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 for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence. This program furthers the Department’s mission by combating victimization and reducing violent crime.
This solicitation provides funding for communities to develop and provide support services for children exposed to violence. Funding under this program can be used to develop support services for children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities; and to develop, enhance, and implement violent crime reduction strategies that focus on violent juvenile offenders. This program development and resource allocation decision by interested applicants should be based on currently available resources to the jurisdiction and gaps in services.
Goals
The goals of the program are to:
- reduce the incidence of violence through accountability efforts for juvenile offenders;
- respond to victimization of children whether as a result of violence that occurs in the school, community or family; and
- increase protective factors to prevent juvenile violence, delinquency, and victimization.
Objectives and Deliverables
The objectives and deliverables include the following:
- Enhance and/or develop and implement supportive services for children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities.
- Develop community-based approaches and crime-reduction strategies that focus on prevention and intervention of violent crime, and accountability for youth offenders.
- Provide outreach strategies to increase awareness and build the capacity of families and communities to help children exposed to violence.
- Applicants must propose and undertake their work through a multidisciplinary team of stakeholders, which may be either an existing collaborative group or one that is formed specifically for this project. A description of the team structure must be referenced in the program narrative and must be submitted as an attachment labeled “Planning Team.” This planning team should meet regularly throughout the project period to identify and address service gaps and barriers, and create a blueprint for a comprehensive network of services for children exposed to violence and their families; build the capacity of communities to help children exposed to violence; and prevent/reduce juvenile violent crime.
Priority Areas
In FY 2020, and in addition to executing any statutory prioritization that may be applicable, OJP will give priority consideration to applications as follows:
- Applications that address specific challenges that rural communities face.
- Applications that demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties.
- Applications that offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones).
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Period of performance start date: October 1, 2020
- 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,
- nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations), and
- institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).
How to Apply
Applicants must register in and submit applications via given website.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=324815