The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is now accepting applications for the 2025 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Title II) Grant Program.
Donor Name: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 02/16/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Title II Formula Grant Program provides funding to support state and local efforts to plan, establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate policies and projects for the development of more effective education, training, research, prevention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation programs in the area of juvenile delinquency, as well as juvenile justice system improvement efforts. Title II is a reimbursement-based grant.
A juvenile is an individual who is under juvenile court jurisdiction or is an age at which he/she could be subject to juvenile court jurisdiction within the State of Indiana, which would include youth up to the age of seventeen (17).
Priority Areas
Pursuant to Title II, Part B of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), in order to receive formula grants, states must develop and submit a Three-Year Plan that identifies goals for the juvenile justice system and programmatic priorities to be supported by grant funding. Therefore, ICJI will only consider grant applications that fall under one of the following priority areas and have the greatest impact on Hoosier youth.
Indiana has identified the following priority areas for 2025 Title II funding:
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Mentoring, counseling, and training programs
- Mental health services
- Rural area programs
- Gender-specific services
- Diversion
- Gangs
- Delinquency prevention
- After-school programs
- Positive youth development
- Deinstitutionalization of status offenders.
Grant Period
April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply for Title II funding:
- Nonprofit organizations
- Educational institutions
- State agencies
- Units of local government
For more information, visit ICJI.