[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2135-2142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-548]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

[OJP (OJJDP) Docket No. 1544]


Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Proposed 
Plan for Fiscal Year 2011

AGENCY: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office 
of Justice Programs, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of proposed plan for Fiscal Year 2011.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is 
publishing this notice of its Proposed Plan for fiscal year (FY) 2011.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 28, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments electronically or view an electronic 
version of this proposed rule at http://www.regulations.gov. You may 
also mail comments to Jeff Slowikowski, Acting Administrator, Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 810 Seventh Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20531. To ensure proper handling, clearly reference 
``Proposed OJJDP Program Plan Comments'' or ``OJP Docket No. 1544'' in 
the lower left hand corner of the envelope and on your correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention at 202-307-5911. [This is not a toll-free 
number.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Posting of Public Comments

    Please note that all comments received are considered part of the 
public record and made available for public inspection online at http://www.regulations.gov. Such information includes personal identifying 
information (such as name and address) that the commenter voluntarily 
submits.
    If you wish to submit personal identifying information (such as 
your name, address, etc.) as part of your comment, but do not wish for 
it to be posted online, you must include the phrase ``PERSONAL 
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph of your comment. You 
also must locate all the personal identifying information you do not 
wish to be posted online in the first paragraph of your comment and 
identify what information you would like redacted.
    If you wish to submit confidential business information as part of 
your comment but do not wish for it to be posted online, you must 
include the phrase ``CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION'' in the first 
paragraph of your comment. You also must prominently identify 
confidential business information to be redacted within the comment. If 
a comment has so much confidential business information that it cannot 
be effectively redacted, all or part of that comment may not be posted 
on http://www.regulations.gov.
    Personal identifying information and confidential business 
information identified and located as set forth above will be placed in 
the agency's public docket file, but not posted online. If you wish to 
inspect the agency's public docket file in person by appointment, 
please see the ``For Further Information Contact'' paragraph.

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II. Preamble

    The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) 
is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department 
of Justice. Section 204 (b)(5)(A) of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq. 
(JJDP Act) directs the OJJDP Administrator to publish for public 
comment a Proposed Plan describing the program activities that OJJDP 
proposes to carry out during FY 2011 under Parts D and E of Title II of 
the JJDP Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 5661 et seq. and 5665 et seq. 
Because the Office's discretionary activities extend beyond Parts D and 
E, OJJDP is seeking comments on a more comprehensive listing of the 
Office's proposed programs. Taking into consideration comments received 
on this Proposed Plan, the Administrator will develop and publish in 
the Federal Register OJJDP's Final Plan describing the particular 
program activities that OJJDP intends to fund during FY 2011.
    OJJDP acknowledges that at this time its FY 2011 appropriation is 
not yet final. Depending on the final appropriation, OJJDP may alter 
how its programs are structured and modify this Proposed Plan when it 
is published in final form following the public comment period.
    OJJDP posts on its Web site (http://www.ojjdp.gov) solicitations of 
grant or cooperative agreement applications for competitive programs to 
be funded under the Final Plan. OJJDP notifies the public that these 
solicitations have been posted through issuance of JUVJUSTs (listserv) 
announcements and other methods of electronic notification. No 
proposals, concept papers, or other forms of application should be 
submitted at this time.
    Department Priorities: OJJDP has structured this plan to reflect 
the high priority that the Administration and the Department have 
placed on addressing youth violence and victimization and improving 
protections for youth involved with the juvenile justice system. The 
proposals presented here represent OJJDP's current thinking on how to 
advance the Department's priorities during this fiscal year. These 
proposals also incorporate feedback from OJJDP's ongoing outreach to 
the field seeking ideas on program areas and the most promising 
approaches for those types of areas. The first section of this proposed 
plan contains programs that address priority areas that the Attorney 
General has identified.
    OJJDP's Purpose: Congress established OJJDP through the JJDP Act of 
1974 to help states and communities prevent and control delinquency and 
strengthen their juvenile justice systems and to coordinate and 
administer national policy in this area.
    Although states, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) 
communities,\1\ and other localities retain primary responsibility for 
administering juvenile justice and preventing juvenile delinquency, 
OJJDP supports and supplements the efforts of public and private 
organizations at all levels through program funding via formula, block, 
and discretionary grants; administration of Congressional earmark 
programs; research; training and technical assistance; funding of 
demonstration projects; and dissemination of information. OJJDP also 
helps administer Federal policy related to juvenile justice and 
delinquency prevention through its leadership role in the Coordinating 
Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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    \1\ In this plan, the terms ``tribes'' and ``tribal 
jurisdictions'' refer to both American Indian and Alaska Native 
communities.
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    OJJDP's Vision: OJJDP strives to be the recognized authority and 
national leader dedicated to the future, safety, and well-being of 
children and youth in, or at risk of entering, the juvenile justice 
system.
    OJJDP's Mission: OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, 
and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and 
victimization by supporting states, tribal jurisdictions, and 
communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective 
coordinated prevention and intervention programs and improve the 
juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds 
offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitation 
services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.
    Guiding Principles for OJJDP's National Leadership: OJJDP provides 
targeted funding, sponsors research and demonstration programs, offers 
training and technical assistance, disseminates information, and uses 
technology to enhance programs and collaboration in exercising its 
national leadership. In all of these efforts, the following four 
principles guide OJJDP:
    1. Empower communities and engage youth and families.
    2. Promote evidence-based practices.
    3. Require accountability.
    4. Enhance collaboration.
    1. Empower communities and engage youth and families. Families and 
communities play an essential role in any effort to prevent delinquency 
and protect children from victimization. As Attorney General Holder has 
said: ``family connections improve public safety, and responsible and 
engaged parenting improve public safety.'' This is especially true when 
fathers are involved and play a central role in their children's 
development. Communities must reach beyond the formal systems of 
justice, social services, and law enforcement to tap into the wisdom 
and energies of many others--including business leaders, the media, 
neighborhood associations, block leaders, elected officials, tribal 
leaders, clergy, faith-based organizations, and especially families and 
young people themselves--who have a stake in helping local youth become 
productive, law-abiding citizens. In particular, OJJDP must engage 
families and youth in developing solutions to delinquency and 
victimization. Their strengths, experiences, and aspirations provide an 
important perspective in developing those solutions.
    To be effective, collaboration among community stakeholders must be 
grounded in up-to-date information. With Federal assistance that OJJDP 
provides, community members can partner to gather data, assess local 
conditions, and make decisions to ensure resources are targeted for 
maximum impact.
    2. Promote evidence-based practices. To make the best use of public 
resources, OJJDP must identify what works in delinquency prevention and 
juvenile justice. OJJDP is the only Federal agency with a specific 
mission to develop and disseminate knowledge about what works in this 
field. Drawing on this knowledge, OJJDP helps communities replicate 
proven programs and improve their existing programs. OJJDP helps 
communities match program models to their specific needs and supports 
interventions that respond to the developmental, cultural, and gender 
needs of the youth and families they will serve.
    3. Require accountability. OJJDP requires the national, state, 
tribal, and local entities whose programs OJJDP supports to explain how 
they use program resources, determine and report on how effective the 
programs are in alleviating the problems they are intended to address, 
and propose plans for remediation of performance that does not meet 
standards. OJJDP has established mandatory performance measures for all 
its programs and reports on those measures to the Office of Management 
and Budget. OJJDP requires its grantees and applicants to report on 
these performance measures, set up systems to gather the data necessary 
to monitor those performance

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measures, and use this information to continuously assess progress and 
fine-tune the programs.
    4. Enhance collaboration. Juvenile justice agencies and programs 
are just one part of a larger set of systems that encompasses the many 
agencies and programs that work with at-risk youth and their families. 
For delinquency prevention and child protection efforts to be 
effective, they must be coordinated at the local, tribal, State, and 
Federal levels with law enforcement, social services, child welfare, 
public health, mental health, school, and other systems that address 
family strengthening and youth development. One way to achieve this 
coordination is to establish broad-based coalitions to create consensus 
on service priorities and to build support for a coordinated approach. 
With this consensus as a foundation, participating agencies and 
departments can then build mechanisms to link service providers at the 
program level--including procedures for sharing information across 
systems.
    OJJDP took its guidance in the development of this proposed plan 
from the priorities that the Attorney General has set forth for the 
Department. At the same time, OJJDP drew upon its Strategic Plan for 
2009-2011. The four primary goals at the heart of OJJDP's Strategic 
Plan echo the Attorney General's priorities. Those goals are: Prevent 
and respond to delinquency, strengthen the juvenile justice system, 
prevent and reduce the victimization of children, and create safer 
neighborhoods by preventing and reducing youth violence. OJJDP is 
currently updating its Strategic Plan.

III. OJJDP Proposed Program Plan for Fiscal Year 2011

    Each year OJJDP receives formula and block grant funding as well as 
discretionary funds for certain program areas. Based on the 2010 
appropriation and the 2011 presidential budget, OJJDP offers the 
following 2011 Proposed Plan for consideration and comment. Programs 
are organized according to the Department priorities and traditional 
OJJDP focus areas.

Department and OJJDP Priorities

    OJJDP administers grant programs authorized by the JJDP Act of 
1974, as amended. OJJDP also administers programs under other 
legislative authority and through partnerships with other Federal 
agencies. In keeping with OJJDP's mission, these programs are designed 
to help strengthen the juvenile justice system, prevent juvenile 
delinquency and violence, and protect and safeguard the nation's youth. 
The Obama Administration and the Attorney General have identified 
children's exposure to violence, gang violence, and community violence 
as focus areas for the Department.
The Attorney General's Initiative on Children Exposed to Violence 
Program: Phase II
    On September 23, 2010, Attorney General Holder launched Defending 
Childhood, an initiative that harnesses resources from across the 
Department of Justice to prevent children's exposure to violence; 
mitigate the negative impact of that exposure; and develop knowledge 
and spread awareness about the issue. The Attorney General's Initiative 
on Children Exposed to Violence is the programmatic expression of 
Defending Childhood. Following an initial planning year, DOJ proposes 
to award supplemental funds to the original eight sites to implement 
activities to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to 
violence in their homes, schools, and communities. Subsequently, DOJ 
will select four communities to receive substantial support through an 
invitation-only competition. The remaining four sites will receive 
supplemental funding for specific program services under DOJ 
guidelines. OJJDP will conduct process and outcome evaluations of the 
initiative.
Community-Based Violence Prevention Program
    OJJDP proposes to fund eight new sites to replicate intervention 
programs, such as the Boston Gun Project, the Richmond Comprehensive 
Homicide Initiative, and the Chicago CeaseFire model, to reduce 
violence in targeted communities. Applicants must focus their proposed 
programs on the high-risk activities and behaviors of a small number of 
carefully selected members of the community who are likely to be 
involved in gun violence in the immediate future. The intervention with 
this target population should include improved coordination of existing 
resources and activities that support multiple, complementary anti-
violence strategies. An additional evaluation grant (continuation) will 
be made to ensure data from the new sites are included in the national 
evaluation.
Comprehensive Community Anti-Gang Strategies and Programs
    OJJDP proposes to fund community partnerships of Federal, State, 
and local entities implementing primary prevention, secondary 
prevention, gang intervention, and targeted gang enforcement anti-gang 
programs. Awards will support coordination of community-based anti-gang 
initiatives that involve law enforcement, schools, social services, 
faith- and community-based organizations, and businesses as essential 
partners. Successful applicants will demonstrate that they are 
implementing community-based anti-gang activities consistent with 
OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model.
Continuations
    In FY 2011, OJJDP will continue to support:
     Safe Start Promising Approaches Project
     Children's Exposure to Violence Fellowship
     National Survey of Children Exposed to Violence
     Youth Gang Prevention and Intervention Program

Tribal Youth

    Since 1998, Congress has appropriated funding to support programs 
addressing tribal youth. OJJDP administers most of its tribal 
initiatives through the Tribal Youth Program (TYP). These programs fund 
initiatives, training and technical assistance, and research and 
evaluation projects to improve juvenile justice systems and delinquency 
prevention efforts among federally recognized American Indian and 
Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes. Since 1999, 10 percent of the TYP 
appropriation has been used for research and evaluation activities and 
2 percent has been used for training and technical assistance.
U.S. Department of Justice Coordinated Tribal Assistance
    In response to concerns that tribes voiced during recent public 
listening sessions, DOJ developed the Coordinated Tribal Assistance 
Solicitation (CTAS) that combines all of its existing competitive 
tribal solicitations into one document. The CTAS solicitation is posted 
on the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Web site (http://www.ojp.gov). 
The following are the OJJDP proposed programs within the CTAS:
     Tribal Youth Program supports and enhances tribal efforts 
to prevent and control delinquency and improve their juvenile justice 
systems. Grantees develop and implement delinquency prevention 
programs, interventions for court-involved youth, improvements to their 
juvenile justice systems, alcohol and substance abuse prevention 
programs, and emotional/behavioral program services.
     Tribal Juvenile Accountability Discretionary Grants 
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receives a separate allocation through the Juvenile Accountability 
Block Grants Program to provide funds to federally recognized tribes to 
combat delinquency and improve the quality of life in AI/AN 
communities. OJJDP awards Tribal JADG program grants to AI/AN 
communities to promote accountability-based reform and strengthen the 
tribal juvenile justice system by addressing 1 or more of the 17 tribal 
JADG program purpose areas. OJJDP requires applicants to submit a plan 
for evaluating their projects.
     OJJDP intends to support Tribal Youth Demonstration 
Programs that address gaps in programs and services for tribal youth. 
Services include risk and needs assessments, educational and vocational 
programs, mental health services, substance abuse programs, family 
strengthening, recreational activities, and extended reentry aftercare 
to help offenders successfully reintegrate into the tribal community.
Empowering Alaska Native Youth Initiative
    OJJDP intends to support Alaska Native villages as they implement 
programs and services to prevent and control delinquency and improve 
their juvenile justice systems. The villages will develop and implement 
delinquency prevention programs, interventions for court-involved 
youth, improvements to their juvenile justice systems, alcohol and 
substance abuse prevention programs, and emotional/behavioral program 
services.
Technical Assistance for Tribal Law Enforcement To Reduce Children's 
Exploitation Crimes
    OJJDP intends to support programs that decrease children's risk of 
exploitation and victimization in tribal communities and expand the 
goals and activities of these programs to protect children. This 
initiative will support the development and implementation of targeted 
technical assistance to enhance the ability of tribal communities to 
respond to child exploitation, including runaway children and victims 
of child trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation.
Tribal Youth Gang Assessment and Demonstration Program
    OJJDP proposes to fund an assessment of the gang problem in tribal 
communities that will inform the development of a tribal youth gang 
prevention and intervention demonstration program. The last attempt to 
accurately depict such youth gang issues was conducted nearly 10 years 
ago, and OJJDP feels that the issues facing tribal communities have 
changed significantly since that time.
Tribal Youth Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Programs
    OJJDP proposes to fund field-initiated studies to further what is 
understood regarding the experiences, strengths, and needs of tribal 
youth, their families, and communities and what works to reduce their 
risks for delinquency and victimization. Accordingly, OJJDP will seek 
applications addressing a broad range of research topics, such as the 
identification of risk factors for delinquent behavior and substance 
abuse, pathways to delinquency and desistance, and victimization 
experiences among tribal youth.
Tribal Youth National Mentoring Program
    OJJDP proposes to support the development, maturation, and 
expansion of mentoring services for tribal youth on tribal reservations 
that are underserved due to location, shortage of mentors, emotional or 
behavioral challenges of the targeted population, or other situations. 
Grantees will assess tribal needs, develop plans, and implement and 
monitor mentoring activities in multiple states that have tribal 
reservations.
Continuation
    In FY 2011, OJJDP will continue to support:
     Child Protection Programs in Tribal Communities

Juvenile Justice System Reform

    OJJDP recognizes the need for states to have effective and 
efficient juvenile justice systems and for the Office to assist them in 
identifying and implementing promising and evidence-based practices. 
Reforming juvenile justice and improving systems across the country is 
a priority for OJJDP. Components of the juvenile justice system that 
OJJDP will focus on in 2011 include detention and corrections reform, 
and youth transitioning back to their communities from a detention or 
corrections facility.
Protection and Advocacy Juvenile Justice Monitoring Project
    OJJDP proposes to support a project to provide independent 
monitoring in juvenile justice facilities to identify and address 
dangerous and unsafe conditions of confinement. In addition, this 
project will generate information to evaluate the effectiveness of an 
external oversight mechanism to improve conditions of confinement in 
juvenile justice facilities. The proposed project would focus on 
conditions and practices affecting any confined youth and specifically 
those affecting youth with health, physical, sensory, and cognitive or 
intellectual disabilities and youth with mental health and behavioral 
health disorders.
Second Chance Act Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration 
Projects
    OJJDP, in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, will 
support additional demonstration projects under the Second Chance Act 
Youth Offender Reentry Initiative, a comprehensive response to the 
increasing number of people who are released from prison, jail, and 
juvenile facilities each year and are returning to their communities. 
The goal of this initiative is to reduce the rate of recidivism for 
offenders released from a juvenile residential facility and increase 
public safety. Demonstration projects provide necessary services to 
youth while in confinement and following their release into the 
community. The initiative will focus on addressing the unique needs of 
girls reentering their communities.
Continuations
    In FY 2011, OJJDP will continue to support;
     Juvenile Indigent Defense National Clearinghouse
     National Training and Technical Assistance Center for 
Youth in Custody
     Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
     The National Girls Institute

Research, Evaluation, and Data Collection

    OJJDP supports and promotes research, vigorous and informative 
evaluations of demonstration programs, and collection and analysis of 
statistical data. The goal of these activities is to generate credible 
and useful information to improve decisionmaking in the juvenile 
justice system. OJJDP sponsors research that has the greatest potential 
to improve the nation's understanding of juvenile delinquency and 
victimization and of ways to develop effective prevention and 
intervention programs to respond to it.
Assessment of Youth Gangs in Juvenile Detention and Correctional 
Facilities
    OJJDP proposes to fund an assessment of the nature and scope of 
youth gangs in juvenile detention and correctional facilities. OJJDP 
will use information garnered from this assessment to inform the 
development of programs, policies, and practice to better serve 
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youth and ensure safety and security for detainees and staff in 
residential facilities.
Child Protection Research Program
    OJJDP proposes to fund field-initiated research and evaluation 
projects on crimes against children and juveniles, primarily on issues 
of exploitation and abuse. These projects will produce information that 
will assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement and prosecutors 
involved with crimes against children cases, policymakers, and 
professionals who care for and educate children and youth. OJJDP will 
consider applications proposing research in other areas that will fill 
a critical gap in the field's knowledge and practice.
Evaluation of Second Chance Act Juvenile Mentoring Initiative
    OJJDP expects to conduct a comprehensive process and rigorous 
impact evaluation of the Second Chance Act Juvenile Mentoring 
Initiative to determine the effectiveness of combining mentoring with 
other reentry services for participating juvenile offenders during 
their confinement, through their transition back to the community, and 
following release. OJJDP will select a national evaluator to assess the 
implementation of these programs and their impact on service delivery 
and key outcomes for participating youth, including recidivism.
Mentoring Research Best Practices Program
    OJJDP proposes to fund a program of research that seeks to enhance 
the understanding of mentoring as a prevention strategy for youth at 
risk of involvement or already involved in the juvenile justice system. 
While mentoring appears to be a promising intervention for youth, more 
evaluation work is needed to further highlight the components of a 
mentoring program that are most effective and how effective mentoring 
is as a delinquency prevention/intervention technique.
Youth Gang Research Initiative
    OJJDP proposes to fund research on gangs that provides current 
information on the nature and scope of the gang problem in the United 
States, examines programs and strategies that communities have 
implemented to prevent and intervene in gang activity, and identifies 
emerging trends in gang prevention and intervention programs. Further 
research and examination is needed to develop a better understanding of 
the factors that lead to gang involvement, the nature and scope of 
different types of gangs, and the most effective strategies, programs, 
and practices to prevent and intervene with gang-involved youth.
Secondary Data Analysis Program
    OJJDP intends to make several competitive awards to encourage 
secondary analysis of one or more of several datasets that the Office 
has archived to answer research questions that impact policy and 
practice in juvenile justice. Since the mid-1970s, OJJDP has supported 
a series of data collection programs to capture accurate and detailed 
information on youth offenders in residential placement and the 
facilities that hold them. OJJDP will make these datasets available to 
researchers.
Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program
    OJJDP intends to support multiple grant awards for research and 
evaluations of programs and initiatives that focus on the juvenile 
justice system's response to delinquency and system improvement. The 
goal of the research questions posed will be to inform policy and lead 
to recommendations for juvenile justice system improvement.
National Juvenile Probation Census Project
    OJJDP proposes to support the next round of its Census of Juveniles 
on Probation, which describes youth under justice supervision and the 
services they receive. The census provides critical data on the 
characteristics of youth on probation, the nature of their offenses, 
and how they are served. The significance of such information is 
evident when one considers that the number of youth on probation is 
roughly five times that of the population of youth in custody.
Evaluations of Girls' Delinquency Programs
    OJJDP intends to support evaluations that will measure the 
effectiveness of delinquency prevention, intervention, and/or treatment 
programs to prevent and reduce girls' risk behavior and offending. Over 
the past two decades, the number of girls entering the juvenile justice 
system has dramatically increased. This trend raised a number of 
questions for OJJDP, including whether this reflected an increase in 
girls' delinquency or changes in society's responses to girls' 
behavior. OJJDP's Girls Study Group recently completed a review of 
evaluations of girls' delinquency programs and found that most programs 
have not been evaluated, thereby limiting knowledge about the most 
appropriate and effective programs for girls.
Continuations
    In FY 2011, OJJDP will continue to support:
     National Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center
     National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program
     National Juvenile Justice Data Collection Program

Substance Abuse and Treatment

    OJJDP, often in partnership with other Federal agencies and private 
organizations, develops programs, research, or other initiatives to 
address juvenile use and abuse of illegal, prescription, and 
nonprescription drugs and alcohol. OJJDP's substance abuse efforts 
include control, prevention, and treatment programs.
Best Practices for Juvenile Drug Courts and Adolescent Treatment
    OJJDP proposes to fund an initiative in partnership with the 
Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment to identify best practices for merging juvenile drug courts 
and adolescent treatment. This initiative will also develop and 
implement training for juvenile drug courts on models of adolescent 
treatment that support the drug court.
Family Drug Court Programs
    OJJDP intends to implement and enhance family drug courts that 
serve substance-abusing adults who are involved in the family 
dependency court system as a result of child abuse and neglect issues. 
Grantees must provide services to the children of the parents in the 
program as well as to the parents. The Center for Children and Family 
Futures will provide training and technical assistance to family drug 
courts.
Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program
    The Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program supports 
states' efforts to reduce drinking by juveniles through its four 
components: Block grants to the 50 States, the 5 territories, and the 
District of Columbia; discretionary grants; technical assistance; and 
research and evaluation. Under the block grant component, each state, 
the District of Columbia, and the territories receive approximately 
$360,000 annually to support law enforcement activities, media 
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EUDL discretionary grant component supports several diverse initiatives 
to help communities develop promising approaches to address underage 
drinking. EUDL training and technical assistance supports communities 
and states in their efforts to enforce underage drinking laws. EUDL 
funds and Federal partnerships also support evaluations of community 
initiatives within the EUDL discretionary grant component.
Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Assessment, Strategic Planning, and 
Implementation Initiative
    OJJDP intends to support this discretionary component of the 
Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws program, in which states will 
implement an assessment and strategic planning process to develop 
targeted, effective activities to reduce underage access to and 
consumption of alcohol. Grantees will assess local conditions and 
design a long-term strategic plan; implement selected and approved 
actions of that plan; collect, analyze, and report data; and evaluate 
how the state responded to the recommendations, crafted its strategic 
plan, and implemented portions of the plan with the remaining funds.
Continuations
    In FY 2011, OJJDP will continue to support:
     Juvenile Drug Court Mentoring Programs
     Juvenile Drug Court Programs

Mentoring

    OJJDP supports mentoring programs for youth at risk of failing in 
school, dropping out of school, or becoming involved in delinquent 
behavior, including gang activity and substance abuse. The goals of the 
programs are to reduce juvenile delinquency and gang participation, 
improve academic performance, and reduce the school dropout rate. 
Mentoring funds support mentoring programs that provide general 
guidance and support; promote personal and social responsibility; 
increase participation in education; support juvenile offenders 
returning to their communities after confinement in a residential 
facility; discourage use of illegal drugs and firearms; discourage 
involvement in gangs, violence, and other delinquent activity; and 
encourage participation in community service activities. OJJDP will 
also sponsor several research projects that will evaluate mentoring 
programs or approaches and the effectiveness of specific mentoring 
practices.
Mentoring Commercial Child Sexual Exploitation Victim Service Agencies
    OJJDP proposes to support the development and enhancement of the 
mentoring capacity of community organizations that provide direct 
services to children who are sexually exploited for commercial 
purposes. Community service programs that build or enhance mentoring 
programs for these high-risk youth and provide other appropriate 
support services can empower girls and boys to exit the commercial sex 
industry and move past their involvement with the justice system and 
their experiences with victimization. Such programs should be led by a 
local community collaborative that is designed to address local needs 
and use local resources.
Mentoring for Youth With Disabilities
    OJJDP proposes to fund mentoring programs and strategies that 
support at-risk youth with disabilities to prevent them from engaging 
in risky behaviors such as substance abuse and criminal activity. OJJDP 
anticipates coordinating this initiative with the U.S. Departments of 
Education and Health and Human Services.
Second Chance Act Juvenile Mentoring Initiative
    OJJDP intends to provide grants for mentoring and other 
transitional services to reintegrate juvenile offenders into their 
communities. The grants will be used to mentor juvenile offenders 
during confinement, through transition back to the community, and 
following release; to provide transitional services to assist them in 
their reintegration into the community; and to support training in 
offender and victims issues. The initiative's goals are to reduce 
recidivism among juvenile ex-offenders, enhance community safety, and 
enhance the capacity of local partnerships to address the needs of 
juvenile ex-offenders returning to their communities.
National and Multi-State Mentoring Programs
    OJJDP expects to support national organizations and organizations 
with mentoring programs in at least five states to enhance or expand 
mentoring services to high-risk populations that are underserved due to 
location; shortage of mentors; special physical or mental challenges of 
the targeted population; youth with a parent in the military, including 
a deployed parent; or other analogous situations that the community in 
need of mentoring services identifies.
Strategic Enhancement to Mentoring Programs for Comprehensive 
Delinquency Prevention Strategies
    OJJDP proposes to support the enhancement of existing mentoring 
programs and strategies as part of a comprehensive, integrated strategy 
for delinquency prevention. The enhancements include involving the 
parents in activities or services, providing structured activities and 
programs for the mentoring matches, and developing and implementing 
ongoing training and support for mentors.
Afterschool Arts Programs for At-Risk Youth
    OJJDP proposes to fund afterschool arts programs that respond to 
the needs of at-risk youth who, research has shown, are at greatest 
risk of being a victim of a violent act or committing a crime during 
the afterschool hours of 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. These programs help reduce 
risk factors that increase the chances a youth will develop behavior 
problems that may lead to delinquency, crime, and violence.
Continuation
    In FY 2011, OJJDP will continue to support:
     Mentoring for Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiatives

Child Victimization

    Since its inception, OJJDP has consistently strived to safeguard 
children from victimization by supporting research, training, and 
community programs that emphasize prevention and early intervention. A 
commitment to children's safety is written into the Office's 
legislative mandate, which includes the JJDP Act of 1974, the Missing 
Children's Assistance Act of 1984, and the Victims of Child Abuse Act 
of 1990. OJJDP continues to improve the responses of the justice system 
and related systems, increase public awareness, and promote model 
programs for addressing child victimization in states and communities 
across the country.
Children's Advocacy Centers
    OJJDP intends to continue funding for programs that improve the 
coordinated investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases. These 
programs include a national subgrant program for local children's 
advocacy centers, a membership and accreditation program, regional 
children's advocacy centers, and specialized technical assistance and 
training programs for child abuse professionals and prosecutors. Local 
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together multidisciplinary teams of professionals to coordinate the 
investigation, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse cases.
Court Appointed Special Advocates Programs
    OJJDP intends to continue funding for Court Appointed Special 
Advocates (CASA) programs that provide children in the foster care 
system or at risk of entering the dependency system with high-quality, 
timely, effective, and sensitive representation before the court. CASA 
programs train and support volunteers who advocate for the best 
interests of the child in dependency proceedings. OJJDP funds a 
national CASA training and technical assistance provider and a national 
membership and accreditation organization to support state and local 
CASA organizations' efforts to recruit volunteer advocates, including 
minority volunteers, and to provide training and technical assistance 
to these organizations and to stakeholders in the child welfare system.
Prevention of Hate Crimes Against Youth
    OJJDP proposes to fund a program for individual public and private 
schools, school consortia, or school systems that would use an 
evidence-based approach to address youth hate crimes. It will target 
middle and high school students, teachers, administrators, and school 
resource officers in those schools. The program will educate students 
about the harm of prejudice and instill an appreciation of diversity, 
train teachers and school administrators to identify and respond to 
incidents of hate crime, and train law enforcement officers (school 
resource officers) in the investigation and prosecution of incidents of 
hate crimes involving youth.

Child Exploitation

    The increasing number of children and teens using the Internet, the 
proliferation of child pornography, and the increasing number of sexual 
predators who use the Internet and other electronic media to prey on 
children present both a significant threat to the health and safety of 
young people and a formidable challenge for law enforcement. OJJDP took 
the lead early on in addressing this problem. More than a decade ago, 
the Office established the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force 
program.
Internet Crimes Against Children Program
    OJJDP expects to continue funding to support the operations of the 
61 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces. The ICAC Task 
Force program helps state and local law enforcement agencies develop an 
effective response to sexual predators who prey upon juveniles via the 
Internet and other electronic devices and child pornography cases. This 
program encompasses forensic and investigative components, training and 
technical assistance, victim services, and community education.
ICAC Commercial Child Sexual Exploitation
    OJJDP intends to support select law enforcement agencies in their 
development of strategies to protect children from commercial sexual 
exploitation. Grantees will improve training and coordination 
activities, develop policies and procedures to identify child victims 
of commercial sexual exploitation, investigate and prosecute cases 
against adults who sexually exploit children for commercial purposes, 
and provide essential services to victims, including cases where 
technology is used to facilitate the exploitation of the victim.
ICAC Deconfliction System
    OJJDP proposes to fund an ICAC Deconfliction System (IDS) to allow 
OJJDP-credentialed users, including Federal, State, local, and tribal 
agencies and ICAC task forces investigating and prosecuting child 
exploitation to contribute and access data for use in resolving case 
conflicts. A governmental agency or a credentialed law enforcement 
agency will host the system. Also, IDS will permit the real-time 
analysis of data to facilitate identification of targets and to 
estimate the size of the law enforcement effort to address these 
crimes.
    In addition, OJJDP intends to support related ICAC activities and 
programs, including:
     Designing and implementing the 2011 ICAC-Project Safe 
Childhood National Training Conference.
     Research on Internet and other technology-facilitated 
crimes against children.
     Training for ICAC officers, prosecutors, judges, and other 
stakeholders.
     Technical assistance to support implementation of the ICAC 
program.
Continuation
    In FY 2011, OJJDP will continue to support:
     Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical 
Assistance Program

Juvenile Justice System Improvement

    OJJDP works to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the 
juvenile justice system. A major component of these efforts is the 
provision of training and technical assistance (TTA) resources that 
address the needs of juvenile justice practitioners and support state 
and local efforts to build capacity and expand the use of evidence-
based practices.
    Training and technical assistance is the planning, development, 
delivery, and evaluation of activities to achieve specific learning 
objectives, resolve problems, and foster the application of innovative 
approaches to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP has 
developed a network of providers to deliver targeted training and 
technical assistance to policymakers and practitioners.
National Delinquency Court Improvement Program
    OJJDP intends to support a training and technical assistance 
program to improve the operations of the nation's juvenile delinquency 
courts. Under this program, OJJDP will produce guidelines to improve 
delinquency courts and standards for the representation of juveniles in 
status offense and delinquency cases, promote alternatives to detention 
and evidence-based programs to prevent and intervene in delinquency, 
produce guidelines for dealing with youth under the jurisdiction of 
several systems, and promote adherence to the core principles of the 
JJDP Act of 1974, as amended.
National Gang Center
    OJJDP proposes to fund, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance, a National Gang Center to provide training and technical 
assistance to law enforcement agencies and communities on gang 
prevention and intervention programs and strategies. The National Gang 
Center will also administer the annual National Youth Gang Survey and 
disseminate current research and practice on gang prevention, 
intervention, and suppression strategies and programs.
Model Programs Guide
    OJJDP expects to fund a program to maintain and expand the 
databases that make up OJJDP's Model Programs Guide. The award 
recipient will actively identify, review, and assess new programs; add 
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the evaluation criteria, their descriptions, and performance 
indicators; and develop, maintain, and expand subject-specific 
databases including, but not limited to, the disproportionate minority 
contact and deinstitutionalization of status offenders best practices 
databases. Moreover, OJJDP is looking to improve technical capacity, 
expand and refine the database, and, generally, assure ease, speed, and 
precision in searching the database.
National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Truancy 
Prevention and Intervention
    OJJDP intends to fund a National Training and Technical Assistance 
Center for Truancy Prevention and Intervention. The center will 
disseminate information regarding what works to prevent and intervene 
with school truancy and dropout problems and promote the use of 
evidence-based practices through training, technical assistance, and 
resources.
State Relations and Assistance Division's Training and Technical 
Assistance Program
    OJJDP proposes to award a cooperative agreement to an organization 
that will provide training and technical assistance to national, state, 
and local-level grantees and non-grantees. OJJDP expects that this 
training and technical assistance will assist them in planning, 
establishing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating delinquency 
prevention and juvenile justice systems improvement projects. 
Additionally, the selected organization will coordinate the State 
Relations and Assistance Division's national training conferences.
Continuations
    In FY 2011, OJJDP will continue to support:
     Child Abuse Training for Judicial and Court Personnel
     Engaging Law Enforcement To Reduce Juvenile Crime, 
Victimization, and Delinquency
     State Advisory Group Training and Technical Assistance 
Project

Fellowships

    OJJDP's fellowship program is designed to enhance the Office's 
efforts to develop and improve innovative programs that serve children, 
youth, and families. A secondary goal is to provide practitioners an 
opportunity to work closely with career and political Federal staff, 
contractors, grantees, and other public and private organizations in 
Washington, DC, and across the country. The fellow will provide direct 
operational assistance to OJJDP staff through assessment and capacity 
building, design and development of innovative initiatives and training 
programs, resource development, research and evaluation, policy 
development, and outreach and awareness. The fellow will also develop 
articles for publication and other products on specific topics.
Concentration of Federal Efforts Fellowship
    OJJDP proposes to fund a fellow in the Concentration of Federal 
Efforts program for 2 years to strengthen the Office's cross-agency 
partnership efforts. Currently, OJJDP staff and leadership participate 
in dozens of interagency efforts. The fellow will build on related 
ongoing work of other Federal agencies, develop new cross-agency 
partnerships and initiatives, identify and assess opportunities for 
cross-agency partnerships, and track the impact of existing partnership 
efforts.
Visiting Research Fellowship Program
    OJJDP proposes funding for a visiting research fellowship to 
identify evidence-based programs to facilitate the development or 
enhancement of new and innovative programs. Through the program, 
fellows will investigate new approaches to address existing problems in 
juvenile justice in conjunction with OJJDP's ongoing program of 
research into juvenile justice and delinquency prevention issues.

General

Support for Conferences on Juvenile Justice
    OJJDP plans to support conferences that address juvenile justice 
and the prevention of delinquency. This support would provide community 
prevention leaders, treatment professionals, juvenile justice 
officials, researchers, and practitioners with information on best 
practices and research-based models to support state, local government, 
and community efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency.

    Dated: January 7, 2011.
Jeff Slowikowski,
Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-548 Filed 1-11-11; 8:45 am]
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