The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention seeks to support states, units of local government, Tribal communities, and community-based organizations to implement, develop, or expand programs within detention or correctional facilities to respond to the needs of incarcerated parents (juvenile or adult) who have children younger than age 18 to prevent violent crime, reduce recidivism, and provide support for minor children.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/06/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
OJJDP recognizes that the term parent extends to a legal guardian, caregiver, or persons with a strong familial bond with a minor. This program supports activities that foster positive family engagement between incarcerated parents and their children within detention and correctional facilities, including juvenile detention and correctional facilities with young parents, and implements programs and services that support the children of incarcerated parents to reduce the likelihood of antisocial behaviors and future involvement in the juvenile justice system.
Program Goals and Objectives
- Goal 1: Develop or expand services within juvenile and adult detention and correctional facilities.
- Objective 1: Expand relationships with community-based service providers and adult and juvenile detention and correctional facilities.
- Goal 2: Improve outcomes for incarcerated parents and their minor children.
- Objective 1: Develop strategies and approaches to strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children.
- Objective 2: Develop policies and practices around visitation.
- Objective 3: Develop best practices for caregiver engagement.
- Goal 3: Implement programs and services to reduce recidivism and support responsible parenting.
- Objective 1: Reduce the incarcerated parent’s behavioral infractions during incarceration and recidivism post-release.
- Objective 2: Provide services to foster positive youth development for children of incarcerated parents.
- Goal 4: Improve interactions among incarcerated parents and their minor children.
- Objective 1: 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.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $750,000.
Grant Period
36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
