justice involved youth Archives

youth mentoring for rural, at-risk, justice-involved youth: happy teenage female with light hair and headphones around neck in therapy session

Rural, at-risk and justice-involved youth mentoring program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Mentoring, Rural Youth, At-risk/Justice-involved Youth, Youth Development | Amount: $308,333 - $358,333 | Deadline: Aug. 5, 2024

Substance abuse treatment, diversion: group of young people and counselor doing group therapy

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Building capacity of diversion for youth with substance abuse/mental health problems program grant

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Substance Use/Abuse, Diversion, Justice-involved Youth | Amount: Up to $6,000,000 | Deadline: June 24, 2024

Justice-involved youth arts program grants: young man with tattoo on arm working on drawing

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Justice-involved youth arts program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Arts/Culture, Arts Education, Juvenile Justice, Justice-involved Youth, Youth Recidivism | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: May 21, 2024

system-involved youth reentry project grants; team of young business people having meeting

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Youth reentry support and recidivism prevention program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Reentry, Youth Recidivism, System-involved Youth, Youth Safety | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: Apr. 15, 2024

juvenile youth defense improvement grants: young person's hand on chain-link fence

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Changing course in youth detention: Reversing widening gaps by race and place

A report finds widening racial and geographic inequities in youth detention since the pandemic.

expand use of diversion for juvenile justice system report; hand of youth on detention center fence

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Reducing racial disparities in juvenile justice program grant

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparities, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: July 11, 2023

mass incarceration of children report: young black boy in orange jumpsuit sits in cell

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Crimes against humanity: The mass incarceration of children in the United States

At least 32,359 individuals are in U.S. prisons because of crimes committed as children.

trafficking of girls: young, sad woman sitting on bed looking out window

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Child victims and witnesses support material dissemination grant

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Victims, Justice-involved Youth, Victim Support, Child Safety | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: June 12, 2023

youth-led projects, youth-led community projects grants: happy young black man in volunteer shirt giving thumps up with other youth volunteers in background

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Grants for community-based alternatives to youth incarceration

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Incarceration, Youth Welfare, Justice-involved Youth, Community | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: Apr. 11, 2023

at-risk youth development, education, job training grants: educator helping young white man learn something on computer

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Justice-involved and violence-impacted youth employment program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Justice-involved Youth, Youth Employment, Violence Prevention, Youth Development | Amount: Up to $4,000,000 | Deadline: Oct. 5, 2022

study says schooling for incarcerated youth is inferior: boy in juvenile detention holds book behind back as he walks in line with other detainees

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Study: Schooling for incarcerated youth is fragmented, inferior

Most of the 50 states have clearly designated which agencies are in charge of hiring teachers for incarcerated juveniles, creating teaching curriculum...

justice-involved LGBTQ youth support center grant: woman with red nail polish pointing at rainbow flag on her shirt

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Justice-involved LGBTQ+ youth support center grant

GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ+ Youth, Justice-Involved Youth, Juvenile Justice, Two-Spirit Youth | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: June 8, 2022

youth-led juvenile justice project grants: young black man in white shirt shaking hands with young white man in office setting

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Youth-led juvenile justice project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Leadership, System-involved Youth, Juvenile Recidivism | Amount: $25,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: May 18, 2022 (LOI)

Too many locked doors report: young minority youth leaning sadly against chainlink fence

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Too many locked doors: The scope of youth confinement is vastly understated

A new report from The Sentencing Project discusses how youth incarceration rates across the country are being systemically undercounted and what the...