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 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: 05/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000.00
Grant Duration: 36 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).
NOTE: This solicitation is funded to support the purposes authorized under the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (or STOP School Violence Act). Funds may not be used for the purchase of target-hardening equipment to secure schools, such as cameras, security systems, fencing, locks, etc. In addition, these funds may not be used to pay for armed security officers or school resource officers. Applicants interested in funding for target hardening should refer to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP).
Goals
The goal of this initiative is to support the development and expansion of strategies that increase school safety and promote a positive and supportive school climate by preventing and reducing school violence.
Objectives
OJJDP has identified the following specific program objectives:
- Improve school capacity to prevent and intervene early to 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.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $1,000,000.00
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $22,000,000.00
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligible Applicants
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal 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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