Block Grant 2019RJBX0007

The City of Hartford, Connecticut will receive $1.4 million under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The grant will fund the introduction of an innovative program to connect and support justice-involved youth through March 2025. The program aims to customize interventions for participants based on their readiness for change. It incorporates cross-agency coordination and culturally...

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), Division of State Police Offender Registry Unit in Connecticut received a $340,532 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs through the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). This 3-year grant, awarded on December 8, 2023, will allow DESPP to hire temporary personnel to investigate open sex offender registration violation cases, update offender records...

The University of New Haven received a $1,046,560 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention program (CFDA 16.540). The three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will support efforts to restore Connecticut youth involved with or at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system. Specifically, the Center for Children's Advocacy will provide...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $2,000,000.00, was provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) (CFDA 16.554). The award supports multiple projects for the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), the Connecticut Judicial Branch, and the Connecticut Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS-CT) Governing Board. Key activities...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) provides $1,857,500 to expand mentoring services and social-emotional learning (SEL) delivery in five Connecticut communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic. The Governor's Partnership To Protect Connecticut's Workforce, Inc. (dba Governors Prevention Partnership) is partnering with Big Brothers Big...

This $256,364 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.593 - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program) will support the Connecticut Department of Corrections' (CT DOC) efforts to provide residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and reentry services to incarcerated individuals in Connecticut over a 4-year period from October 2024 to September 2028. The key objectives are to: 1) Enhance CT DOC's ability to...

The Connecticut Judicial Branch received a $593,985 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) to create and implement a new adult probation risk assessment instrument for male and female probation clients. The 3-year project, spanning from October 2024 to September 2027, will involve four phases: (1) initial item development, (2) item refinement and pilot testing, (3) item standardization and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut received a $499,539 Formula Grant award from the Administration on Children Youth and Families (ACF) under the State Court Improvement Program (CFDA 93.586), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award supports court process enhancements, judicial training, data system integration, and specialized programming for child welfare proceedings within Connecticut's state court system. The State Court...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The Connecticut Judicial Branch received $1.75M in funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) through a Cooperative Agreement effective July 1, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2029. The award supports the Protection Order and National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvements Project, which will establish secure, automated systems to record and report...

This Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime provides $15,626,659 to the Judicial Branch of the State of Connecticut from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 under the Crime Victim Assistance (CFDA 16.575) federal grant program. The funding supports crime victim services throughout the state delivered by sub-awardees including mental health counseling, case management, advocacy, information and referral, and compensation application...