The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for competitive funding for qualified counties in the State of Georgia.
Donor Name: Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC)
State: Georgia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2026
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The purpose of this grant opportunity is to provide funding for local programs designed to serve youth in the community who would otherwise be committed to DJJ. Applicants are encouraged to examine their local data from the previous fiscal year in order to understand the profiles of youth who were committed to DJJ, and who, with appropriate services, could have received services while remaining in their community. Recipients of this grant opportunity will be employing evidenced-based programming appropriate to the needs of youth in the community.
Goals
- Reduce felony commitments to DJJ and STP admissions in the target county.
- Increase the use of evidence-based practices in Georgia’s juvenile justice system by initiating community-based juvenile justice programs.
- Reduce the recidivism rate of youth involved with Georgia’s juvenile justice system.
- Reduce annual secure detention rate of target county.
- Reduce annual secure confinement rate of target county.
- Demonstrate a cost-savings to Georgia citizens through provision of research-informed services to youth in juvenile justice system.
Objectives
- The DAI and PDRA will be used on all youth considered for grant funding with all scores reported in JTS or the Juvenile Data Exchange (JDEX). Additionally, when available, grantees are encouraged to use the Juvenile Needs Assessment (JNA) on all youth considered for grant funding.
- All participants will score medium to high on the PDRA.
- At least 75% of participants will complete program requirements.
- At least 55% of youth completing services will not re-offend as calculated using this recidivism definition below:
- A new charge (within three years of the initial post-adjudication community placement) which results in a juvenile court delinquency adjudication OR adult criminal court conviction.
- Each project will report cost-savings per youth by calculating average cost to provide targeted intervention subtracted from average cost to detain youth. (Selected projects will be provided a marginal cost rate in order to perform this calculation).
Funding Information
- New applicants are eligible to apply for a maximum of $350,000 for this grant year.
- Continual applicants are allowed to apply for a maximum of $750,000.
Grant Period
July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants are limited to local county commissions/boards of commissioners to apply on behalf of juvenile courts within Georgia. Moreover, all local units of government are required to be in compliance with the Georgia Service Delivery Strategy Act in order to be eligible for state‐ administered financial assistance.
An eligible applicant must meet all of the following criteria:
- Be a public government entity;
- Serve as the fiscal agent for the grant and the point of contact to CJCC; and,
- Be responsible, liable, and oversee financial, program, and post-award reporting requirements.
For more information, visit CJCC.
