Deadline: 27 August 2018
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) 2018 Gang Suppression Planning Grants Program.
The Gang Suppression Planning Grants Program is designed to reduce violent crime, gangs, and victimization and promote public safety in communities through planning support to eligible localities to build capacity for a multilateral data-driven strategy.
Goals
The overall, long-term goals of the Gang Suppression Planning Grants Program are to:
- Understand the jurisdiction’s gang landscape and be able to use data (gang intelligence) to develop effective gang control strategies;
- Reduce and sustain reductions in community youth violence, particularly gun and gang violence, and victimization;
- Prevent violence and promote healing from victimization and exposure to violence in the home, school, and community; and
- Increase the safety, well-being, and healthy development of children, youth, and families.
Award Information
- OJJDP expects to make up to five awards of up to $200,000 each, with an estimated total amount awarded of $1 million.
- OJJDP expects to make awards for an 18-month period of performance, estimated to begin on October 1, 2018.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. Units of local government include law enforcement agencies. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- OJJDP welcomes 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). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire project. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.