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The Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice

The committee's primary charge is to provide advice and input on prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency, administration of juvenile justice and the reduction of juvenile delinquency.
MCJJ Mission

To advise the Governor on matters related to juvenile justice legislation and administration, to mobilize communities to develop and implement prevention services, and to create a strategic plan that sets standards, determines priorities and allocates funds for successful delinquency prevention and rehabilitative programs.
OJJDP Core Requirements

Deinstitutionalization of status offenders, separation of juveniles from adults in institutions (separation), removal of juveniles from adult jails and lockups (jail removal), and reduction of disproportionate minority contact.
Delinquency Prevention & Intervention Programs

MCJJ funds delinquency program initiatives related to community policing, community reintegration, gender specific (female) programs, community based programs, prevention, minority over-representation, and disproportionate minority contact programs.
OJJDP Grant Funding

The Juvenile Justice Grant Unit, directed by federal mandates and a committee appointed by the governor, funds a wide array of delinquency program initiatives using federal funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Spotlight & Events

Forums Focus on Keeping Youth out of Prison

The Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency is sponsoring forums on strategies for keeping youth out of prison beginning with an August 6, 2014 event in Flint.
State Supreme Court Says Lifer Law Ruling Isn't Retroactive

A divided Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that inmates serving automatic life-without-parole sentences for crimes committed when they were juveniles are not entitled to parole consideration, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has declared such sentences unconstitutional.
Organizations Awarded Grants to Reduce Truancy

Bethany Christian Services of Kent County and Child and Family Charities of Ingham County have been awarded grants by the Michigan Department of Human Services to build school-justice partnerships to reduce truancy and help young people succeed.
2012 Juvenile Arrest Data Available

County-by-county data on juvenile arrests and arrest rates for 2012 are now available in the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice Web site.

School Truancy Reduction

The Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice (MCJJ) is making the reduction of school truancy and elimination of the school to prison pipeline one of its top priorities for the next three years. Students who miss excessive amounts of class are far more likely to drop out of school, enter the juvenile justice system, and eventually, end up in prison, research shows. Unnecessary suspensions and expulsions also contribute to the problem.
Flint Families and Schools Together

The Families and Schools Together (FAST) – Middle School FAST model is being implemented to reduce compulsive behaviors in youth such as substance abuse and violence, and to improve positive scholastic behaviors, while building resiliency factors against risks and stressors that contribute to violence and delinquency.
Albion Delinquency Prevention Planning

The City of Albion is participating in a delinquency prevention planning process intended to reduce risk and enhance protective factors as a way to prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system.
Oakland County Truancy Program

This school truancy program focuses on children and youth between the ages of 6 to 15 who have been reported by the school as having significant non-attendance patterns that are considered truant according to school policy.

Melinda Fandel
Juvenile Justice Specialist
Federal Grants Unit, Child Welfare, Funding, and Juvenile Justice Programs, Department of Human Services