Vision Statement OJJDP envisions a nation where all children are free from crime and violence. Youth contact with the justice system should be rare, fair, and beneficial. Mission Statement OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to youth delinquency and victimization. The Office helps states, …

Sep 16, 2022 · The Prevention Empowerment Partnership (PEP), of Marshall University Research Corporation, is a collaborative committee of community-based organizations and community leaders that partner to increase access to prevention services for youth and families in Cabell County and throughout the state of WV where appropriate.

The Arizona-based Chicanos Por La Causa will administer two evidence-based programs that it already offers in several Arizona counties to reach up to 250 youth and 150 families/caregivers in Maricopa County. The two programs are: 1) Project Towards No Drugs Abuse (Project TND) and 2) Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action (Active Parenting). Chicanos Por La Causa’s Parenting Arizona ...

Dec 22, 2021 · The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) will use funding to provide mentoring services to youth who are at risk for substance use disorders. The program will further positive life outcomes and reduce substance abuse and use among participants by providing data-informed mentoring supports and wraparound interventions to young people by utilizing innovative mentoring models.

Dec 6, 2021 · Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (VOALA) will use funding to improve public safety by implementing a program to identify, assess, treat and support youth and their families impacted by opioid and other substance use disorders.

In 2019, the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) launched ReClaimWV to encourage public schools’ use of the Handle With Care (HWC) program to identify and support students who experience trauma, especially as a result of the opioid crisis. SRI’s proposed project seeks to expand implementation of the HWC 2.1 program in up to 26 Berkeley County elementary, middle, and high schools ...

Oklahoma State University (OSU) will use funding to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and their families who have been impacted by opioids and other substances. OSU’s National Center for Wellness and Recovery (NCWR) will provide evidence-based prevention programming for youth and families directly impacted by opioid and other substance use disorders to ...