Cooperative Agreement 2019PBFXK002

The Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to the Moses-Weitzman Health System, Inc. to implement the "Heal Our Youth" program. This 10-week, community-engaged intervention combines restorative justice and mindfulness training to prevent community violence among high-risk youth in Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York. The project aims to reduce community...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to Adult Friends For Youth (AFY), a non-profit organization in Honolulu, Hawaii, under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). The purpose of the "O Ke Ala Maluhia (The Peaceful Way)" project is to create safer communities by targeting high-risk youth prone to extreme violence and gang activity in disadvantaged areas of Oahu. The project...

The Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership Inc. (Reg Youth) has received a $237,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The funding will support Reg Youth's StreetSafe Bridgeport program, an evidence-based violence interruption model using outreach workers and "credible messengers" to serve at-risk youth ages 14-24 engaged in or at high risk...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, to implement the Youth Justice Initiative at South Brooklyn Community High School and John Jay School for Law. Over the 3-year grant period from October 2023 to September 2026, the Youth Justice Initiative aims to prevent violence and improve school climate by replacing punitive disciplinary...

The Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, has been awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). Through this three-year grant, the Center for Justice Innovation, in partnership with the City School District of New Rochelle, Choice of NY, and other community organizations, will implement the Youth Justice...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Citizens For Safe Yakima Valley Communities (doing business as Citizens For Safe Communities) to operate the Safe Yakima Youth Mentoring Program. This 3-year program will engage 300 youth aged 10-17 who are receiving substance use disorder treatment or have parents in treatment. The program provides 39 hours of one-on-one mentoring, 10 hours of drug prevention training using...

The Houston Police Department (HPD), in partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston (BGCGH), received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will support the next phase of the Positive Encounters project, a trust-building initiative that will serve 300 or more 6th through 9th grade youth in...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $825,000 Cooperative Agreement to Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, to implement the Brooklyn Youth Healing Initiative (BYHI) under the Children Exposed to Violence (CEV) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 16.818). Over a three-year period, BYHI aims to provide a holistic, community-driven strategy to support children and youth in the Central Brooklyn, New York...

The City of Los Angeles Police Department was awarded a $997,351 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.123). The award's GET-IT-STRAIGHT PROGRAM will provide 12-week delinquency prevention training sessions consisting of intake and assessment, comprehensive case management, mental health services, and healing circles for at-risk youth...

Justice Innovation Inc. will provide youth violence prevention services and programs under a $926,299 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The award will support the Newark Community Solutions-Youth Violence Prevention project to develop coordinated community and justice system responses to violence impacting youth in Newark, New Jersey. Key deliverables include convening a multidisciplinary planning team to inform...