Organizations

Coalition for Juvenile Justice 
CJJ is a nationwide coalition of State Advisory Groups (SAGs) and allies dedicated to preventing children and youth from becoming involved in the courts and upholding the highest standards of care when youth are charged with wrongdoing and enter the justice system.


Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.


Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections 
The mission of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections is to reduce juvenile crime in partnership with communities, through prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration.


National Criminal Justice Reference Service 
The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of and bibliographic information for more than 210,000 publications including: Federal, State, and local government reports; books; research reports; journal articles; and unpublished research. Subject areas include corrections, courts, drugs, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, and victims. All of the publications listed in the Abstracts Database are available from the NCJRS Library through either the interlibrary loan program or the photocopy service.


National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice 
The Center was established in July 2001 to assist the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice. The Center aims at providing a centralized national focal point that pulls together and links the various activities and research that are currently underway, maximizing the awareness and usefulness of new products and learnings, and using the best available knowledge to guide practice and policy.


National Center for Juvenile Justice
The National Center for Juvenile Justice is the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) in Reno, NV. NCJFCJ is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3). Since its inception in 1973, the Center has been a resource for independent and original research on topics related directly and indirectly to the field of juvenile justice. Although the Center is the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, it has its own Charter which governs all research activities and is responsible for generating its own operating funds. With substantial support from public and private sources over the years, the Center has developed resources and capacities which render it unique in the world of juvenile justice research.


National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges 
The mission of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is to provide all judges, courts, and related agencies involved with juvenile, family, and domestic violence cases with the knowledge and skills to improve the lives of the families and children who seek justice.


Center for Juvenile Justice Reform 
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute is designed to support leaders in the juvenile justice and related systems of care. The Center seeks to complement the good work being done across the country in juvenile justice reform by providing a multi-systems perspective and set of resources in support of this work.

 

Bench Cards may be found under Resources and Media here.

 

Making a difference requires both the juvenile justice system, and community and parent involvement.

 

All teens deserve our help. This is not just a problem for their families; it’s a problem AND opportunity for us all.

 

For more information, visit our Organizations page or check out our Resources, as well as resources specific to Parents and Youth.