Project Grant 2020MUMU0019

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...

Gang Alternative, Inc. will use a $739,322 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and families impacted by opioids. The funding will support youth-focused prevention and treatment programming at the individual, family, and community level in high-poverty areas of North Miami Beach, Florida. Services will be provided under the...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), through the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548), has awarded The Skills Center Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant to provide an array of sports-based youth development services for 50 minority middle and high school girls annually over a 3-year period. The program, titled "Tampa YES," will deliver trauma-informed, positive youth development programming that includes individual education plans, tutoring, mentoring,...

The Affirming Youth Foundation, Inc. will receive $1 million under a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA #16.839) to implement the Affirming Youth Family Neighborhood School Partnership from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The Partnership will enhance the capacity of schools in Miami, Florida to prevent and respond quickly to acts of violence through...

The Gang Alternative, Inc. received a $6 million project grant award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to provide career pathway training and workforce development services to at-risk youth in Miami, Florida. The grant aims to introduce 160 justice-involved youth ages 18-24 to employment through paid work experiences and industry-recognized certifications. Services will address essential skills...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Adult Friends For Youth (AFY), a non-profit organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 3-year project, titled "Empowering Schools: AFY's Approach to Address Youth Violence", aims to create a safer environment and reduce truancy and academic failure at Keelikolani Middle School and its...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $963,000 Project Grant to Miami-Dade County to implement the Miami-Dade County Peace and Prosperity: Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative. This 4-year grant, effective from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2028, aims to address the root causes of gun violence by providing comprehensive programming and interactions to positively impact at-risk and system-involved youth. Key activities include paid...

This $600,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will support the Transition to Independence Program (TIP) administered by the Fort Lauderdale Independence Training And Education Center, Inc. from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care program (CFDA 16.049), TIP will provide residential and supportive services to 75...

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 U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The grant will support the enhancement and expansion of the Advance Peace Peacemaker Fellowship program to address urban gun violence in high-risk neighborhoods. Key project activities include multiple daily contacts, life management planning, social services navigation,...