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Materials are up for the following past events:
OJJDP Tribal Youth Regional Training for the Northwest and Southwest Regions, Anchorage

Tribal Youth Program Strategic Planning Meeting, New Orleans

Upcoming TYP Events

OJJDP Tribal Youth Program Regional Training - East Region
July 1 - 2, Minneapolis, MN
All active TYP Grantees from the following states are encouraged to attend: MN, MI, WI, ND, SD, NE, KS, AL, MA, ME

Logistics Packet
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New Funding Opportunity for Tribes

Due 6/30/08 - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invites recently graduated students (people of color and under-represented groups) in various fields of expertise to submit applications for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evaluation Fellowship Program.

See more informaiton on these funding opportunites on the Events Page


Welcome to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center's Web site. 

On behalf of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Education Development Center, Inc., provides training and technical assistance for OJJDP's Tribal Youth Program (TYP), which supports tribal efforts to prevent and control delinquency and improve tribal juvenile justice systems for American Indian/Alaska Native youth.

Types of training and technical assistance available to TYP grantees and other federally recognized tribes include:

  • youth issues including gangs and youth leadership
  • access to a professional staff with expertise in developing cultural based approaches to prevention and intervention
  • capacity building
  • strategic planning
  • program implementation
  • evaluation
  • sustainability
  • enhancement of tribal court systems
  • consultation on opportunities, challenges, and progress through e-mails, phone calls, and site visits
  • peer-to-peer interface and training, including teleconferences and Web-based discussions

Tribal Youth Program Categories:

Category 1: Provide prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency
Category 2: Provide interventions for court-involved tribal youth
Category 3: Improve the tribal juvenile justice system
Category 4: Provide alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs
Category 5: Provide mental health program services

To request training or technical assistance, complete and transmit the online Technical Assistance Request Form  or contact Stephanie Autumn, Project Director, at sautumn@edc.org  or 507-697-6395.

Our new web site is a work in progress so please check back often. 

 
 
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