Block Grant 2020MUFX0001

The Pace Center for Girls, Inc. received a $525,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Girls in the Juvenile Justice System federal grant program (CFDA 16.830). The 3-year project aims to help up to 180 girls aged 11-17 in Broward County and Jacksonville, Florida heal from trauma, build pro-social skills, and reduce involvement in unhealthy behaviors. Key services provided include expanding the...

This $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will fund Pace Center For Girls Inc. to deliver trauma-informed counseling, case management, and therapy programs to at-risk girls in Polk County, Florida. Specifically, Pace will provide its research-based REACH therapy program to 120 girls at Bartow Middle School and Girls Circle programming to 30 girls at the Polk County Sheriff's Juvenile Center. Pace...

The Muscogee County School District in Columbus, Georgia received a $998,567 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance through the STOP School Violence (CFDA 16.839) program. The 3-year project aims to prevent group-based retaliatory violence in schools by training educators, school resource officers (SROs), and students in restorative practices (RP). Key activities include: 1) Providing foundational RP training to educators and SROs, 2) Delivering...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $400,861 Project Grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc. to support post-pandemic academic acceleration programs in Gwinnett County, Georgia. This grant funding aligns with the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) federal grant...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $549,327 cooperative agreement to the Atlanta Regional Commission under the Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF) program. This project will expand access to three evidence-based falls prevention programs across the metro Atlanta region from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2027. As intended under the PPHF program, the Atlanta Regional...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women awarded Raksha Inc., a Georgia nonprofit organization, a $500,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). This 36-month grant will support Raksha's comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to...

This $999,685 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) supports the implementation of comprehensive school safety initiatives in the Bibb County School District (BCSD) in Georgia. The fiscal agent, This W.o.r.k.s Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization, will partner with BCSD to deliver the STOP BCSD project. Key products and services to be provided include: Schoolwide training and coaching in...

This Project Grant award of $227,000.00 from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) aims to combat rural crime and gang activity among youth in Pelham, Georgia. The "Creating Healthy Alternatives Neutralizing Gangs (CHNGE) Project" will deploy an operations analyst to implement data collection methods for identifying gang-affiliated youth and connecting them with mentors. This initiative targets...

Empower 225 will use a $499,985 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to deliver the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program. The three-year award will support prevention and early intervention services for girls at risk of sex trafficking in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Key services include providing evidence-based trafficking prevention curricula to 300 middle and high school girls; establishing a mentoring program for at-risk...

The Family Wellness Outreach Center of Georgia will use $900,000 in funding from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to deliver employment and vocational services to reentering adults in Southwest Georgia. The organization will establish a career training program guided by labor market needs to serve 102 individuals at high risk of reoffending across 14 counties. Primary activities will...