The implications of early justice system involvement for the transition to adulthood: expansion and analysis of the fragile families and child wellbeing study

The Trustees of Princeton University were awarded a $1,000,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant will support the expansion and analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026.

Specifically, the grant funding will be used to collect and analyze neighborhood systems-level data matched to young adult respondents' residential locations in order to examine complex trauma- and developmentally-informed pathways to adolescent delinquency, young adult involvement in the criminal justice system, and adverse justice-adjacent outcomes. Subawards of $150,000 each were provided to the University of California Irvine and The Johns Hopkins University to support ongoing administrative, research, data analysis, and dissemination activities over the five-year grant period.