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STATE RELATIONS AND ASSISTANCE DIVISION
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| Funds collaborative, community-based delinquency prevention efforts. |
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| Addresses the overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system at all points in the juvenile justice process. |
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| Supports and enhances efforts by states and local jurisdictions to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors and the purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors. |
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| Promotes the activities of youth courts, which offer communities a program in which youth are judged by their peers for minor delinquency, status offenses, and problem behaviors. |
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| Supports state and local delinquency prevention and intervention efforts and juvenile justice system improvements. |
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| Helps states develop programs that promote greater accountability among offenders and in the juvenile justice system. |
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| Strengthens coordination, communication, and collaboration among youth serving agencies to support the neediest youth and their healthy transition to successful adulthood. |
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| Helps tribal communities prevent juvenile delinquency, reduce violent crime, and improve tribal juvenile justice systems. |
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