It is keen to ensure crime prevention remains a core part of youth offending team (YOT) work. The body has set out what prevention funding has achieved in a consultation document, Towards a Youth Crime Prevention Strategy.
YOTs have resources for prevention work until April 2008, but long-term decisions will be made as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review later this year.
The consultation outlines how crime-prevention work can be developed, stressing the importance of partnership work between YOTs and other agencies working with young people.
Bob Ashford, head of prevention at the YJB, said: "Existing money has helped, but we need an end-to-end system."
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