Deadline: 27 April 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding under the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Juvenile Justice System Enhancements.
This program furthers the Department’s mission to reduce crime and recidivism by providing funding to states, territories, localities, and tribal communities to enhance the juvenile justice system.
The Juvenile Justice System Enhancements program will support efforts to enhance systems that address public safety by holding offenders accountable and supporting child victims. This includes the juvenile justice system as well as those agencies responsible for investigating and prosecuting online child exploitation.
This program will provide funding to support states, territories, tribal communities, and units of local government to develop, implement, and test innovative and research-based responses to crime and other public safety and community challenges, as identified through data analysis. Challenges may include chronic crime problems, emerging crime problems, issues related to investigating and prosecuting online child exploitation, or barriers to juvenile justice agencies’ ability to address such problems, including those related to juvenile arrest, detention, referral to court, diversion, adjudication, disposition to probation, out-of-home-placement, other sanctions or services, and aftercare.
Goal and Objectives
The goals of this program are to support enhancements to the juvenile justice system and those agencies responsible for investigating and prosecuting online child exploitation.
Objectives include:
- Engaging stakeholders;
- Analyzing data and identifying drivers;
- Developing innovative or research-based responses;
- Implementing responses, and;
- Measuring outcomes. Deliverables include the implementation of policies, practices, and/or programs that enhance the juvenile justice system and reduce crime.
Funding Information
- Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award $500,000
- Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation $5,000,000
- Period of performance duration 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply:
- States and territories,
- Units of local government,
- Federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior).
All recipients and sub recipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
How to Apply
Applicants must register in and submit applications through Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=324810