Deadline: 23-May-23
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding that enhance collaboration between state agencies, local government agencies, Tribes, and community- and faith-based organizations to improve and address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for youth assessed at a moderate to high risk of reoffending and who are returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities.
Categories
- Improving Youth Reentry: The goals of Category 1 programs are to promote positive youth outcomes and increase public safety by decreasing recidivism among youth participating in the award recipient’s reentry programming through developing and implementing comprehensive reentry plans to improve youth outcomes when reentering their communities following release from a juvenile residential facility.
- Strengthening Community-Based Youth Reentry Programs: The goal of Category 2 programs is to promote positive youth outcomes and public safety while reducing recidivism by assisting youth’s successful transition from juvenile residential facilities back to their communities.
- Youth Reentry Training and Technical Assistance: Under this category, a training and technical assistance (TTA) provider will provide support and guidance to SCA Youth Reentry grantees and practitioners to improve community supervision practices, produce better outcomes for youth and communities, reduce recidivism, improve public safety, and enhance jurisdictions’ access to the tools and training to adequately identify, as well as effectively serve, these youth’s needs.
Funding Information
- Category 1: Improving Youth Reentry
- No. of Awards: 3
- Funding: $750,000.00
- Category 2: Strengthening Community-Based Youth Reentry
- Programs: 12
- Funding $750,000.00
- Category 3: Youth Reentry Training and Technical Assistance
- No. of Awards: 1
- Funding: $2,650,000.00
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, Small businesses, State governments.
- The following entities are eligible to apply:
- Category 1: Improving Youth Reentry
- State governments
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American governments (federally recognized)
- Category 2: Strengthening Community-Based Youth Reentry Programs
- 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
- Native American organizations (other than federally recognized governments)
- Category 3: Youth Reentry Training and Technical Assistance
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- 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
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Category 1: Improving Youth Reentry
For more information, visit Grants.gov.