ACE |
Adverse Childhood Experience |
ACF |
Administration of Children & Families |
BARJ |
Balance and Restorative Justice |
BJS |
Bureau of Justice Statistics |
CASA |
Court Appointed Special Advocate |
CHINS |
Children in Need of Services |
CJJA |
Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators |
CJJR |
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform |
CYPM |
Crossover Youth Program Model |
CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
CTE |
Career and Technical Education |
DMC |
disproportionate minority contact |
DOJ |
U.S. Department of Justice |
DSA |
Designated State Agency |
DSO |
deinstitutionalization of status offenders |
EBP |
Evidence Based Practices |
ED |
U.S. Department of Education |
ESSA |
Every Student Succeeds Act |
FACJJ |
Federal Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice |
FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FFPSA |
Family First Prevention Services Act |
FINS |
Families in Need of Services |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
FYSB |
Family and Youth Services Bureau |
GAO |
U.S. Government Accountability Office |
HHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
ICJ |
Interstate Compact for Juveniles |
IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
JABG |
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant |
JDAI |
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative |
JDC |
Juvenile Detention Center |
JCF |
Juvenile Correctional Facility |
JJ Specialist |
Juvenile Justice Specialist |
JJDPA |
Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 |
JJRA |
Juvenile Justice Reform Act |
LEA |
Local Education Agency |
LOS |
Length of Stay |
MIP |
minor in possession |
MPG |
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Model Programs Guide |
NDTAC |
The National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth |
NIC |
National Institute of Corrections |
NIJ |
National Institute of Justice |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NREPP |
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices |
NTTAC |
National Training and Technical Assistance Center |
OGC |
Office of the General Counsel |
OJJDP |
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention |
OJP |
Office of Justice Programs |
OMB |
U.S. Office of Management and Budget |
PBIS |
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support |
PbS |
Performance-based Standards Program |
Perkins IV |
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) |
PO |
Probation/Parole Officer |
PREA |
Prison Rape Elimination Act |
RED |
Racial and Ethnic Disparities |
RNR |
risk-need-responsivity |
RRI |
Relative Rate Index |
RTI |
Response to Intervention |
SAGs |
State Advisory Groups |
SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
SEA |
State Education Agency |
TTA |
training and technical assistance |
TYP |
Tribal Youth Program |
VCO |
valid court order |