The following sections provide an overview of the state of empirically based practices with respect to the DMC problem for African American youths with aggressive or violent behaviors. The OJJDP actively maintains a web-based search tool for identifying empirically supported juvenile justice intervention programs according to demographics, continuum along juvenile justice interventions, program type, and a variety of other characteristics. The OJJDP assigns model programs ratings of promising, effective, and exemplary. Promising programs have some empirical support and a reasonable framework, but their evidence is limited by a weak research design or inconsistent findings. Effective programs have been implemented with fidelity, rely on an established conceptual framework, and have demonstrated effectiveness through quasi-experimental research designs. Exemplary programs have also been implemented with fidelity and used sound theoretical frameworks; additionally, they have been found to be effective across settings and populations using high-quality experimental research.