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 develop coordinated and comprehensive community-based approaches to help children, youth, and their families who are exposed to violence build resilience and prevent future violence and delinquency.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/24/2023
Size of the Grant: $970,000.00
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).
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to provide funding to communities to develop coordinated and comprehensive community-based approaches to help children and their families who are exposed to violence build resilience, restore their safety, heal their social and emotional wounds, and prevent future violence and delinquency. Funding can be used to develop and/or enhance support services for children exposed to violence to reduce the adverse impact of violence on youth, families, and communities, and to help family-serving organizations better recognize and help families at risk for exposure to violence.
Goals
The overall goal of the program is to build the capacity of families and communities to help children exposed to violence.
Objectives
- Improve family and community responses to children exposed to violence.
- Increase protective factors to reduce the traumatic impact of exposure to violence and prevent future violence, delinquency, and victimization.
- Build the capacity of communities to develop and implement prevention and early intervention strategies to support children exposed to violence and enhance wellness and healing.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $970,000.00
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $7,776,000.00
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligible Applicants:
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- State governments
- Special district 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
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
For more information, visit Grants.gov.