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 detention and 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 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: 04/11/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to reduce recidivism and improve public safety by helping jurisdictions more effectively and equitably reinvest resources in efforts that facilitate the successful reintegration of justice-involved youth.
OJJDP envisions a juvenile justice system centered on the strengths, needs, and voices of youth and families. Young people and family members with lived experience are vital resources for understanding and reaching persons involved or at risk of involvement with youth-serving systems. OJJDP asks stakeholders to join us in sustainably integrating bold, transformative youth and family partnership strategies into their daily work. OJJDP believes in achieving positive outcomes for youth, families, and communities through meaningful partnership and active partnerships, ensuring they play a central role in collaboratively developing solutions.
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 fund jurisdictions to close and repurpose youth detention and correctional facilities, reinvest cost savings to expand community-based alternatives to youth incarceration, and assess and respond to the economic impact of closures on facility staff and surrounding communities
Goals
The goals of this initiative are to assist jurisdictions in closing and repurposing youth detention and correctional facilities, assess and respond to the economic impact of closures on facility staff and the surrounding communities, and reinvest cost savings in expanding community-based alternatives to youth incarceration.
Objective
The objective of this initiative is to support jurisdictions in developing and implementing community-driven plans to close and repurpose youth detention and correctional facilities. Applicants are expected to engage, and leverage expertise from, stakeholders, community based service providers, local foundations, and members of the impacted communities in a strategic planning process. Plans must respond 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 detention and correctional facility closures into proven, effective youth justice programs and services.
Funding Information
- Community Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration: Planning and Feasibility Assessment
- Dollar Amount for Award $500,000.00
- Performance Duration (Months) 36
- Community Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative: Implementation
- Dollar Amount for Award $1,000,000.00
- Performance Duration (Months) 36
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- County 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.
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