The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is now accepting applications for the 2025-2027 Juvenile Community Alternatives Grant Program.
Donor Name: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The grant program has the following purpose areas:
- to provide cost-effective, research-based alternatives in lieu of use of secure detention, out-of-home placement, and department of correction facilities in the community,
- to reduce the use of secure confinement and out-of-home placement, and
- to reduce recidivism and improve positive outcomes for children.
Funding Information
The formula allots a base amount of $75,000.00 per grant per county. Additional funds in the amounts of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000 are added to the base amount based on county population, with smaller counties receiving more funding to comply with the statutory requirement to focus on rural counties.
Grant Period
Awards provided by this this solicitation are for a twenty-four-(24) month period of funding.
Allowable Activities
Allowable activities and costs are those that support the operations and services delivered to youth involved in the juvenile justice system. These activities include but may not be limited to:
- Services or programs that develop community alternatives.
- Services or programs that support the operations and service delivery of community alternatives to incarceration or alternatives to placement with the Department of Correction.
- Services or programs that are evidence based or restorative justice projects.
Eligibility Criteria
Public entities, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental organizations who provide services to youth involved in the juvenile justice system may apply for funding. An entity may apply, but will not be eligible for a grant until the entity has prequalified through a series of threshold requirements including:
- A review of the entity’s good standing with Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR), Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD), and Secretary of State (SOS).
- Any non-governmental entities must have an operating agreement or memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the referring entity prior to receiving funding.
- Each grant awarded must be overseen by the local regional Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council (JRAC) or another local collaborative body that includes juvenile justice stakeholders and engages in collaborative service planning for the county.
- All grant recipients must agree to report performance measures on a monthly or quarterly basis and are required to provide an aggregate report at the end of the grant cycle. Recipients will be required to maintain case-level data for the purposes of research and evaluation. The required performance measures are outlined in the Youth Justice Oversight Committee’s Grant Programs Report.
Eligible Entities
An entity is eligible to receive funding if it furnishes, agrees to furnish, or arranges with a third party to furnish all of the following services:
- Services or programs that offer alternatives to detention that offer the least restrictive means necessary to ensure the safety and protection of the individual, the family and the community while meeting all necessary requirements of supervision.
- Services or programs that have as goals: recidivism reduction and the promotion of positive outcomes through research-based intervention and that address the needs of the youth.
- Services or programs that provide cost effective research-based alternatives to secure detention, out-of-home placement, or placement with the department of correction.
For more information, visit ICJI.
