Deadline: 11-Apr-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 to close and repurpose youth detention and correctional facilities, reinvest cost savings to expand community-based alternatives to incarceration, and assess and respond to the economic impact of closures on facility staff and surrounding communities.
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to reduce recidivism and improve public safety by helping jurisdictions more effectively and equitably reinvest resources in efforts that facilitate the successful reintegration of justice-involved youth.
OJJDP envisions a juvenile justice system centered on the strengths, needs, and voices of youth and families. Young people and family members with lived experience are vital resources for understanding and reaching persons involved or at risk of involvement with youth-serving systems. OJJDP asks stakeholders to join us in sustainably integrating bold, transformative youth and family partnership strategies into their daily work. OJJDP believes in achieving positive outcomes for youth, families, and communities through meaningful partnership and active partnerships, ensuring they play a central role in collaboratively developing solutions.
Applicants must describe how their proposed project/program will integrate and sustain meaningful youth and family partnerships into their project plan and budget. Depending on the nature of an applicant’s proposed project, youth and family partnership could consist of one or more of the following:
- Individual-level partnership in case planning and direct service delivery (before, during, and after contact with youth-serving systems).
- Agency-level partnership (e.g., in policy, practice, and program development, implementation, and evaluation; staffing; advisory bodies; budget development).
- System-level partnership (e.g., in strategic planning activities, system improvement initiatives, advocacy strategies, reform efforts).
Objective: The objective of this initiative is to support jurisdictions in developing and implementing community-driven plans to close and repurpose youth detention and correctional facilities. Applicants are expected to engage, and leverage expertise from, stakeholders, communitybased service providers, local foundations, and members of the impacted communities in a strategic planning process. Plans must respond to the economic impact of closures on facility staff and the surrounding communities, as well as sustainable, data-driven strategies to reinvest cost savings from youth detention and correctional facility closures into proven, effective youth justice programs and services.
Categories
- Category 1: Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration: Planning and Feasibility Assessments.
- Category 2: Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative: Implementation.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards
- Category 1: $500,000
- Category 2: $1,000,000
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation $6,500,000.00
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) 36.
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, Native American Tribal governments (Federally recognized), State governments
- An applicant entity may submit more than one application, if each application proposes a different project in response to the solicitation. Also, an entity may be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.
- OJJDP will consider applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.