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The Juvenile Justice
Programs Office (JJPO)
ensures compliance
with Juvenile
Justice Delinquency
Prevention Act
mandates and
administrative
requirements.
Program objectives
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To provide for a
comprehensive system of compliance monitoring and related data collection.
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To maintain a
financial mechanism to
state agencies and general units of local government and
private non-profit organizations using federal
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act funds.
- To provide
staff support
services to the
Department of
Human Resources
and the nine
judicial
districts to
improve the
juvenile justice
system in
Nevada.
- To maintain
comprehensive
juvenile justice
planning,
technical
assistance,
program
development, and
training
capability.
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To provide
technical
assistance to
the Nevada
Juvenile Justice
Commission.
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Among the grants
currently
administered and
monitored by the
JJPO are: Gender
Specific Grants
through the
Department of
Justice, Formula sub
grants through the
Juvenile Justice
Commission, Title V
Grants, Enforcing
Underage Drinking
Grants, Juvenile
Accountability Block
Grants, Challenge
Grants and the
Community
Corrections Block
Grant.
Additionally, in
2004, the Office of
Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency
Prevention awarded
the Juvenile Justice
Program’s Office a
grant for a
three-year
initiative, Nevada:
Mining for O.R.E.
(Opportunities for
Research and
Evaluation) to serve
communities in Lyon
and Nye Counties.
Grant Programs |
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Federal Juvenile
Justice and
Delinquency
Prevention Act |
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The Federal Juvenile
Justice and
Delinquency
Prevention Act (JJDP)
was passed by
Congress in 1974 to
serve as reform
legislation for the
juvenile justice
system in the United
States. The JJDP Act
focused on removing
status offenders,
such as runaways and
truant children,
from juvenile
Correctional
facilities and on
removing juveniles
from adult jails,
lockups and
detention centers
intended for adults.
It also mandated
that each state
receiving funds and
participating under
the Act create and
advisory group to
inform state
governors and
elected officials
about juvenile
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Nevada’s
Participation |
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In Nevada, the State Advisory Group, now known as the
Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC), was created in 1987. The JJC is comprised of
members appointed by the Governor. It is a diverse group with members from both
the public and private sectors. Juvenile justice professionals, educators, law
enforcement, concerned citizens and youth from throughout Nevada are
represented.
Juvenile Justice Commission |
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Data Collection |
During the 1997
Legislative session,
the Division of
Child and Family
Services, Juvenile
Justice
Programs Office was
given the task of
establishing a
standardized system
for the reporting,
collection,
analysis,
maintenance, and
retrieval of
information
concerning juvenile
justice in the
State (N.R.S., sec.
62.020). Regulations
were formulated to
address the intent
of the law. Also
during this session
a new Community
Corrections
Partnership Block
Grant was
established.
Improvements were
made in the
requirements to
receive money from
the program. All
recipients
would be held to
higher standards
from program
performance and
outcome. Also a
requirement
to receive funds was
the submittal of
data to the Nevada
Juvenile Justice
Data Collection
System.
This provided the
impetus for all
Nevada jurisdictions
to have the
incentive to provide
data in a
timely and
consistent manner.
The result is that
Nevada has now
obtained juvenile
justice referral
data for State
Fiscal years 1998 to
present. The extent
of referrals and the
complexity of them
can
now be presented.
Juvenile Justice
Data |
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Forms
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Monthly Juvenile Detention Center Summary |
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Monthly Juvenile Summary Adult Facilities |
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Office of
Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency
Prevention |
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National Center
for Juvenile Justice |
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Juvenile Justice
Programs Office
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