The Orange County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (OCJJCC) assists the Chief Probation Officer in developing a comprehensive, multi-agency juvenile justice plan to develop a continuum of responses for the prevention, intervention, supervision, treatment and incarceration of system involved youth, in accordance with WIC 749.22 and GC 30061.

OCJJCC endeavors to develop and implement a continuation of county-based responses to juvenile crime and to set priorities for the uses of grant funds via the JJCPA. This collaborative group is responsible for allocating funding to groups who meet the outlined criteria.

Brief History of the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act

The JJCPA was created by the Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (Chapter 353) to provide a stable funding source for local juvenile justice programs aimed at curbing crime and delinquency among at-risk and system involved youth. (See Gov. Code, § 30061, subd. (b)(4).) JJCPA funds are available to address a continuum of responses including prevention, intervention, supervision, and incarceration. State law requires that JJCPA-funded programs be modeled on strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness in curbing juvenile delinquency. JJCPA relies on a collaboration between the state, local agencies, and stakeholders (i.e., community-based organizations, families, educators, etc.). Local officials and stakeholders determine where to direct resources through an interagency planning process. Local agencies and community-based organizations deliver programs and services. This partnership acknowledges the value the State places on local discretion and multiagency collaboration in addressing the problem of juvenile crime in California’s communities.

FUNDING REQUEST PROCESS

A process has been established for departments and other partners to submit project funding requests to the OCJJCC to request funding. Projects submitted for JJCPA funding should meet the following criteria:

1. Support the Council’s plan to promote juvenile justice in the areas of prevention, intervention, supervision, treatment and/or incarceration of system involved youth.
2. Support the OCJJCC’s objective to reduce juvenile crime and support resocialization.
3. Fill a need in services or geographic areas that are underserved.
4. Describe the goals of the project using Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timebound (SMART) Objectives.

Each entity submitting a funding request shall submit utilizing the format provided. Requests will be reviewed per the timeline indicated below:

Funding Application Period	For the OCJJCC Meeting Date in:
August 1 – August 31	4th Thursday in October

An entity may be asked to provide additional information and will be asked to make a presentation to the committee for funding consideration.

Approved projects will be required to report performance metrics on a quarterly basis.