OJJDP will fund the National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program (NJJDAP) to establish a central, primary source to conduct statistical data analyses and disseminate juvenile justice data to the public.
These activities assist OJJDP in fulfilling its responsibility to provide vital juvenile
credit:
justice data to the field regarding juvenile justice needs, risk behaviors, victimization, offending, and related issues.
These important data inform juvenile justice policy and practice at the federal, state, and local levels.
This solicitation is authorized by Sections 221223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act), 42 U.S.C.
§§ 5631-5633 and 42 U.S.C.
§§ 3796ee et.
seq.