The Community Prevention Grants Program employs a risk- and protection-focused prevention model to address the critical aspects of children's lives that have been shown to lead to delinquent behavior. For the past six years, the Community Prevention Grants Program has provided incentive grants and capacity building tools to local communities to support a broad range of prevention activities that target at-risk youth. These grants foster community success by providing the following critical ingredients for effective delinquency prevention:

• Seed money.

• A research-based prevention planning and implementation framework.

• The tools, training, and technical assistance needed to mobilize community support and leverage resources.

• Local control of program planning and implementation.