The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $750,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The OJJDP Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program seeks to build the capacity of states, communities, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to implement new, or enhance existing, alternative sentencing programs for parents in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.
This program will provide funding to support states and communities as they implement new, or enhance existing, community-based alternative sentencing programs that provide culturally competent, community-based supports to strengthen the emotional, physical, and social well-being of children and families. OJJDP will support potential models that divert justice-involved parents/primary caregivers whom a court has found guilty of a crime from the prison system, promote the unification of families, and prevent children from entering the foster care and/or juvenile justice systems.
Goals
The goal of the Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program is to establish new and enhance existing family-based alternative sentencing programs for parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes. These programs will increase family preservation, improve parental attachment, increase healthy child development, prevent children from entering the foster care system, improve parenting skills, reduce the likelihood of future involvement in the criminal justice system, and reduce the financial impact on the criminal justice and/or child welfare systems.
Objectives
- The objective is to provide treatment and accountability to parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system by allowing them to remain with their dependent children under community supervision. OJJDP expects cross-system coordination and collaboration in the provision of services to children and families in alternative sentencing programs to ensure minor children remain connected with their parents in a structured and supportive environment.
- Other essential collaborators include justice-involved parents/primary caregivers, attorneys representing justice-involved parents/primary caregivers, community-based service providers that specialize in treatment, probation, and community supervision, mental health service providers, child protective services, community health agencies, community-based organizations that specialize in family based alternative sentencing, and state and local corrections departments.
- Programs must work in partnership with a researcher or consultant to demonstrate the extent to which these programs result in cost savings for the criminal justice and/or child welfare systems in the long term.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards – $750,000.
Grant Period
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) – 36.
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments.
- For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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