• Prevention Services provides voluntary delinquent prevention programs by contracting with and offering grants to service providers. The programs are designed to help high-risk youth avoid committing crimes.
• Detention provides supervision for youth who are held pursuant to a court order, or have been arrested for a violation of the law, and less restrictive interim placement alternatives prior to adjudication and disposition are not appropriate.
• Probation and Community Intervention supervises youth who are participating in sanctions and services while they remain in their communities.
• Residential Services supervises youth who have been adjudicated by the court and sent to state residential commitment programs.

• Prevention Services served a total of 25,818 youth through state and federally funded prevention programs in Fiscal Year 2019-20.
• Detention served 11,004 youth under secure detention, 6,419 youth without electronic monitoring, and 3,565 youth with electronic monitoring in Fiscal Year 2019-20.
• Probation and Community Intervention served more than 35,000 youth in Fiscal Year 2019-20.
• Residential Servicesserved3,388 youth through commitment programs in Fiscal Year 2019-20.
  

• Bureau of Finance and Accounting manages the financial information of the department. The bureau is made up of four units which are Accounts Payable, Contracts and Grants, Cost of Care Recovery, and Reconciliation and Reporting.
• Central Communications Center (CCC) receives incident reports from each respective area (Prevention Services, Detention, Probation and Community Intervention, or Residential Services) that involve the delivery of services, safety, or security at a DJJ facility or program. Citizens can also report incidents to the center. Examples of reportable incidents include program disruption, escapes or absconds, and medical incidents.
• Office of Inspector General conducts independent administrative investigations of program incidents involving staff or juvenile offenders; these include incidents that are reported to the CCC. The Inspector General's Office also conducts investigations into fraud and abuse within the agency and pre-employment background screening to ensure that staff members working with juveniles do not have a disqualifying criminal background. The office includes the Background Screening Unit, the Central Communications Center, the Bureau of Internal Audit, and the Bureau of Investigations.
• Office of Program Accountability monitors programs operated and contracted by the department to ensure that the programs effectively provide youth with safety, well-being, and treatment. This office includes the Bureau of Monitoring and Quality Improvement, the Bureau of Contract Management, the Policy Development Unit, the Risk Management Unit, the Bureau of Procurement and Contract Administration, and the Programming and Technical Assistance Unit.

Juvenile Justice Changes. The 2021 Legislature passed Chapter 2021-219, Laws of Florida, which made several changes at the state level. This bill permanently created the Accountability and Program Support Program within the Department of Juvenile Justice and changes the name of a unit from Prevention and Victim Services to Prevention Services. Additionally, the bill authorized the Department of Juvenile Justice to work with the Department of Education to review alternative models for education services in detention and residential facilities.

The bill also made changes at the local level. The bill amended the detention cost-sharing plan to ensure that a non-fiscally constrained county providing its own juvenile detention care is not required to participate in detention cost sharing. Additionally, in order to take a child into custody for failing to appear, a court must consider five specified criteria before issuing the order. For example, the court must consider if any person provided the notice to the child. Finally, several entities, including judges, state attorneys, and public defenders, must collaborate and create a plan for appropriate alternative incentives and consequences pertaining to technical probation violations. The incentives or consequences must be included in the child’s disposition order.  

Juvenile Justice Education Programs. The 2021 Legislature enacted Chapter 2021-70, Laws of Florida, which made changes to juvenile justice education programs. While the Department of Education is the lead agency for juvenile justice education programs, the Department of Juvenile Justice is involved in many activities including collaborating with education entities, collecting and reporting results of academic performance of youth, and developing academic and career protocols. The bill made contract related changes that require contracts between district school boards and juvenile justice education programs be in writing and specified how money can be spent.  

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