OJJDP FY 2015 Design Study of Dual System Youth

Despite a growing body of research to develop knowledge of youth who touch both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems (i.e., dually-involved youth), the extent to which the prevalence of youth that crossover nationwide are measured is limited. Several obstacles exist in developing national estimates of these youth, including (but not limited to); defining the population, data sharing, and collaboration. OJJDP is funding Cal State L.A. University Auxiliary Services, Inc. to address these obstacles and develop a design to capture national estimates of dually-involved youth. Findings from the proposed design will have significant impact on how jurisdictions collaborate across systems and share information.

This project contains a research and/or development component, as defined in applicable law. This program furthers the Department's mission by providing grants and cooperative agreements for research and evaluation activities to organizations that OJJDP designates. NCA/NCF