The Miami-Dade County Youth Crime Task Force (YCTF) was established by resolution in 1997, to address youth crime and violence programming needs.  The Task Force was re-authorized annually by the Board of County Commissioners by resolution thereafter until January 2002.  On September 23, 2002, the Miami-Dade County Youth Crime Task Force was established as a Board of County Commissioners’ advisory board pursuant to Ordinance 02-131 for the countywide coordination of juvenile justice activities.

YCTF's Charge:

• Study the problems of youth crime and weapons violence in Miami-Dade County.
• Analyze possible solutions to these problems with particular emphasis on studying crime prevention programs, which have significantly reduced youth crime in other communities and cities.
• Develop an overall countywide plan for the prevention of youth crime and youth weapons violence in Miami-Dade County in cooperation with other planning agencies and entities.
• Recommend guidelines and criteria to be included in competitive solicitation processes for the allocation of youth crime prevention funding, along with reviewing any and all proposals submitted through such. competitive solicitation process and provide recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for the award of such youth crime prevention funding.
• Encourage and facilitate coordination and cooperation between and among the various agencies of the juvenile justice system and funding bodies for juvenile justice programming in Miami-Dade County.
• Provide for coordination through the efficient and effective use of federal, state, private, municipal, and county funds from various sources to improve the juvenile justice system.
• Provide advice to public officials on city and county juvenile justice related programming and funding needs, as requested.
• Provide legislative analysis, development, and recommendations at the local, state, and federal levels.
• Consider local juvenile justice issues as they arise and are brought to the attention of the Miami-Dade County Youth Crime Task Force or its staff, thus encouraging appropriate cooperative juvenile justice agency response.
• Facilitate, whenever possible, technical assistance to juvenile justice-related agencies in the areas of concept development, grant writing, data collection, record keeping, evaluation, etc.
• Serve in an advisory capacity, when asked, to any private or public agency whose activities are related to the juvenile justice system.