Deadline: 14-Jan-22
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is pleased to announce this Notification of Funding Availability (NOFA) and request initial proposal ideas for the 2022 funding cycle of the JAMS Foundation-ACR Initiative for Students and Youth.
Each year, the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and the JAMS Foundation identify specific subject areas seeking to address otherwise unresolved issues and unmet needs of both general and target youth populations, based on current research and feedback from leaders and stakeholders in the dispute resolution and education fields.
Funding contexts for selected subject areas will vary, and may include community-based organizations, alternative education settings (online education, charter schools), after-school programs, court- or juvenile justice-connected programs, as well as programs operating in traditional K-12 school districts.
Focus Areas
The 2022 Funding Track will continue and expand the 2021 Funding Focus on conflict resolution education and training for youth to create opportunities to prevent and manage conflict in the following settings:
- Domestic violence shelters
- Homeless shelters
- Foster care
- Youth correctional facilities
- School or after-school programs
Priorities
Priority will be given to projects in which:
- Youth play a significant or substantive role in the delivery of conflict resolution training, education, or services.
- Youth will develop leadership skills by getting themselves and other young people involved in helping themselves.
- Partnerships with a foster care agency, homeless shelter, the domestic violence shelter, school/after school programming organization or the youth correctional facility currently exits for the applicant.
- Creative means of documenting and demonstrating the project are used so as to inspire other organizations to replicate the project.
Funding Information
- Requests for funding may range from $15,000 to $40,000 for the first year of the potential two-year funding cycle.
- While the proposed projects are two-year projects, decisions on funding for a second year will be contingent on evidence of benchmark accomplishments at the end of the first year of funding. For those who may seek a second year of funding, those requests may be for no more than $20,000.00.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organizations include nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations, educational institutions, and public agencies working in conjunction with nonprofit educational institutions or organizations.
- This project would focus on youth between the ages of 13 and 18 years old.
For more information, visit https://www.jamsadr.com/acr/
