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Douglas County receives OJJDP planning report recommending prevention, navigation and career-pathway priorities for youth
Summary
County staff presented a year-long Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) planning grant assessment that recommends three priority goals—navigation to community resources, youth life skills, and career pathways—after focus groups with hundreds of youth, families, providers and system actors.
Kim Havocati, deputy county administrator overseeing juvenile justice, presented the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention planning grant assessment to the Douglas County Board of Commissioners on July 8, 2025.
The report, awarded May 2024 under an OJJDP planning grant, summarizes a year of assessment work including focus groups with more than 170 community service providers, about 250 youth and over 200 families, and more than 100 legal and law enforcement personnel. Havocati said the process included an external facilitator and evaluator and produced an asset map and a strategic plan in draft form.
Why it matters: The planning grant aims to develop a sustainable, evidence-based continuum of care for at-risk and system-involved youth in Douglas County. Commissioners said the…
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