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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Minority Youth, Youth Incarceration, Institutionalized Racism
Deadline: Dec. 17, 2019
“American Samoa, Connecticut, Guam, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Northern Mariana Islands, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming have chosen not to participate or have been found ineligible to participate in the Formula Grants program under Title II, Part B, of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act. As authorized under the JJDP Act, private nonprofit agencies and local public agencies in these states/jurisdictions are eligible to receive funding that OJJDP will competitively award through this solicitation.
The overall goal is to develop, support, and enhance the capacity of a nonparticipating state to implement comprehensive, evidence-based programs that involve collaboration with interested key partners (including law enforcement; juvenile justice; court services; detention, corrections, jails, lockups, and other law enforcement facilities; youth-serving agencies; service providers; SAGs; and nonprofit organizations) to support:
- Deinstitutionalization of status offenders (DSO): Eliminating or preventing the placement of nonoffending youth and status offenders, such as runaways or truants, in secure detention or correctional facilities;
- Separation of juveniles from adult inmates: Ensuring sight and sound separation of juveniles from adult inmates in secure facilities (such as adult jails, lockups, and secure detention and correctional facilities);
- Removal of juveniles from adult jails and lockups: Eliminating the detention or confinement of juveniles in adult jails and lockups; and
- Disproportionate minority contact (DMC): Addressing juvenile delinquency prevention and system improvement efforts designed to reduce the disproportionate number of juvenile members of minority groups who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.”
Funder: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Eligibility: Private nonprofit agencies and local public agencies (including tribal agencies) in American Samoa, Arkansas, Connecticut, Guam, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Northern Mariana Islands, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Amount: Up to $7,523,237
Contact: Link.
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