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 ((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.