Resources identified by MATRIX/WRRC that may be of help to PTIs in starting programs:

National Center for Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice: http://www.edjj.org/

EDJJ is an OSERS-funded collaborative effort involving faculty and staff from the University Maryland, the University of Kentucky, Arizona State University, the American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC, and the PACER parent advocacy center in Minneapolis. EDJJ is directed by Peter Leone at the University of Maryland.

Juvenile Justice Education: Who Is Educating the Youth

http://www.edjj.org/Publications/educating_youth.pdf

PACER Juvenile Justice: http://www.pacer.org/jj/jj.htm

Juvenile justice training project to synthesize current research, develop specialized workshops for juvenile justice professionals, and to develop a resource manual, training outline and video.

Parenting Resources Site: http://www.parentingresources.ncjrs.org/

Parenting Resources for the 21st Century links parents and other adults responsible for the care of a child with information on issues covering the full spectrum of parenting. This site, federally sponsored through the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, strives to help families meet the formidable challenges of raising a child today by addressing topics that include school violence, child development, home schooling, organized sports, child abuse, and the juvenile justice system.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org

To provide national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP accomplishes this by supporting States and local communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects the public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of families and each individual juvenile.

Searching for state contacts? http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/resources/asp/search_states.asp

National Center for Juvenile Justice http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/homepage/ncjj/homepage--revised/front.html

This web site is maintained by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges with funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

National Juvenile Detention Association: http://www.trc.eku.edu/NJDA.htm