Key Initiatives Home > Key Initiatives > Archives > TITLE II EScore Students' Research Global Risk Assessment Device Science of Families Exhibit Wraparound Ohio Archives TITLE II Research Briefs FAST$ PROJECT CFR/OCJS Partnership Recent Presentations TITLE II The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 and its subsequent amendments provide funding for programs designed to prevent juvenile delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system. This legislation, which also created the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) within the U. S. Department of Justice, authorizes state administrative agencies (SAAs) in the states and territories to make grants to state and local agencies through a formula grants program. In Ohio, the SAA is the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS), the state agency responsible for operating juvenile correctional facilities. In addition, ODYS has made a commitment to supporting programs which meet the needs of high-risk and system-involved youth, especially those which keep juvenile offenders in the community. The OJJDP Title II Grant Program is thus a vehicle for ODYS to move toward its vision of “[a] safer Ohio through positive change in the lives of those impacted by our agency.” Specifically, ODYS uses the JJDP Title II Grant Program to fund programs in six areas: alternatives to detention sex offender programs delinquency prevention substance abuse mental health family strengthening For Fiscal Year 2005 the ODYS has funded 37 programs under these six areas. Half of the funded programs fall in the “delinquency prevention” category. The majority of the programs are located in communities north of the midpoint of the state. The implementing agencies include both local government agencies and non-profit organizations. The grants are relatively small, ranging from $20,000 to just under $100,000 with most awards falling in the $25-50,000 range. Kent State University’s Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence and The Ohio State University’s Center for Family Research will partner in order to develop and maintain the state’s capacity to collect program specific intake and discharge outcome data, contributing to the long-term strategy of ensuring that evidence-based programs are implemented and supported through Title II funding. Family-based data... for family-serving professionals.

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