Project Grant 2020V3GX0150

The Richmond County District Attorney's Office (RCDA) and the Staten Island YMCA Counseling Service were awarded a $728,970 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.842 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative) to address the impact of the opioid epidemic on children, youth, and families in Staten Island, New York. The grant will fund the reconvening of the Staten Island Fentanyl and Overdose Task Force, which brings together community...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) to The Up Center, a non-profit family services agency in Norfolk, Virginia. The grant will fund a 3-year community-based Opioid Affected Youth Program that will utilize the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) to provide treatment and recovery services for up to 70 youth under 18 and their...

Beginning New Outreach, Incorporated will provide mentoring services to at-risk and high-risk youth affected by the opioid crisis and drug addiction in Columbus, Georgia through a $622,903 Juvenile Mentoring Program Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA #16.726) aims to improve outcomes for at-risk...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded SRI International a $741,975 Project Grant under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) to implement the "Supporting Kinship Care to Improve Outcomes for Opioid-Affected Youth" project. This 3-year project aims to enhance engagement, behavioral, and academic outcomes for opioid-affected youth in Lincoln and Nicholas Counties, West Virginia, by training and coaching...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $567,627 Project Grant to Beginning New Outreach, Incorporated to deliver the Beginning New Outreach Opioid Affected Youth Program. This program provides mentoring, substance abuse prevention education using an evidence-based curriculum, and positive youth development services to youth ages 11-17 affected by the opioid crisis in Georgia and Alabama. The goal is to help participants voluntarily refrain...

This federal Project Grant award of $400,000 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243). The Eighth Judicial District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada will use the funding to implement the HOPE (Helping with Opportunities for Parents to Engage in Treatment Services) program. The HOPE program will focus on providing residential inpatient...

The Center For Hope Inc. was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence federal grant program (CFDA 16.818) to enhance and expand its existing Kuji Program youth skills development and violence intervention program into a fully staffed violence response program. The Kuji Program will work with Center For Hope's violence intervention programs, Safe Streets...

The City of Columbus Department of Public Safety was awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)'s Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will fund the Rapid Response Emergency Addiction Crisis Team (RREACT) program, which aims to expand comprehensive, multi-disciplinary first responder-led outreach to stabilize households and increase access to drug/behavioral treatment for individuals with substance use...

Child Protect of Mercer County, 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 and other substances in Princeton, West Virginia. The funding supports the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative program and will allow Child Protect to provide mentoring, trauma-focused therapy, and...

The Prevention Empowerment Partnership (PEP) of Marshall University Research Corporation was awarded a $526,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative program (CFDA 16.842). PEP will use the funding to develop and implement the SHIELD Project, which will provide comprehensive, coordinated services to address challenges resulting from the opioid crisis impacting youth,...