The Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants (OVSJG) is seeking applications for competitive funding to support juvenile and criminal justice related services.
Donor Name: Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/02/2023
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
OVSJG provides federal and District funding to local initiatives that address the issues of violent crime, public safety, and criminal justice. OVSJG is the State-Administering Agency (SAA) responsible for the direction of systemic criminal justice planning, coordination, management, research, training, and technical assistance. OVSJG also provides policy making expertise, advice, and counsel to the Executive Office of the Mayor on the role of victims and offenders in the criminal justice system, and evidence based practices to respond to, intervene in, and prevent violence.
The juvenile justice funds will support grants to provide any of the following services:
- Delinquency prevention
- Restorative justice
- Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act (YRA) support
- Juvenile reentry
- Technology enhancements that increase opportunities to engage with supports for system involved and at-risk youth.
The criminal justice funds will support grants to provide any of the following services:
- Reentry services and/or supports for incarcerated and returning citizens
- Direct client assistance (flex funding) to meet the individual needs of returning citizens
- Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) activities, including implemententing effective programs and strategies that enable PSN task forces to prevent, respond to, and reduce violent crimes; identifying high crime areas; and fostering effective collaboration with affected communities
- Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act (IRAA)/Second Look Amendment Act implementation and support (available only to current IRAA grantees)
Grant Period
The funding period is October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
Any public or private, community-based non-profit agency, organization, or institution that has a District business license and provides services or goods within the District is eligible to apply. For-profit organizations are eligible but may not include profit in their grant application. For-profit organizations may also participate as subcontractors to eligible agencies.
For more information, visit OVSJG.