This report discusses the Brownsville, TX, Comprehensive Strategy for Youth and Families project, developed to reduce juvenile crime and incorporate community involvement in a collaborative approach to prevention through intervention with graduated sanctions throughout the entire Brownsville juvenile justice system. Included in this report are a community assessment followed by descriptions of setup and structure of designated work groups for the major areas of focus. These include planning team activities; data collection and analysis; resource assessment; objective decision making; management information system/automated information and referral system; planning, monitoring and evaluation; legislative/policy/systems; and outreach communication and media. The action plan includes recommendations and strategies for the following areas: prevention of serious, violent and chronic juvenile delinquency; a risk-focused approach to graduated sanctions; infrastructure of management, evaluation and implementation; year one of action plan; and outcome measures and evaluation.