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FY 2004 Grant Awards

OJJDP’s Tribal Youth Program (TYP) helps tribal communities prevent juvenile delinquency, reduce violent crime, and improve tribal juvenile justice systems. In FY 2004, OJJDP awarded more than $7.7 million to 27 tribal governments or organizations under this program, which OJJDP oversees as part of the Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative, a joint activity of the Justice and Interior Departments. In addition, three awards totaling approximately $674,000 were made under the TYP Mental Health Initiative to help tribal communities provide substance abuse prevention, intervention, and mental health services to youth who are involved in or at risk of becoming involved in the juvenile justice system.

OJJDP administers the juvenile justice component of OJP’s Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, which funds efforts to address the successful reintegration of high-risk, serious offenders returning to their communities from confinement. In FY 2004, OJJDP distributed supplemental awards totaling more than $2.6 million to 20 states. Funding is used to develop, implement, enhance, and evaluate reentry strategies that will ensure the safety of the community and reduce serious, violent crime and recidivism.

Recognizing that alcohol is the primary drug of abuse in many rural areas, OJJDP developed the Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws: Rural Communities Initiative to help four states implement research-based practices to enforce underage drinking laws and prevent and reduce underage drinking in rural communities. Earlier this year, OJJDP announced awards to the Illinois Department of Human Services; Nevada Department of Human Resources; New Mexico Department for Children, Youth and Families; and Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. As part of this initiative, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (part of the National Institutes of Health) will evaluate the process and outcomes of programs that grantees implemented.

OJJDP awarded five grants under the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program in FY 2004, meeting the President’s goal of establishing 45 ICAC task forces by 2005. The FY 2004 awards went to the Cook County (IL) Attorney General, Illinois Attorney General’s Office; Iowa Department of Public Safety; New Mexico Attorney General’s Office; Oregon Department of Justice; and Virginia Department of State Police.