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 support states and localities to enhance their youth defense delivery systems
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $650,630
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to reduce violent crime by supporting states’ and localities’ efforts to address barriers and gaps youth face within the juvenile justice system in order to decrease recidivism.
Applicants must describe how their proposed project/program will integrate and sustain meaningful youth and family partnerships into their project plan and budget. Depending on the nature of an applicant’s proposed project, youth and family partnership could consist of one or more of the following:
- Individual-level partnership in case planning and direct service delivery (before, during, and after contact with youth-serving systems).
- Agency-level partnership (e.g., in policy, practice, and program development, implementation, and evaluation; staffing; advisory bodies; budget development).
- System-level partnership (e.g., in strategic planning activities, system improvement initiatives, advocacy strategies, reform efforts).
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support jurisdictions’ efforts to ensure that youth involved in the juvenile justice system have access to high-quality legal representation. This program will support grants to state and local youth defense delivery systems to improve youth defense delivery by implementing tailored strategies to meet existing gaps and needs.
Goals
The goal of this program is to implement youth defense delivery system enhancements that strengthen and improve youth defense.
Objectives
Program objectives are to ensure that all youth involved in the juvenile justice system have access to high-quality, specialized legal representation. Awardees will implement national best practices for enhancing youth defense, which can be found in the National Juvenile Defense Standards.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $650,630
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $1,301,260.00
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligibility Criteria
- County governments
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
For the 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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
