Deadline: 14 April 2020
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) 2020 “Supporting Effective Interventions for Adolescent Sex Offenders and Children With Sexual Behavior Problems. This program aligns with the Department’s priorities to combat victimization and enhance public safety.
This solicitation provides funding to develop intervention and supervision services for adolescent sex offenders and children with sexual behavior problems, and to provide treatment services for their victims and families/caregivers.
The goal of this program is to prevent sexual reoffending by adolescent sex offenders and children with sexual behavior problems.
Objectives and Deliverables
The objectives and deliverables include:
- Develop or enhance intervention and supervision services for adolescent sex offenders and children with sexual behavior problems.
- Develop or enhance treatment services for the child victims and non-offending family members.
- Applicants should have in place a multidisciplinary team that can respond to these cases to ensure offenders are held accountable within the legal system and treatment services are available for victims and offenders. Applicants with an existing multidisciplinary team at the time of application will receive priority consideration and should include an attachment labeled “Multidisciplinary team partner list” as a part of their application. This list should reference the lead agency.
- A key consideration for all program sites should be public safety balanced with prevention, early intervention, and treatment. Applicants must describe how they will ensure public safety (e.g., individualized supervision/safety plan) as a part of any proposed strategy to be funded.
Priority Areas
In FY 2020, and in addition to executing any statutory prioritization that may be applicable, OJP will give priority consideration to applications as follows:
- Applications that address specific challenges that rural communities face.
- Applications that demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties.
- Applications that offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones).
Award Information
- Maximum number of awards OJJDP expects to make – Up to 7 awards
- Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award – Up to $475,000
- Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation – $3,325,000
- Period of performance start date – October 1, 2020
- Period of performance duration – 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply:
- states and territories,
- units of local government,
- federally recognized Indian tribal governments,
- nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations),
- institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).
How to Apply
Applicants must register in and submit applications through Grants.gov.
For more Information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=324446