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Alabama Department of Youth Services. 

Alabama Juvenile Justice Profile.  National Center for Juvenile Justice.

Alabama Administrative Office of the Courts. District and Circuit Courts have jurisdiction over status crimes and other juvenile offenses. 

Alaska Court System.  Superior Courts have jurisdiction in juvenile delinquency matters.

Juvenile Justice Services Division. Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts.  Superior Court has jurisdiction in delinquency matters.

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections.

Law For Kids.  A website run by the Arizona Bar Foundation as a means of educating children about the law and encouraging law-abiding behavior.

Arkansas Judiciary. The Juvenile Division of Circuit Court has jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency. 

Division of Youth Services. Arkansas Department of Human Services.

Arkansas Coalition for Juvenile Justice.

California Courts.  Introduction to Juvenile Court

How does the California Juvenile Justice System Work? Legislative Analysts Office.

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.  Division of Juvenile Justice.

Juvenile Justice Court of the City and County of Denver.  District Court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction in Colorado, except in Denver.

Colorado Office of Juvenile Justice.

Division of Youth Corrections.  Colorado Department of Human Services.

Connecticut Judicial Branch.  Superior Courts exercise juvenile jurisdiction through either their Family or Juvenile Divisions, depending on the locality. 

Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

Delaware Family Court. Family Court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction in Delaware.

Delaware Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services.

District of Columbia Superior Court.  Superior Court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction.

Youth Services Administration.  District of Columbia Department of Human Services.

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.

Juvenile Justice Accountability Board.  Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.

Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program. Florida Department of Education.

Georgia Juvenile Courts.  Georgia has separate juvenile courts.

Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice.

Hawaii Family Courts.  Family Courts in Hawaii have exclusive juvenile jurisdiction.

Hawaii Juvenile Justice Information System.  Hawaii State Department of the Attorney General, Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division.

Idaho’s District Courts.  Magistrate Division of District Court has jurisdiction over delinquency matters. 

Youth Court Administrators Roster. Idaho Supreme Court.

Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections.

Southwest Idaho Juvenile Detention Center.

Idaho Juvenile Justice Association.

Supreme Court of Illinois. Illinois Circuit Court jurisdiction extends to all trial matters, including juvenile delinquency. 

Juvenile Field Services. Illinois Department of Corrections.

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Indiana Judicial System. Indiana Circuit Courts exercise general jurisdiction over all trial matters, including juvenile delinquency, with the single exception of in St. Joseph County, where the St. Joseph Probate Court has exclusive delinquency jurisdiction.  

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration.

Juvenile Delinquency Flow Charts.  Iowa Judicial Branch.  Iowa Juvenile Courts, specialized courts within the state’s District Court system, exercise jurisdiction over delinquency matters.

Iowa Juvenile Home. Iowa State Department of Human Services.

Iowa Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning.

Kansas District Courts exercise general trial jurisdiction, including over juvenile matters.

Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority. 

Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice.

Directory of Louisiana State Courts. Delinquency jurisdiction lies with District, City or Parish courts in those localities that do not convene separate Juvenile, or Family Courts. 

Office of Youth Development. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

Maine District Courts have jurisdiction over delinquency matters.

Maine Juvenile Drug Treatment Court.

State of Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group.

Maine Department of Corrections.

Maine Youth Center.

Northern Maine Juvenile Detention Facility. 

Maryland Department of Juvenile Justice.

Maryland Courts.  Juvenile courts are part of the Circuit Court in all counties except Montgomery County, where the juvenile court is part of the District Court. 

Massachusetts Juvenile Court Department.  Massachusetts has a Juvenile Court Department within its Trial Court that exercises jurisdiction over juvenile proceedings.

Department of Youth Services. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Michigan Family Division of Circuit Court exercises juvenile jurisdiction.

Michigan Family Independence Agency.

Juvenile Justice in Michigan.

Community and Juvenile Services Division. Minnesota Department of Corrections.

Minnesota’s Trial Courts exercise jurisdiction over juvenile matters.

Division of Youth Services. Mississippi Department of Human Services.

Juvenile and Family Courts Divisions

Missouri’s Teen Courts Programs. Missouri Office of the State Court Administrator.

Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 211: Juvenile Courts.

Division of Youth Services. Missouri Department of Social Services.

Missouri Juvenile Justice Association.

Division of Juvenile Corrections. Montana Department of Corrections.

Montana State Judicial Resources.  Montana District Courts have exclusive juvenile jurisdiction.

Nebraska Juvenile Courts. Nebraska has separate juvenile courts in 3 counties.  Juvenile cases are heard in County Courts in the other counties.

Nebraska Health and Human Services.

Nevada Courts.  Nevada District Courts have jurisdiction over juvenile matters.

Caliente Youth Center.

New Hampshire Judicial Branch Court Structure. New Hampshire District Courts have juvenile jurisdiction, except in two counties, which are running Family Division pilot programs wherein the Family Division has juvenile jurisdiction.

New Hampshire Juvenile Justice Profile.  National Center for Juvenile Justice.

Anchor House  A multi-service agency for runaway, homeless, abused, and at-risk youth and their families.

New Mexico District Courts have exclusive jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency and youthful offender matters.

New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department.

New York Family Courts exercise jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency.

New York City Department of Juvenile Justice. 

Juvenile Justice & Family Court Services, New York Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services. 

New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

North Carolina Judicial Branch.  North Carolina’s General Court of Justice, District Court Division, exercises juvenile jurisdiction.

North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Juvenile Justice Planning Committee. North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission.

North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute.

North Dakota District Courts exercise jurisdiction in juvenile matters.

Juvenile Policy Board. North Dakota Supreme Court.

Structure of the Ohio Judicial System. Ohio’s Courts of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, exercises juvenile jurisdiction.

Ohio Department of Youth Services.

Office of Juvenile Affairs. Oklahoma Department of Juvenile Justice.

Oregon Commission on Children and Families.

Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency.

Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers

Rhode Island Family Courts exercise jurisdiction in juvenile matters.

Juvenile Justice Division. Rhode Island Justice Commission.

Juvenile Prosecution Unit. Rhode Island Department of Attorney General.

Family Courts exercise jurisdiction over juvenile matters in South Carolina.

South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.

South Dakota’s Circuit Courts are trial courts of general jurisdiction over all criminal matters, including juvenile delinquency.

South Dakota Department of Corrections.

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth.

Foster Care Links Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

Texas Judiciary Online for district-by-district court information. Juvenile jurisdiction in Texas is assigned to different courts in different counties and may include District Courts or County-Level Courts.

Texas Youth Commission.

Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.

Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council Annual Reports.

Utah’s Juvenile Courts have jurisdiction in delinquency and related matters.

Utah Department of Human Services. Division of Youth Corrections.

Vermont Judiciary. Vermont’s Family Courts exercise jurisdiction in delinquency matters.

Vermont Juvenile Justice Commission Report

Virginia’s Judicial System.  Virginia’s General District Courts, Juvenile and Domestic Relations division, have jurisdiction in juvenile matters.

Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice.

Washington State Superior Courts exercise jurisdiction in juvenile matters.

Washington State Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee

Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.

West Virginia Judicial System. West Virginia Circuit Courts exercise juvenile jurisdiction.

West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services. West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.

Juvenile Justice Programs.  West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Wisconsin Circuit Court System. Wisconsin Circuit Courts exercise with responsibility for juvenile matters.

Division of Juvenile Corrections. Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

Wyoming Court System. Wyoming District Courts are general jurisdiction trial courts with authority to hear juvenile matters.

Wyoming Department of Family Services.