The goal of the national juvenile court data archive is to maintain and expand the current program and continue providing detailed information on juvenile court processing of delinquency and status…

The National Institute of Justice awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) program. The 3-year grant will fund the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, which maintains and expands detailed data on juvenile court processing of delinquency and status offense cases to assist research and policymaking efforts. Key objectives include juvenile court data collection and processing, data use and dissemination, and data quality improvement and technical assistance. This includes extracting research data, producing national estimates, and providing access and technical support to state/local agencies to improve their juvenile justice information systems.

The goal of the national juvenile court data archive is to maintain and expand the current program and continue providing detailed information on juvenile court processing of delinquency and status offense cases to assist research and policymaking efforts. The most recent national estimates of juvenile court caseloads are based on data from nearly 2,400 courts with jurisdiction over 83% of the youth population. This proposal requests funds for a 3-year period. The archive will continue to pursue three general objectives: juvenile court data collection and processing, juvenile court data use and dissemination, and juvenile court case data quality improvement and technical assistance. Juvenile court data collection and processing involves extracting research data files from administrative data sets, creating standardized data files, producing national estimates, and documenting and preserving data. Juvenile court data use and dissemination are achieved through the juvenile court statistics reports and other publications, preparing data for ojjdps statistical briefing book, the archives website that facilitates researchers use of archive files, and responding to information requests. Juvenile court case data quality improvement and technical assistance are addressed through efforts to expand the sample of reporting courts, monitor data quality, provide technical assistance to state and local agencies to help them expand/improve their information systems and information sharing capabilities, and improve the national estimates. CA/NCF