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 and expand services that address the needs of incarcerated parents who have children younger than age 18.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice 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: 05/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000.00
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by providing funding to states and localities to assist in developing or expanding services that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their minor children to prevent violent crime, reduce recidivism, and provide support for minor children.
Category 1: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Programs and Services
Goals
The goal of this program is to assist community-based organizations in developing or expanding services within juvenile and adult detention and correctional facilities to improve outcomes for incarcerated parents and their minor children by implementing programs and services to reduce recidivism and support responsible parenting that leads to healthy child development, resiliency, and improved interactions among incarcerated parents and their minor children, and family and community members.
This program will:
- Expand existing relationships with community-based service providers and adult and juvenile detention and correctional facilities.
- Develop strategies and approaches to strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children.
- Seek to reduce the incarcerated parent’s behavioral infractions during incarceration and recidivism post-release.
- Provide services to foster positive youth development for children of incarcerated parents.
- Develop innovative approaches to enhance child/parent communication, such as the use of video conferencing, electronic messaging software, audio recordings, and transportation assistance for in-person visits and facilitation for virtual visits.
- Support adult and juvenile detention or correctional facilities, prisons, and jails in rural areas that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their minor children.
Objectives
Program objectives include:
- Provide support to facilities for staffing, equipment, tools, and resources to create child-friendly spaces for increased engagement.
- Develop safety protocols and procedures for children who are visiting their incarcerated parents.
- Develop a coordinated system for the provision of programs and services that support the needs of incarcerated parents and their children.
- Provide corrections officers with expanded trauma-informed training that will enhance officers’ self-protection and ensure the physical and emotional safety of visiting children and families.
Category 2: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Training and Technical Assistance
Goals
Under this category, a TTA provider will provide support to the Category 1 sites to help identify service needs and gaps; develop program models with short- and long-term outcome goals and measurements; and develop resource documents and tools (i.e., templates, data set parameters and checklists, and logic model guides) that will inform sites on best practices and strategies that are family centered, promote positive youth development, and meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their minor children. Additionally, the TTA provider will:
- Develop and promote tools for detention and correctional facilities, community based organizations, family members, and professionals who serve incarcerated parents to maintain connections and improve family engagement and reintegration upon pre- and post-release.
- Build the capacity of prisons, jails, and juvenile detention and correctional facilities to work with communities and community-based organizations to develop policies and practices that develop strategies for reducing recidivism and improving outcomes.
- Develop a pilot program that engages multidisciplinary partnerships, promotes balanced prevention and intervention strategies, and aligns with family-based sentencing alternatives to address the challenges encountered by incarcerated parents and their children to keep families together. OJJDP expects the successful applicant to coordinate with OJJDP’s Family-Based Justice Center in developing the pilot program.
- Identify experts to build local capacity for the development and implementation of strategic plans that use data-driven strategies to help facilities address issues associated with incarcerated parents and their minor children and families.
Objectives
Program objectives include:
- Help children of incarcerated parents live productive, law-abiding lives by implementing programs and services that promote positive youth development.
- Help children develop a positive relationship with their incarcerated parent, if safe and welcomed by the child, by implementing family-centered approaches.
- Decrease recidivism among formerly incarcerated parents.
- Expand or enhance evidence-based policies and practices to strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children.
- Develop a coordinated system of supports for children of incarcerated parents that includes programs to help them cope with trauma and remain connected with their parents in a structured and supportive environment.
Funding Information
Category 1: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Programs and Services
- Dollar Amount for Award: $750,000.00
- Performance Duration (Months): 36
Category 2: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Training and Technical Assistance
- Dollar Amount for Award: $1,000,000.00
- Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligible Applicants
City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, 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, Small businesses, State governments
This solicitation is composed of two grant categories. Applicants must clearly designate the category for which they are applying.
Category 1: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Programs and Services
The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 1:
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- 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
- Native American organizations (other than federally recognized governments)
Category 2: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Training and Technical Assistance
The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 2:
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- 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
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
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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