The Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) has studied the risk factors and needs of Juvenile Court involved youth in this county and hereby publishes this Request for Proposals.
Donor Name: Brunswick County Government
State: North Carolina
County: Brunswick County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/03/2023
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The JCPC anticipates funds from the NC Dept. of Public Safety Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the amount stated above to fund the program types specified below. Such programs will serve delinquent and at-risk youth for the state fiscal year 2023-2024 beginning on, or after, July 1, 2023. The use of these funds in this county require a local match in the amount. The county can approve programs for 1 or 2 year funding awards, dependent on county approval and programs meeting all requirements.
Program Types
- Mentoring Services
- Restitution/Community Service
- Services Addressing Problem Sexual Behavior
- Parent/Family Skill Building
- Teen Court – including Sentencing and Responsive Circles
- Group Home
- Interpersonal Skill Building
- Psychological Assessments
- Temporary Shelter Care
- Vocational Skills
- Family Counseling
- Runaway Shelter Care
- Experiential Skills
- Home Based Family Counseling
- Specialized Foster Care
- Tutoring/Academic Enhancement
- Individual/Group/Mixed Counseling
- Temporary Foster Care
- Mediation/Conflict Resolution – including Truancy Mediation, Victim-Youth and Family Group Conferencing, Responsive Circles
- Substance Abuse Counseling
- Juvenile Structured Day
Proposed program services should target the following risk factors for delinquency or repeat delinquency:
- School behavior, negative peer association, parental supervision, alcohol/drug abuse, aggression
Proposed services should address the following concerns as reported in the Youth Assessment Screening Instrument (YASI) for adjudicated youth:
- Legal Domain: Person crimes, prior detention admission
- Family Domain: Living arrangements, parental supervision
- School Domain: School enrollment status, attendance, conflict, academic performance, activities
- Community & Peers Domain: Negative peers/associates
- Alcohol/Drugs Domain: Alcohol/drug use
- Mental Health Domain: History of abuse, victimization
- Physical Health Domain: No health insurance
- Aggression Domain: Violence
Applicants are being sought that are able to address items below:
- Program services compatible with research that are shown to be effective with juvenile offenders.
- Program services are outcome-based.
- The program has an evaluation component.
- Program services detect gang participation and divert individuals from gang participation.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to Racial Ethnic Disparity that exists in the County.
- Programs are encouraged to provide effective programming that includes restorative justice practices
Eligibility Criteria
Only local public agencies, 501c3 non-profit corporations and local housing authorities will be considered for funding.
For more information, visit Brunswick County Government.
