The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding under the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Supporting Vulnerable At-Risk Youth and Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care program.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $825,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
The OJJDP FY 2022 Supporting Vulnerable At-Risk Youth and Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care solicitation supports the establishment of a pilot demonstration program to develop, implement, and build replicable treatment models for residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services. The primary population served by such pilot programs shall include adolescents and youth transitioning out of foster care who have experienced a history of foster care involvement, child poverty, child abuse or neglect, human trafficking, juvenile justice involvement, substance use or misuse, or gang involvement. Eligible applicants can provide services to youth and young adults up to and including age 25.
Categories
- Category 1: Project Sites. Funding under this category will support the efforts of eligible applicant organizations to develop or enhance their capacity to support at-risk and vulnerable youth transitioning out of foster care by funding implementation of replicable models for residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services. Funds may not be used for construction of new units or increased bed capacity for youth.
- Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance. Funding under this category will support a training and technical assistance provider to support the Category 1 project sites and increase awareness of innovative treatment models for vulnerable and at-risk youth transitioning out of foster care for other interested communities.
The goal of the program is to promote positive youth outcomes and public safety for at-risk adolescents and youth transitioning from foster care.
Objectives
- Category 1: Project Sites. Funded sites under this initiative will work to accomplish the following objectives: Develop, implement, and build replicable treatment models for residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services for youth. Increase protective factors to ensure vulnerable and at-risk youth, and youth transitioning from foster care have the skills they need to prevent any further victimization and/or involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems.
- Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance. The objectives for applicants under this category are as follows: Develop and expand the skills of program providers and other stakeholders working with the target population of vulnerable and at-risk youth, and youth transitioning out of foster care. Increase awareness of innovative treatment models for vulnerable at-risk youth and youth transitioning out of foster care by making training and technical assistance available to other interested communities beyond this funded under Category 1. This may include, but is not limited to, webinars, publications/toolkits, etc.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $825,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- Category 1: Project Sites
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Native American Tribal organizations (other than federally recognized Tribal 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
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance
- 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
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education.
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.
Eligible applicants can provide services to youth and young adults up to and including age 25.
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