Cooperative Agreement 2015MUBXK002

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) will provide $250,000 in training and technical assistance to state governments under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The grant period runs from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026. Specifically, the NGA Center will strengthen states' ability to comply with requirements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC), in collaboration with sub-awardees the National Center for Juvenile Justice and the Gault Center, was awarded $508,010 under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice's Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention program (CFDA 16.540) to conduct a rigorous multi-method, multi-site analysis of youth defense delivery systems, practices, and associated outcomes from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025....

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded $400,000 under the Indigent Defense federal grant program (CFDA 16.836) to the City of Philadelphia to support legal representation for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Specifically, the three-year project grant funding will be used to restructure the Children and Youth Justice Unit of the Defender Association of Philadelphia by recruiting and retaining specialized...

The Office of the State Public Defender in Louisiana is receiving a $425,381 Project Grant (Award ID: 15PJDP24GG00979JIDX) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Indigent Defense program (CFDA 16.836). The grant will fund Phase 2 of the East Baton Rouge Advanced Advocacy Project, a joint partnership between the East Baton Rouge Office of the Public Defender and the Louisiana Center for Children's Rights. The grant will add a...

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) will receive $2.4 million under a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice to advance the National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program through December 2025. Funded under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560), NCJFCJ will maintain the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,572,019 three-year Cooperative Agreement to Georgetown University's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, in partnership with the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and the Center for Children's Law and Policy, to establish and operate the Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice. The Center's objectives are to: 1) strengthen state and territorial compliance with the...

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) was awarded a $1 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention CFDA 16.540 program. Over a three-year period from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025, NCJFCJ and its collaborators will provide training and technical assistance nationwide to juvenile justice system practitioners...

The Southern University Law Center received a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.548 Delinquency Prevention Program) to support the Louisiana Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission (JJRAIC). The project aims to assist the JJRAIC in significantly improving Louisiana's juvenile justice system and reducing risks to youth safety in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems....

The Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services has been awarded a $425,142 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Indigent Defense program (CFDA 16.836). The purpose of this 3-year grant, with a project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, is to enhance the representation of youth charged with juvenile or criminal offenses throughout the state of Maine. Key activities include: Updating the standards of...

Just Detention International (JDI), in partnership with The Love More Movement (LMM), will provide $749,999.83 in training and technical assistance services under a cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime. The funding supports the Restoring Youth: Supporting Sexual Abuse Survivors in Youth Detention project within the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). Specifically, JDI and LMM will build the capacity...