Training Resources

The Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice is committed to providing helpful resources to juvenile justice professionals and others interested in the juvenile justice system.

National Girls Institute: The National Girls Institute of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) conducted 64 listening sessions across the United States to hear from at-risk or justice system-involved girls, their parents/caregivers, and key professional and community stakeholders across the continuum of services. One key goal was to assess the training, technical assistance, and informational needs of state, tribal, and local entities serving girls and their families. This report details the results and implications of the listening sessions. To see the report, click here.

Gender-Specific Training: The Michigan Department of Human Services and the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice commissioned the development of the “Creating Resiliency in Girls” curriculum to better meet the needs of girls.

Disproportionate Minority Contact Virtual Resource Center: The OJJDP has created an online center to provide tools and resources to disproportionate minority contact coordinators, state advisory group members, and other juvenile justice professionals. To visit the resource center, click here.

OJJDP National Training and Technical Assistance Center: OJJDP has centralized resources to create the OJJDP NTTAC, a one-stop shop for resources, tools, Webinars, news from the field, and training and technical assistance from OJJDP’s many providers. To visit the center, click here.

OJJDP National Training and Technical Assistance Online University: OJJDP offers training for a wide array of juvenile justice audiences, including local programs, state juvenile justice representatives, court and probation professionals, law enforcement personnel, social service and mental health staff, educators, and researchers. To learn more, click here.