Deadline: 6-Jun-22
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth With Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior.
This program furthers DOJ’s mission by reducing violent crime, combating victimization, and enhancing public safety.
Goal: The goal of this program is to prevent sexual reoffending by youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior, promote healing, and provide services for victims and families/caregivers. This program will assist applicants in developing comprehensive, multidisciplinary approaches to provide a continuum of intervention and supervision services for adolescents with illegal sexual behavior and children with problematic sexual behavior; and treatment services for child victims and their families/caregivers.
Objectives
The objectives of this program are to:
- Improve family and system responses for youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior as well as child victims and their families/caregivers.
- Increase protective factors in targeted youth to prevent sexual reoffending or continued problematic sexual behavior.
- Enhance existing community/system response by filling identified gaps in service provision/programming.
Categories
There are two categories of funding available under this solicitation:
- Project Sites. Funding under this category will assist applicants in providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary continuum of intervention and supervision services for youth with problematic and/or illegal sexual behavior and treatment services for their victims and families/caregivers. Applicants are expected to demonstrate that the programs they propose for funding through this award are based on an assessment of currently available resources in the jurisdiction and the proposed programs will help to fill gaps in those services.
- Training and Technical Assistance. In addition to supporting program implementation and direct service activities, the initiative will fund a training and technical assistance provider to support the Category 1 project sites as they implement their community-based prevention, intervention, and treatment strategies for youth with problematic and/or illegal sexual behavior and their victims and families/caregivers. Technical assistance needs may vary greatly depending on the current practices of each program site.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $2,900,000.00
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/22 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others
- County governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- City or township governments
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339547