The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services is involved in planning, policy development, and funding of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention initiatives provided through federal or state resources. Staff provide coordination, program support, technical assistance, training, and monitoring of programs designed to address juvenile justice system improvement and delinquency prevention and programs to improve the investigation, prosecution, and administrative and judicial handling of child abuse cases.

Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA) | Children's Justice Act Program
Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse | ChildFirst Virginia
Through a Child's Eyes: Innocence in the Courtroom
Virginia's Multidisciplinary Teams | Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG)
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act

Online Information

• Virginia Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice: 2010 Annual Report (.pdf, 18 pages)
• Virginia Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice: 2009 Annual Report (.pdf, 19 pages)
• Virginia Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice: 2008 Annual Report (.pdf, 31 pages)
• Virginia Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice: 2006 - 2007 Annual Report
• Virginia Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice: 2005 Annual Report
• A new Juvenile Justice System Disproportionate Minority Contact page has been added with data by locality and resource information (.htm)
• Virginia's Three Year Plan 2009-2011 (.pdf)
• The 2004 Annual Report of the Virginia Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice is now available online. (.pdf, 36 pages)
• Use of Closed-Circuit Television in Virginia Courtrooms 1994- 2003 (.pdf, 9 pages)
• Child Abuse: Virginia Statutes and Case Law
• Video - "Through a Child's Eyes: Innocence in the Courtroom" (.htm)
• Fact Sheet, Reducing Minority Overrepresentation in Virginia's Juvenile Justice System (.pdf, 2 pages)