NIJ FY 2010 Evaluation of Programs to Reduce Gang Membership, Crime and Violence

Post Date

April 12th 2010

Application Due Date

June 10th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

NIJ-2010-2428

CFDA Number(s)

16.560

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Research and Evaluation

Number of Awards

30

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

NIJ is seeking proposals to conduct process and outcome evaluations on programs aimed at reducing gang membership and gang-related crime and violence for both adults and juveniles. Since 2000, there has been a steady increase in gang membership and in gang-related crime and violence (Dinkes, Cataldi, Kena et al., 2006). Faced with increasingly limited resources, many communities are struggling to address this problem. Although there are numerous multi-strategy, community-level programs attempting to address gang issues, there is a need for rigorous evaluations to determine program efficacy. NIJ seeks evaluations—using the most appropriate and rigorous methods—that examine gang prevention and/or intervention programs.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For technical problems contact: Grants.gov Helpdesk at 1-800-518-4726, support@grants.gov; For programmatic issues contact: Louis Tuthill, Social Science Analyst, at 202-307-1015, Louis.Tuthill@usdoj.gov

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Point of Contact E-mail Address

• Agency Email Address:

  Louis.Tuthill@usdoj.gov

• Location:

  National Institute of Justice

• More Information:

  Link to solicitation document