United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-10-30 monographic deposited born digital 101 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-23 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-23 P0b002ee180386add f:d0223 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-23 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-23 GAO-02-23 Crimes or offenses Grant monitoring Juvenile offender rehabilitation Juvenile status offenders Reporting requirements Act Now Truancy Program Child Abuse and Neglect Program Children's Advocacy Centers Program Community Prevention Grants Program Comprehensive Gang Initiative Court Appointed Special Advocate Program DOJ Juvenile Mentoring Program Drug-Free Communities Support Program Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program Other Written Product A02064

Although national rates of violent juvenile crime and youth victimization have declined during the past five years, critical problems affecting juveniles, such as drug dependency, the spread of gangs, and child abuse and neglect, persist. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has funded various demonstration, replication, research and evaluation, and training and technical assistance programs to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and juvenile victimization. GAO's review of 16 of OJJDP's major programs showed that although virtually all grantees must report on their progress twice a year, the information they reported varied. Grantees receive standard, general guidance for reporting on their projects and provide OJJDP information to monitor grantee's projects and accomplishments. According to OJJDP officials, such guidance needs to be general, because of differences among individual projects and local needs and circumstances. GAO identified eight programs in which all grantees reported the number of juveniles they directly served. OJJDP does not require grantees in all its programs to report directly on the number of juveniles served directly because many of its programs are not intended to serve juveniles directly. GAO's in-depth review of OJJDP's 10 impact evaluations undertaken since 1995 raises some concerns about whether the evaluations will produce definitive results. In some of these evaluations, variations in how the programs are implemented across sites make it difficult to interpret evaluation results. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-23/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-23.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-23/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-23.pdf GAO-02-23 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-23 Other Written Product GAO-02-23; Juvenile Justice: OJJDP Reporting Requirements for Discretionary and Formula Grantees and Concerns About Evaluation Studies; Crimes or offenses Grant monitoring Juvenile offender rehabilitation Juvenile status offenders Reporting requirements Act Now Truancy Program Child Abuse and Neglect Program Children's Advocacy Centers Program Community Prevention Grants Program Comprehensive Gang Initiative Court Appointed Special Advocate Program DOJ Juvenile Mentoring Program Drug-Free Communities Support Program Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program Title 42 Section 5601 42 U.S.C. 5601