Block Grant 2020GPBX0064

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $266,635 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) formula grant to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OOCJS) to implement a 36-month violent crime reduction initiative in the Southern District of Ohio. The grant will fund a collaborative approach between federal, state, and local law enforcement and community partners to prioritize and deliver evidence-based violent crime prevention and enforcement efforts in...

This $253,076 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will support the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative in the Southern District of Ohio through September 2025. Administered by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio and awarded to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, the funding will help address persistently high rates of violent crime, especially in urban centers, through evidence-based...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $242,820 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Formula Grant (CFDA 16.609) to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. The 36-month grant will support the Southern District of Ohio PSN initiative, which aims to reduce violent crime, especially in the urban centers of Franklin, Hamilton, and Clark Counties. The project will utilize evidence-based practices and a systematic, data-driven approach to enhance violent crime prevention, targeted...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $244,853 Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) Formula Grant to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OOCJS). The grant funding will be used to implement evidence-based violence reduction demonstration projects, support a Regional Crime Analysis Task Force (CATF), oversee fiscal management and reporting, and collect data on OOCJS' Project Safe Neighborhoods activities. The grant will benefit the eight cities in the Northern Ohio Violent...

The Ohio Public Defender Commission (OPD) has been awarded a $729,539 Project Grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will fund a reentry support and service coordination program for youth in Ohio who are released from the Ohio Department of Youth Services. Key program activities include creating a survey to assess youth and family needs, training staff on a screening tool to identify strengths...

The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court was awarded a $700,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to pilot an adult drug court model incorporating mental health services. The Court will pilot a post-adjudication Mental Health-Adult Drug Court Docket Pilot Program (MH-ADC Docket) serving 40-50 unduplicated clients annually over a 12-24 month period starting...

The Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry in Cleveland, Ohio will receive $1 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant funds the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program to provide reentry services to at least 450 citizens at moderate to high risk of reoffending upon release from incarceration in Cuyahoga County. Services will be delivered by Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry and three sub-awardees....

The federal Project Grant award of $525,000 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), under the CFDA 16.543 - Missing Children's Assistance program, will expand interventions and treatment in Cuyahoga County, Ohio for youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior, as well as provide treatment and services for child victims of such youth and their non-offending caregivers. The three-year project, awarded to the Cleveland Cuyahoga County Child Advocacy Center...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $500,000 to the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department through the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to support community policing efforts from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The funding will allow the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department to enhance public safety in Cleveland, Ohio through collaborative...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to the Northern Ohio Recovery Association (NORA), a minority and woman-owned non-profit organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. The grant funding will allow NORA to expand its Jumpstart for a Better Tomorrow (JSBT) mentoring program to serve 150 unduplicated middle school youth, primarily African American students aged...