The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding for an organization to develop and administer a subgrants program to initiate, sustain, and expand local and state Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) programs in communities across the nation, and to provide training and technical assistance services to assist local and state CASA organizations to apply for, implement, and administer their subawards over the life of the project period.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/25/2023
Size of the Grant: $13,500,000.00
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
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).
Goals
The goal of this program is to improve outcomes for children in the foster care system and to provide effective and timely advocacy for abused and neglected children in dependency courts. Under this program, this will be done by successfully issuing and managing subgrants to local and state CASA organizations around the nation. These programs will work to increase the numbers of children receiving services from CASA programs.
Objectives
- To design and implement a competitive subgrant funding strategy to support local and state CASA programs nationwide.
- To administer and oversee subgrants to initiate, sustain, and expand local and state CASA programs with a focus on distributing subgrants to localities that have no existing CASA program.
- To design and implement training and technical assistance services to help local and state CASA organizations apply for, implement, and administer their subawards.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation $13,500,000.00
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards $13,500,000.00
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) 12
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
