Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

Long title	An Act to provide a comprehensive, coordinated approach to the problems of juvenile delinquency, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	JJDPA
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Effective	September 7, 1974
Citations
Public law	93-415
Statutes at Large	88 Stat. 1109
Codification
Titles amended	42 U.S.C. § 5601 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the United States Senate as S. 821 by Birch Bayh (D–IN) on February 8, 1973 Passed the Senate on July 25, 1974 (88-1) Passed the House as the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act on July 31, 1974 (329-20) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on August 19, 1974 ([1](S. Rept. 93-1103)) Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on September 7, 1974
Major amendments
Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) is a United States federal law providing formula grants to states that follow a series of federal protections on the care and treatment of youth in the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems.