ojj…

🗣ATTN: Second Chance Act grantees! Access resources to plan, implement, evaluate, and sustain your #reentry program and support justice-involved youth successfully transition back into their communities: ojjdp.ojp.gov/events/second-…
#SecondChanceMonth24 #ReentryMatters #YouthReentry

“I am encouraged and inspired by movements across the field toward a system that is more responsive to youth needs and more inclusive of youth and family perspectives.” —OJJDP Liz Ryan at NCJFCJ's annual conference.
See the March News @ a Glance for more: ojjdp.ojp.gov/newsletter/ojj…

Sign up for a three-part youth townhall series of webinars to hear young people share their experiences, insights, and visions on #mentoring . The first webinar is scheduled for April 18. Learn more about the series and sign up today: ojjdp.ojp.gov/events/convers…

Throughout #ChildAbusePreventionMonth – and all year long – OJJDP works to support youth who experience violence. Learn about our programs, resources, and prevention strategies to help safeguard children from abuse: ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/respo…
#CAPM #ThrivingFamilies

“OJJDP is committed to collaborating and innovating in ways that create safe homes, schools, and communities for our youth. They deserve no less.”—OJJDP Liz Ryan
Read about OJJDP-supported programs aimed at preventing youth violence and supporting victims: ojjdp.ojp.gov/newsletter/ojj…

Check out the latest News @ a Glance for brief stories about:

- #Youth + community support is key to justice transformation
-OJJDP’s FY 2024 funding season
-April’s Coordinating Council Meeting
-Guides for supporting LGBTQ2S+-identifying youth

Read more: ojjdp.ojp.gov/newsletter/ojj…

Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) coordinate the investigation, treatment, and prosecution of #ChildAbuse cases nationwide.

Learn how CACs can help communities can come together to ensure youth safety: ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/child…

#ChildAbuse PreventionMonth #CAPM #ThrivingFamilies

Mentees share their experiences, insights, and visions related to mentoring alongside pressing contemporary issues in a three-part youth townhall series of webinars scheduled for April 18, August 15, and December 19.
Learn more and sign up: ojjdp.ojp.gov/events/convers…

ATTN: Live stream today at 10 a.m. ET!
Join us as OJJDP Liz Ryan announces the inaugural cohort of the FY23 Building Local Continuums of Care To Support Youth Success grantees and hear directly from two of the award recipients. Watch the live stream here: pacast.com/live/pccd

“Serving youth well strengthens communities and contributes to public safety,” says OJJDP Liz Ryan. Learn how OJJDP's continuum of care framework focuses on prevention and early intervention in our March newsletter: ojjdp.ojp.gov/newsletter/ojj…

#SecondChanceMonth 24 is here! Explore our #SecondChanceMonth webpage to find learning opportunities, #reentry resources, the latest publications – and much more: ojjdp.ojp.gov/events/second-…
#ReentryMatters

Hear from OJP AAG Amy L. Solomon and OJJDP Liz Ryan today at 1 p.m. ET at the Coordinating Council on #JuvenileJustice and Delinquency Prevention’s meeting.

Registration required. Learn more and sign up: ojjdp.ojp.gov/news/juvjust/c…

Tomorrow’s Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention meeting includes remarks from OJP's AAG Amy L. Solomon and OJJDP Liz Ryan and discussion about the Council’s support of our Continuum of Care framework. Sign up: ojjdp.ojp.gov/news/juvjust/c…

Sign up for The Pride Resource Center’s April 17 webinar, “Affirming Gender in the Juvenile Justice System.” Come prepared to share and learn with your peers and leaders who work to support justice-involved LGBTQ2S+ youth. Register: ojjdp.ojp.gov/events/quarter…

The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will meet at 1 p.m. ET tomorrow to discuss OJJDP's Continuum of Care for Communities and prioritize recommendations for its 2024 report to Congress and the The White House. Register: ojjdp.ojp.gov/news/juvjust/c…