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 implement targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K – 12th grade only).
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000 – $3,500,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The OJJDP FY 2022 Enhancing School Capacity To Address Youth Violence program supports targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K – 12th grade only). The goals of the program are to (1) reduce the incidence of school violence through improved school safety and climate and (2) prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in the targeted community.
Goals
The goal of this initiative is to support the development and expansion of strategies that increase school safety by preventing and reducing school violence.
Objectives
OJJDP has identified the following specific program objectives:
- Improve school capacity to prevent and intervene early in incidents of violence.
- Enhance and expand partnerships between school systems and community-based organizations to address school violence.
- Expand opportunities for family engagement with school personnel to mutually address risk factors for violence.
- Improve communication between home and school to enhance protective factors for student success
Categories
There are two categories of funding available under this solicitation.
- Category 1: Project Sites. This program supports the efforts of eligible applicant organizations to develop or enhance their capacity to address youth violence and victimization through school-based programming and interventions targeting student and community needs.
- Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance. In addition to supporting program implementation and direct service activities, the initiative will fund a training and technical assistance provider to support the Category 1 project sites.
Funding Information
- Project Sites – $1,000,000.
- Training & Technical Assistance – $3,500,000.
Period of Performance
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) – 36
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments.
- Category 2:
- 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.
- Private K-12 schools, including private charter schools, should apply as “nonprofits.” Private for-profit K-12 schools, including for-profit private charter schools, should apply as “For-profit other than small businesses”. Public charter schools should apply as “independent school districts.”
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