Cooperative Agreement 2019MUMUK021

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 Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) received a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Judicial Training on Child Maltreatment for Court Personnel Juvenile Justice Programs (CFDA 16.757). This 3-year grant supports the development and delivery of a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, trauma-informed, and culturally competent training and technical assistance program. The program...

The County of Los Angeles Public Defender's Office received a $649,326 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Indigent Defense federal grant program (CFDA 16.836). This 3-year grant, running from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2026, will fund the Enhancing Youth Defender Services Project. The goal of this project is to implement enhancements to the youth defense delivery system in Los Angeles County,...

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

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...

The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC), a U.S. state government entity, has received a $649,327 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Indigent Defense grant program (CFDA 16.836). The funding will establish a statewide youth defender trial simulation program in Michigan from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. This multiyear training program aims to prepare local juvenile defense systems to meet MIDC...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) program provides $2,000,000 in funding over a 3-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The grant supports the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), a non-profit organization, to maintain and expand the National Juvenile Court Data Archive. The key products and services delivered include: Collecting, processing, and...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded $2.7 million to the Zero Abuse Project under the Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers program (CFDA 16.758) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under this cooperative agreement, Zero Abuse Project will expand its Trauma-Informed Prosecutor Project national training and technical...