system-involved youth Archives

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

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

outh with behavior problems intervention and services program grants: teen boy in therapy with head in hand

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At-risk and system-involved youth development, prevention and treatment grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, At-risk/System-Involved Youth, Diversion, Youth Development, Community | Amount: Up to $1,500,000 | Deadline: Sept. 28, 2023

community youth violence prevention research grants: sad and troubled teen in grey hoodie talking to therapist

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Youth violence prevention research program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Violence Prevention, At-risk Youth, Youth Safety/Well-being, Research | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Oct. 2, 2023

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.

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Community-based alternatives for system-involved and at-risk youth grants

GRANT FOCUS: At-risk/Troubled Youth, System-involved Youth, Youth Homelessness, Youth Incarceration | Amount: Up to $600,000 | Deadline: Sept. 11, 2023

foster care: Woman of color wipes tear during meeting with professional counselor

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Trauma-informed services for troubled foster youth grants

GRANT FOCUS: Foster Care/Youth, Trauma, Mental/Behavioral Health, System-involved Youth | Amount: $750,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023

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.

U.S. Homeless Student population report: homeless student sleeping on park bench

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News

Report: Fewer teens in foster care, but less than half find permanent homes

By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.

alternatives to youth incarceration 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

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)

girls in juvenile justice support grants: young brunette girl in orange detention garb looking at camera from behind bars

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Girls in the juvenile justice system support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Young Women/Girls, Juvenile Justice, System-involved Girls, Youth Welfare | Amount: Up to $800,000 | Deadline: May 23, 2022

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Juvenile/youth indigent defense improvement grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, System-involved Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Youth in Poverty | Amount: Up to $900,000 | Deadline: May 17, 2022

Apprenticeships for juvenile offenders: youth learning how to work intricate machinery

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Guest Opinion Essay

Apprenticeships should be part of programming for juvenile offenders

One of the strongest elements of our diversion agreements was a structured community service program. The most successful programs treated juvenile referrals...

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...