Quick Facts ...

... about the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention:
  • Provides services and programs in each of North Carolina’s 100 counties and emphasizes the importance of community leadership with Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils (JCPCs).
  • Received 40,343 complaints on 14,189 juveniles during calendar year 2024.
  • Facilitated 24,002 youth served in community programs during fiscal year 2023-2024 in the following program types:
    • JCPC Funds – 22,477
    • Community Based Contractual Services– 411
    • Intensive Intervention Services – 362
    • Residential Contractual Services– 752
  • Provided court-ordered supervision to 6,602 distinct juveniles in CY 2024 who ranged in age from 10 years old to 24 years old (types of court-ordered supervision include probation, protective supervision, commitment, post-release supervision, continuation services, interstate compact, and other supervision) and supervised 4706 distinct juveniles in CY 2023 on diversion plans/contracts that last no longer than six months.
  • In calendar year 2024, DJJDP had approximately 1,742 youth-serving professional positions. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission-certified positions (transportation drivers and those who provide direct care) make up 78% of staff. Eighty-six percent of Court Services staff; 81% of Facility Services staff, including education, health care and clinical team members; and 86% of Transportation Services staff are in these certified positions.
    • The Division vacancy rate decreased from 32% to 23% during 2024.
    • As a result of the step pay plan created by the General Assembly, coupled with retention bonuses, the average vacancy rate for juvenile justice direct care staff in 2024 decreased from 32% to 23%.
  • Operates juvenile court offices in 30 Court Services juvenile districts.
  • Operates five youth development centers that had an average daily population of 190 juveniles during 2024, with a bed capacity of 196 (throughout the year, the bed capacity fluctuated between 172 and 196).
  • Has reduced the number of youth committed to its youth development centers since the passage of the Juvenile Reform Act in 1998 by 87% percent (from 1,360 in 1998 to 179 in 2024).
  • In 2024 operates eleven juvenile detention centers and contracted with four county-operated detention centers (Brunswick, Durham, Guilford, and Madison, with the Foothills facility closing in February 2024).
  • Had a state appropriation of $225,989,078 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
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