Office for Victims of Crime - Improving Outcomes Program
The Office for Victims of Crime - Improving Outcomes Program supports Ohio agencies serving juveniles and two juvenile courts through training, guidance, and diversion programs to improve responses to youth trafficking.
Funder: Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services
Due Dates: Not listed
Funding Amounts: Awards to two juvenile courts; amounts not listed
Summary: The program strengthens Ohio’s response to youth trafficking through agency training, policies, protocols, and juvenile diversion programs.
Key Information: Diversion-program awards are designated for two juvenile courts.
Description
The Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) runs this program with funding awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime in 2017 and again in 2020. Its goal is to improve Ohio’s state-level response to the human trafficking of youth.
An OCJS grant coordinator manages the program, provides training and technical assistance to agencies serving juveniles, and develops policies and protocols to guide practice. The program also provides awards to two juvenile courts to help develop diversion programs for survivors of human trafficking.
