In an effort to build on the accomplishments of the past and prepare for the future, the Coordinating Council is preparing a National Juvenile Justice Action Plan Update summarizing key accomplishments during the past four years and outlining critical "next steps" to improve juvenile delinquency prevention efforts. The Council will produce a series of eight stand-alone bulletins. Each easy to ready and practitioner-friendly bulletin will focus on one of the original Action Plan objectives.

In keeping with the comprehensive and collaborative approaches encouraged at the local level, development of the bulletins will be shared among all agencies represented on the Council. Although OJJDP will edit and disseminate the final products, eight small working groups made up of Federal representatives and practitioner members will provide input for bulletin development, and all Council members will review each of the bulletins. These bulletins will provide a framework for continued CFE Program and Coordinating Council promotion of effective, comprehensive, and collaborative approaches to preventing juvenile violence and delinquency.

Through joint funding and support of activities that promote coordination and collaboration at the Federal, State and local levels, OJJDP and the Coordinating Council continue efforts to enhance our response to juvenile delinquency, including focused prevention efforts, and build our knowledge base about "what works" in delinquency prevention. In addition, by consolidating experiences and "lessons learned" in prevention, collaboration, and coordination and disseminating the information to the public through Web sites and bulletins, OJJDP and the Coordinating Council continue to help inform coordination and collaboration at the State and local levels to strengthen local initiatives addressing juvenile violence and delinquency, such as the Community Prevention Grants Program.

Through future activities and efforts, OJJDP and the Coordinating Council will contribute further to our understanding of the causes and correlates of juvenile delinquency, while moving all involved one step closer to meeting the goals of the National Juvenile Justice Action Plan and creating communities free of violence.