Deadline: 02-Jul-21
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) 2021 Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program.
Goals
- Category 1: Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Programs. The goal of programs funded under Category 1 is to establish new and enhance existing family-based alternative sentencing programs for parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes. These programs will increase family preservation, improve secure parental attachment, increase healthy child development, prevent children from entering the foster care system, improve parenting skills, reduce the likelihood of future involvement in the criminal justice system, and reduce the financial impact on the criminal justice and/or child welfare systems.
- Category 2: Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Training and Technical Assistance Program. The goal of Category 2 is to assist new and enhance existing family-based alternative sentencing programs in the development and implementation of improved program practices for increased program effectiveness and long-term participant success. OJJDP envisions that the TTA provider will assist OJJDP-funded new and existing family-based alternative sentencing programs that propose enhancements with individualized goals of building and maximizing local capacity around effectively identifying and assessing eligible participants; ensuring participants receive targeted research-based services; implementing consistent, efficient, and effective case planning, monitoring, and supervision procedures; enhancing the provision of treatment and support services; and assisting in collecting and reporting on performance measures to identify and assess success, gaps, and trends in case processing and service delivery.
Objectives
- Category 1: Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Programs. The objective of Category 1 is to provide treatment and accountability to parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system by allowing them to remain with their dependent children under community supervision while receiving services, including substance use disorder and mental health treatment, vocational training, life skills classes, and parenting classes. This program expects cross-system collaboration between the Department of Corrections and Department of Health and Human Services to effectively facilitate and oversee program implementation, as well as to ensure the development of essential data-sharing agreements. Other essential collaborators include district attorneys, treatment providers, child welfare, and community-based treatment and service providers.
- Category 2: Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Training and Technical Assistance Program. The overall objective of Category 2 is to provide family-based alternative sentencing program practitioners with TTA that will develop, maintain, and enhance their program. The TTA provider will be expected to work closely with OJJDP-funded programs and help them achieve project goals and deliverables.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $3,500,000.00
- Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Programs: $750,000.00
- Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Training and Technical Assistance Program: $500,000.00
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments, Other
- For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- To advance Executive Order Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333624