Deadline: 6-Jun-22
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program.
Goal: The goal of the Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program is to establish new and enhance existing family-based alternative sentencing programs for parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes. These programs will increase family preservation, improve parental attachment, increase healthy child development, prevent children from entering the foster care system, improve parenting skills, reduce the likelihood of future involvement in the criminal justice system, and reduce the financial impact on the criminal justice and/or child welfare systems.
Objectives
- The objective is to provide treatment and accountability to parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system by allowing them to remain with their dependent children under community supervision. OJJDP expects cross-system coordination and collaboration in the provision of services to children and families in alternative sentencing programs to ensure minor children remain connected with their parents in a structured and supportive environment.
- Other essential collaborators include justice-involved parents/primary caregivers, attorneys representing justice-involved parents/primary caregivers, community-based service providers that specialize in treatment, probation and community supervision, mental health service providers, child protective services, community health agencies, community-based organizations that specialize in family based alternative sentencing, and state and local corrections departments.
- Programs must work in partnership with a researcher or consultant to demonstrate the extent to which these programs result in cost savings for the criminal justice and/or child welfare systems in the long term.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,755,000
- Award Ceiling: $750,000
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/22 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Others
- County governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339530