The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is accepting applications for its Reducing Recidivism for Female Juvenile Delinquents Program.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/27/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This NOFO will support the development, enhancement, or expansion of intervention programs for female juvenile delinquents. Funding will be used to develop and implement direct service programs for female juvenile delinquents to reduce reoffending or enhance or expand existing programs to meet their specific needs.
Goals and Objectives
- Goal: Reduce recidivism, reduce risk factors, and promote protective factors for female juvenile delinquents, and place them on a path toward success, stability, and long-term contribution to society by developing, enhancing, or expanding programs and services.
- Objective 1: Develop and implement new direct service programs for female juvenile delinquents to reduce recidivism.
- Objective 2: Enhance or expand existing prevention and early intervention programs to meet the specific needs of female juvenile delinquents.
- Objective 3: Develop, expand or enhance targeted curricula for staff (i.e., probation, detention center staff, law enforcement, judges) to ensure they have the skills necessary to implement these programs for female juvenile delinquents.
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $3,760,000
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $525,000
- Period of Performance Duration: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Educational Organizations
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (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
- Other
- Other units of local government
State Government Entities: For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
