OJJDP FY 16 Reducing Reliance on Secure Placement and Improving Community-Based Responses for Girls At-Risk of Entering the Juvenile Justice System

Post Date

May 4th 2016

Application Due Date

June 20th 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

OJJDP-2016-9286

CFDA Number(s)

16.830

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Number of Awards

3

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses
Other

Eligible applicants are limited to units of local government, state agencies, federally recognized tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), and nonprofit and for-profit agencies. Eligible applicants must form a collaborative that includes at least one nonprofit (community-based organization) and one unit of local government or state or tribal agency. OJJDP expects that at least one member of the collaborative will have specialized experience serving the target population. OJJDP welcomes applications that involve two or more entities that will carry out the funded federal award activities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the other(s) must be proposed as subrecipient(s). The applicant must be the entity that will administer the funding and manage the entire demonstration project. OJJDP will consider only one application per lead applicant; however, a subrecipient may be part of multiple proposals. (See page 5 of this solicitation for specific information about mandatory partnerships.) OJJDP may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $750000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $250000

Grant Description

The FY 2016 Reducing Reliance on Confinement and Improving Community-Based Responses for Girls at Risk of Entering the Juvenile Justice System will strengthen and expand the use of community-based and gender and culturally responsive programs for girls and promote the development of girls and their individual strengths. This program is authorized pursuant to paragraph (3)(D) under the Juvenile Justice heading in the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2016, Pub. L. No. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242, 2309.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via email to support@grants.gov. Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.
  
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• Agency Mailing Address:

  Email

• Agency Email Address:

  grants@ncjrs.gov

• Location:

  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

• More Information:

  Full Announcement