National Youth Gang Center (NYGC)
The proliferation of gang problems in large and small cities, suburbs, and even rural areas over the last two decades led to the development of a comprehensive, coordinated response to America's gang problem by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The OJJDP response involves five major components, one of which is the implementation and operation of the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC).
The Latest From the National Youth Gang Center:
Highlights of the 2007 National Youth Gang Survey (Adobe PDF) is now available.- The National Youth Gang Center is providing updates on evaluations of two programs that address gang activity: the Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program and CeaseFire, a Chicago-based violence prevention program. View the summaries of the findings here (Adobe PDF).
- Read NYGC’s Bulletin No. 4, Mobilizing Communities to Address Gang Problems (Adobe PDF).
- An online form is available for requesting training and technical assistance from OJJDP. Assistance includes recommending speakers, implementing OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model, and developing youth gang intervention and prevention strategies.
- Best Practices To Address Community Gang Problems—OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model (Adobe PDF) is now available.
- Read NYGC’s Bulletin No. 3, Multidisciplinary Gang Intervention Teams (Adobe PDF).
- Request Parents' Guide to Gangs from the National Youth Gang Center.
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