In September 2003, OJJDP announced the first seven pilot sites for its Targeted Community Action Planning (TCAP) initiative. The sites are Louisville, KY; Santa Fe, NM; Champaign, Delaware, Madison, and Union Counties, OH; Providence, RI; North Charleston, SC; Hopewell, VA; and Sawyer County, WI.

The TCAP initiative will help communities identify and respond to their most critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention needs. The four-phase TCAP approach includes diagnostic assessment, problem analysis, response development, and response implementation.

The process of selecting pilot sites began in May 2003, when OJJDP asked Designated State Agencies to nominate local jurisdictions. Of the 27 nominations received from 15 states, 25 proceeded to submit applications. The TCAP Steering Committee considered the following factors in selecting sites:

Delinquent/criminal offending rates.

Prevalent problem behaviors (e.g., status offenses).

Presence of local decisionmakers.

State and local readiness and ability to respond appropriately to TCAP technical assistance.

In late 2003 and early 2004, OJJDP will coordinate meetings with local site coordinators and state juvenile justice specialists to discuss the parameters of the TCAP initiative and establish federal-state-local partnerships.

For additional information about TCAP, visit the OJJDP Web site at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp, click on Programs, and select Search.

OJJDP News @ a Glance	November/December 2003 Volume II Number 6