Block Grant 15PBJA23GG03318JAGX

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) will provide trauma-informed care and violence prevention services to middle school students in Austin, Texas through a $750,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The award period is from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the STOP School Violence Program, CARY will enhance its PeaceROX program at three Austin Independent School District middle schools serving...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $130,828 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Carroll County School District in Huntingdon, Tennessee. The grant, effective from October 2024 to September 2027, will be used by the school district to implement evidence-based programs to improve school security and promote a positive learning environment for all students....

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government. The grant will fund the Louisville Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Secondary Gang Prevention Program, which will hire a Project Specialist to coordinate a collective impact approach to reduce the number of youth recruited into gang membership within the...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast (BGCGC) will implement the Impact School-Based Mentoring Program (IMPACT) through a $1 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The goal of this funding is to curb escalating youth violence in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region through the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), which aims to improve school security and help prevent acts of...

The City of Birmingham received a $1,998,001 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. The grant will fund a 3-year project to expand the Jefferson County Family Resource Center's reentry services for court-involved youth ages 16-19. Key project activities include hiring four additional caseworkers, developing life-skills and restorative justice curricula,...

This five-year, $1.54 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will fund the Georgia Delinquency Prevention Program. The grant supports the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) and its goal of implementing evidence-based strategies to address unmet needs and combat youth delinquency through a continuum of prevention programs. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council of Georgia will oversee the...

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs awarded Justice Innovation Inc. $997,351 under the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.123) cooperative agreement effective May 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The award will support the South Bronx Youth Opportunity Initiative to reduce youth gun and gang violence in Bronx Community District 3, New York. Key deliverables include establishing a cross-sector collaborative working group, implementing outreach and...

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) was awarded a $702,519 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to hire "CARY Youth Advisors" and provide trauma-informed, school-based programming at three high schools in the Austin and Manor Independent School Districts. The CARY Youth Advisors will conduct the Aggression Replacement Training (ART) curriculum with 100 students per year over two school...

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) was awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Justice's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement a comprehensive, trauma-informed violence prevention and intervention program targeting 500 middle and high school students in the Austin and Manor Independent School Districts in Texas. The three-year project aims to address the needs of vulnerable youth who have exhibited signs of violence, victimization, and...

The City of Chattanooga was awarded a $1,999,187 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.045 - Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative) to implement the "Project Chattanooga United to Reduce Violence (CURV)" program. This initiative aims to build upon existing violence intervention and prevention efforts in Chattanooga, which has a violent crime rate 282% higher than the national average. The grant funding will...