The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding to close and repurpose youth correctional facilities, reinvest cost savings to expand community-based alternatives to incarceration, and assess and respond to the economic impact of closures on facility staff and surrounding communities.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/25/2022
Grant Size: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
Goal: The goals of this initiative are to assist states in closing and repurposing youth correctional facilities, assessing and responding to the economic impact of closures on facility staff and the surrounding communities, and reinvesting cost savings to expand community-based alternatives to youth incarceration.
Objectives: The objective of this initiative is to support states in developing and implementing community-driven plans to close and repurpose youth correctional facilities. States are expected to engage and leverage expertise from directly impacted youth and their families community-based service providers, local foundations, state agencies including economic development and labor, county and local government agencies, and other stakeholders in a strategic planning process. Plans must include a response to the economic impact of closures on facility staff and the surrounding communities, as well as sustainable, data-driven strategies to reinvest cost savings from youth correctional facility closures into proven, effective youth justice programs and services.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Performance Duration: 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply:
- Category 1: Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative
- State governments
- Category 2: Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Program
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- 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
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Native American Tribal organizations (other than federally recognized Tribal governments)
- Small businesses
- 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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