Deadline: 18-Jul-22
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications to develop, enhance, or expand art programs for justice involved youth.
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by supporting high-quality art programs for current and previous justice-involved youth, including Tribal and Indigenous youth, to reduce juvenile delinquency, recidivism, and/or other problem and high-risk behaviors. OJJDP defines justice-involved youth as those participating in court-ordered diversion programs, in detention, correctional, or other residential facilities, and/or are on probation due to a delinquency finding by juvenile court.
Objectives
- Grant award recipients will carry out the following objectives:
- Develop or expand high-quality and community-based arts programs for justice-involved youth ages 10-17 to reduce juvenile delinquency, recidivism, and/or other problem and high-risk behaviors.
- Develop or expand high-quality community-based arts programs that include culturally relevant and responsive strategies for justice-involved racial and ethnic minority youth ages 10-17.
Goals
- Develop or expand high-quality community-based art programs for justice-involved youth in underserved areas.
- Develop or expand high-quality, culturally relevant and responsive art programs for justice-involved racial and ethnic minority youth.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 3
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $66,500.00
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/22
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 18
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $200,000.00
Eligibility Criteria
- To advance Executive Order 13929 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 eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding.
- To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions:
- the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and
- the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law.
- The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340858