Juvenile Justice Journal

March 2025

From the Deputy Secretary's Desk

DJJDP Launches Five-Year Historical Trends Dashboard

The North Carolina Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has published a new data dashboard that provides a five-year snapshot of juvenile justice data trends across the state and all 100 counties.

Updated quarterly, the Five-Year Historical Trends Dashboard allows users to hone in on data specific to an individual county(-ies) or district. The dashboard highlights six key metrics regarding the juvenile justice system:

• Number of juvenile complaints received

• Number of juveniles diverted from juvenile court

• Number of juveniles placed under court-ordered supervision 

• Juvenile detention center admissions

• Youth development center commitments

• Number of juveniles transferred to superior court

Features

Updates from DJJDP Central Office

Learn more about the latest happenings in Raleigh, including DJJDP staff appointments, legislative priorities and important changes to juvenile law.

NC S.A.F.E. Partners with National Guard

The NC S.A.F.E. Campaign recently partnered with the North Carolina National Guard to provide 10,000 gun locks for NCNG personnel across the state.

Data and Reports: JCPC Programs

In FY 23-24, DJJDP provided $28.8 million in funding for local Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Programs, serving 22,477 youth. Learn more in our 2025 JCPC Annual Report.

Community Programs Prepares for Psychoeducational Remediation Implementation

The DJJDP Community Programs section is pleased to announce that Methodist Home for Children Inc., has been awarded the Psychoeducational Remediation programming contract. Psychoeducational Remediation programming is a new, legislatively mandated service designed to address the needs of juveniles who are deemed incapable to proceed in court by reason of a mental disorder, intellectual disability, neurological disorder, traumatic or acquired brain injury, or developmental immaturity. N.C.G.S. 7B-2401 (a)

The program model is a university-developed online curriculum that contracted staff will deliver in-person in a one-on-one manner to juveniles ordered to undergo remediation by the court. The ten-module curriculum includes material regarding the juvenile justice system, juvenile court actors' roles and responsibilities, and the juvenile's role in defending themselves. The curriculum content contains videos, interactivity, vignettes and knowledge checks.

DJJDP and MHFC participated in a remediation kickoff meeting along with the program curriculum developers on Feb. 18 at the UNC School of Government. The remediation curriculum training for the newly hired MHFC remediation specialist staff is scheduled for mid-April, followed by a broad overview training on the curriculum for Community Programs and DJJDP management staff in May 2025. The section continues to advocate for an appropriation to support this legislatively mandated service.

Thank You to Our Partners!

Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this edition of the Juvenile Justice Journal. We value your partnership as we work together to address the difficult issues of juvenile delinquency in our state.

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Did You Know?

Following the implementation of HB 834, nearly 60% of the state's juvenile detention population is now composed of adult system youth.

Know Someone Who Cares About Youth? We're Hiring!

The North Carolina Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention offers a variety of career paths for those who seek to make a positive impact in the lives of at-risk and justice-involved youth. From providing mentorship at one of our state-operated facilities, to helping youth and families navigate the criminal justice system, career opportunities are available statewide.