Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Extends Deadline for Written Comments on the Development of Internal Tribal Policies and the Implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Reform Act of 2018

Written Comments Due:November 6, 2020
On June 25, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) hosted a virtual tribal consultation on the development of OJJDP tribal policies and implementation of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018. The 2018 Act amended the long standing Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act. OJJDP has extended their deadline for tribal nations to submit written comments. The National Congress of American Indians has provided draft comments for tribal nations to consider when crafting their own comments for submission.  To view the NCAI draft comments, please click here. 
To view the OJJDP tribal consultation framing paper, please click here. 
To view the text of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018, please click here. 
To view NCAI’s Tribal Juvenile Justice Webpage, please click here. 
Tribal nation comments can be submitted via email to OJJDPTribalConsultation@ojp.usdoj.gov. 
NCAI Contact: Kelbie Kennedy, Policy Counsel, kkennedy@ncai.org