New Funding Profiles Available for Key States and Congressional Districts [More...]

Action Alert: Protect Juvenile Justice Funding!
House and Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittees are expected to consider FY13 juvenile justice appropriations to states. Act now! [More...]

Action Alert: White House Call-in Day for Juvenile Justice!
Please Call President Obama about Juvenile Justice This Thursday, Jan. 5! [More...]

Act Today: Preserve Critical Juvenile Justice Funding
Congress set to move tomorrow, no later than Wednesday. [More...]

ACTION ALERT:
Take action today to call members of the Congress about final juvenile justice budget decisions! [More...]

Congress' Budget Cuts Puts Kids and Community Safety at Risk!
Tell Members of Congress to reject the House cuts [More...]

ACTION ALERT: HELP RESTORE CRITICAL JUVENILE JUSTICE FUNDING
Tell the Senate to Preserve Federal Protections for Youth and Communities. [More...]

Older announcements are listed in the archive.

Introduction

ACT 4 Juvenile Justice (ACT4JJ) is a campaign of the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition composed of juvenile justice, child welfare and youth development organizations exploring opportunities related to the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), which is overdue for reauthorization. [More...]

The purpose of this site is to provide you with relevant and up-to-date information as Congress considers the reauthorization and reform of the JJDPA. Last reauthorized in 2002, the reauthorization of the JJDPA presents us with a grand opportunity to build on past progress, tackle continuing challenges and improve the JJDPA to produce better outcomes for children, youth, families and communities. ACT4JJ seeks to strengthen the federal-state partnership created by the JJDPA by ensuring states receive the federal resources needed to sustain current, and birth new, evidenced-based practices and programs to help states and local jurisdictions fulfill both the letter and the spirit of the JJDPA.

Brief description and history of the JJDPA

Established in 1974, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) embodies a partnership between the federal government and the U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia to protect children and youth in the juvenile and criminal justice system, to effectively address high-risk and delinquent behavior and improve community safety. [More...]