The Juvenile Justice Grant Unit, directed by federal mandates and a committee appointed by the governor, funds a wide array of delinquency program initiatives. These include:

• Community policing.
• Community reintegration.
• Gender specific (female) programs.
• Community based programs.
• Prevention.
• Minority over-representation (MOR).
• Disproportionate minority confinement (DMC) programs.

In recent years, the dual focus of funding has been to address disproportionate minority confinement and minority over-representation issues through developing primary prevention programs for minority youth.

For general information on the JJDPA grant, go to:

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Development Services Group
Balanced and Restorative Justice

The legal base for the program is Public Law 93-415 of 1974, as amended in 1992.