b'A Letter from the Office of Juvenile Justice andDelinquency PreventionApril 30, 2024A Letter to OJJDP Tribal Grantees,We hope you all are doing well. We are so excited to write this letter to you in the first TYRC newsletterthis year. Wed like to be transparent and acknowledge that this has been a season of change. Thismeans many of you have had your grants transfer to new staff due to changes in our staffing. We arehoping to fully staff our team, in particular the Tribal team, with the addition of the Tribal YouthCoordinator that we hope will join us by late Fall. That position, which recently closed, is being hired toprovide advice and guidance to resolve, implement, and manage program/policy issues that specificallyimpact Indian Country. If you have any questions or feedback during this time, we encourage you toreach out to your program manager, Leanetta, or Jazmone, and we are happy to support you. We also wanted to send to formally send you a Save the Date for our National Conference taking placeNovember 19, 2024-November 21, 2024. This conference will bring together youth and families,grantees, researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders who are working together to transformjuvenile justice. In particular, we are hosting a pre-conference half day for Tribal grantees on November19th as well as having general sessions specifically directed toward Tribal grantees. We hope that youwill join us in community. More information about the conference to be sent soon. Lastly, but not least, it is the Department of Justices application season! We have tons of fundingopportunities that are available to Tribal grantees that you might be interested in and are eligible forincluding: Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children,Family-Based Alternative Justice Program, Opioid Affected Youth Initiative, Arts Programs for Justice-Involved Youth, and Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Misuse. For a full listof our open-funding opportunities please click here. In partnership with you,Leanetta Jessie, M.S.Deputy Associate Administrator, Youth Justice and Systems Innovation DivisionOffice of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department ofJusticeJazmone Wilkerson, Ph.D., J.D., LCPC, NCCProgram Manager, Youth Justice and Systems Innovation DivisionOffice of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department ofJusticeCurrent OJJDP Youth Justice and Systems Innovation Divisions Tribal Grantee Team: Charles Holloway, Heather McDonald, Rosy Arroyo, Erika Fountain, Chelsea Logan, Jacob Agus-Kleinman,Renee Waite, Christine Ramirez, Jazmone Wilkerson2'