While controlling juvenile crime can in part be achieved through enhanced law enforcement, incarceration and residential placements for youth, a long-term solution requires preventing juveniles from becoming involved in crimes and violence in the first place. Florida DJJ's strategy for influencing a child's healthy development, both in the family and in the community, involves: (1) facilitating successful educational achievement in appropriate learning environments; (2) increasing opportunities for accessible, structured and supervised time outside the formal learning environment; (3) reducing violence in the community, at school and at home; and (4) increasing opportunities for successful employment through development of youth employability skills. The plan focuses on effective results in the near future and creating a difference at the end of 10 years. Notes