Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Serving Children, Families, and Communities
addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs responding to child victimization. preventing and intervening in delinquency. strengthening the juvenile justice system.
OJJDP’s Website http://ojjdp.gov
community mobilization opportunities provision social intervention OJJDP has sponsored the development, testing, and implementation of the Comprehensive Gang Model since the earlier 1980s. The model is based on implementing a combination of 5 strategies: community mobilization opportunities provision social intervention organizational change suppression
Focusing Anti-Gang Strategies Serious and Chronic Offenders Targeted Suppression Gang-Involved Youth Gang Intervention High-Risk Youth Secondary Prevention All Community Members Primary Prevention
National Gang Center www.nationalgangcenter.gov
Factors Common to Successful Programs Based upon a comprehensive needs assessment Address multiple areas of risk Consistently implemented and provide youth with sufficient dosage Give opportunities to develop positive, long-term relationships with prosocial adults Serve mainly high-risk youth
Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program Provides funding ($250K to $1.5 million for a three year project period) for localities to support federal, state, and local partnerships to replicate proven multi-disciplinary, community-based strategies to reduce violence. Program’s goal is to replicate programs, such as the Boston Gun Project, the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model, and the Chicago CeaseFire model, to reduce violence in targeted communities. These approaches must also involve law enforcement in their youth violence prevention efforts.
Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program Active sites: Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Boston, Brooklyn, Denver, Los Angeles, Newark, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. OJJDP anticipates making six (6) new awards in FY2013. Technical Assistance is also available through this program: National Network for Safe Communities (http://www.nnscommunities.org ) The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention (http://ceasefirechicago.org )
Gang Resistance Education And Training (G. R. E. A. T Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) is a gang and violence prevention program built around school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curricula. Crime data is available at the county level only; but, that’s when the user can upload and add their own data to the system. Census data is 2000, there will always be a time lag with data. http://www.great-online.org
OJJDP Contact Information: Dennis Mondoro Strategic Community Development Officer 202-514-3913 dennis.mondoro@usdoj.gov Crime data is available at the county level only; but, that’s when the user can upload and add their own data to the system. Census data is 2000, there will always be a time lag with data.