2021 Juvenile Justice System Reform Initiative in the US

Deadline: 06-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 Juvenile Justice System Reform Initiative.

Categories

Category 1: Juvenile Justice System Reform Grants
- Goal: The goal of Category 1 is to support states to develop and implement sustainable, research-based, and data-informed recidivism-reduction policies, practices, and programming, and the strategic reinvestment of cost savings into effective prevention and intervention programs. Research indicates that juvenile justice systems should put more emphasis on encouraging offender accountability through restorative justice, engaging in community service, and helping youth take responsibility and make amends for their actions.
- Objectives: Objectives include-
  - engaging stakeholders,
  - analyzing data and identifying drivers,
  - developing innovative or research-based responses,
  - implementing responses, and
  - measuring outcomes.
Category 2: Juvenile Justice System Reform Initiative Training and Technical Assistance
- Goal: The goal of Category 2 is to support a training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to assist up to seven selected states under Category 1 and states that have recently (within the past 2 years) enacted policy changes intended to reform the state’s juvenile justice system and are seeking TTA that focuses on implementing juvenile justice reforms.
- Objectives: Objectives include developing, implementing, and disseminating TTA based on best practices for-
  - engaging stakeholders,
  - analyzing data and identifying drivers,
  - developing innovative or research-based responses,
  - implementing responses, and
  - measuring outcomes

Funding Information

Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $8,000,000.00
Category 1: $1,000,000.00
Category 2: $1,000,000.00
Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36

Eligibility Criteria

For profit organizations other than small businesses, Nonprofits having 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, State governments, Other
The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 1:
- State governments
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.
The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 2:
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Eligible applicants that propose to provide direct services to youth must not include youth who are age 18 or older in the population they will serve.
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.