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U.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Justice ProgramsOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention810 Seventh Street NW.Washington, DC 20531Janet RenoAttorney GeneralDaniel MarcusActing Associate Attorney GeneralMary Lou LearyActing Assistant Attorney GeneralJohn J. WilsonActing AdministratorOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionThe Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of JusticePrograms, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, theNational Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime.
OJJDP’s Fiscal Year 2000 Gang-FreeSchools and Communities Initiative“When children in inner-city schools haveto walk through metal detectors, when highschools in small towns like Jonesboro,Arkansas in my home state or Springfield,Oregon are torn apart by disturbed childrenwith deadly weapons, when gang violencestill ravages communities large and small,we have to do more.”Introduction—President William Jefferson ClintonRemarks by the President at Safe Schools andCommunities Event, August 27, 1998In fiscal year (FY) 2000, the Office of JuvenileJustice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), incollaboration with the U.S. Departments of Education,Health and Human Services, Labor, andthe Treasury, will launch two new gang programsdesigned to address and reduce youth gang crimeand violence in schools and communities 1 acrossAmerica. The two new programs are:◆ Gang-Free Communities Program. This programwill offer seed funding to up to 12 communitiesto replicate OJJDP’s ComprehensiveGang Model—a promising approach to addressinga community’s emerging or chronicyouth gang problems. This replication effortwill also include technical assistance and trainingthrough OJJDP’s National Youth GangCenter (NYGC) and a self-evaluation effort.1OJJDP’s FY 2000 gang programs will involve implementing the OJJDP ComprehensiveGang Model based on lessons learned in OJJDP’s five original urban/suburban demonstration sites; from the Little Village Project in Chicago, whereselected strategies of the Model were tested; and from the gang problem assessmentin OJJDP’s Rural Gang Initiative (RGI) sites. OJJDP is focusing these two programson urban and suburban communities (cities and counties) that are currently experiencingyouth gang problems.◆ Comprehensive Gang Model: An EnhancedSchool/Community Approach to ReducingYouth Gang Crime. This program will supportup to four demonstration sites that willimplement school-focused enhancements tothe OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model. Theseenhancements will build on the Model’s originalframework and current school and youthviolence prevention efforts. This demonstrationand testing effort will also include technicalassistance and training through OJJDP’sNYGC and an independent evaluation of eachof the communities’ efforts.The OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model’s implementationprocess requires selected communitiesto conduct a gang problem assessment during theinitial 12-month project period. Following the initialyear of assessment and planning, funding forthe Model’s implementation may be available.This publication includes three separate programannouncements: two for the programs describedabove (the Gang-Free Communities Program andthe Comprehensive Gang Model: An EnhancedSchool/Community Approach to Reducing YouthGang Crime) and one for the National Evaluationof the Comprehensive Gang Model: An EnhancedSchool/Community Approach to Reducing YouthGang Crime.BackgroundThe ProblemIn 1998, more than 4,000 urban, suburban, andrural communities in the United States were experiencingyouth gang problems. More than 30,000youth gangs and 800,000 youth gang memberswere reported in the most recent systematic, annual1
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