Deadline: 28-Jun-21
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 OJJDP fiscal year (FY) 2021 Delinquency Prevention Grants Program.
Goal: The goal of this program is to support state, local, and tribal prevention efforts to reduce risk factors and enhance protective factors to prevent youth at risk of becoming delinquent from entering the juvenile justice system.
Objective: The program objective is to implement evidence-based programs and strategies that meet the needs of at-risk or delinquent youth.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $10,000,000.00
- Category 1: State Delinquency Prevention Programs: $1,500,000.00
- Category 2: Tribal Delinquency Prevention Programs: $500,000.00
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 60
Deliverables
Deliverables include subgrants to units of local government to increase the availability and types of community-based delinquency prevention
programs within jurisdictions. Deliverables for tribal grantees include developing and implementing programs that address the needs of tribal
youth and enhance responses to juvenile delinquency in tribal communities.
- Category 1: State Delinquency Prevention Programs: States funded under Category 1 are required to provide subgrants to units of local government to increase the availability and types of community-based prevention programs to address the needs of youth who are at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system. Successful applicants are expected to:
- evaluate the capacity of eligible entities to apply for a subgrant under this program,
- give priority to eligible units of local government that demonstrate ability in developing data-driven prevention programs that include the use of evidencebased prevention strategies, and
- provide support to units of local government in carrying out the objectives of this grant.
- Category 2: Tribal Delinquency Prevention Programs: Tribal entities funded under Category 2 will support the development and implementation of programs that address the needs of tribal youth. Funding will be used to enhance responses to juvenile delinquency in tribal communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), State governments, Other.
- For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- To advance Executive Order Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333507
