Tribal Youth Resource Center
Description:
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provides funds directly to American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to develop programs that prevent and control juvenile delinquency, reduce violent crime, and improve tribal juvenile justice systems. These grants are awarded in five different categories:
- Prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency
- Interventions for court-involved youth
- Improvements to the juvenile justice system
- Alcohol and substance abuse prevention programs
- Mental health program services