Cooperative Agreement 72053819LA00001

This Project Grant award for $500,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program is supporting the development and evaluation of a toolkit to engage youth in data-driven civic innovation. The project aims to create a suite of data and technology tools to empower youth-led community engagement, strengthen social cohesion, and support youth mental health and wellbeing. Key activities include co-designing tools for community...

This $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, will fund the USAID YOUTH EMPOWER (EMPOWER) ACTIVITY in Jamaica over a five-year period from December 2023 to December 2028. The EMPOWER Activity aims to address risk and resilience factors influencing at-risk Jamaican youths' participation in crime and violence. The project will bolster civic education and...

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...

This $425,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.548 Delinquency Prevention Program) aims to address high rates of youth mental health issues and substance use in York and Polk Counties, Nebraska. The initiative will partner with local schools, health departments, and community organizations to implement targeted interventions, including regular mental health screenings, counseling services,...

Through a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program), Youthpower365 will implement the Family-Centered Youth Violence Prevention Program. This project aims to deepen the existing partnerships between the Eagle County School District, Youthpower365, and Mountain Youth to expand and enhance youth violence prevention strategies. Key activities will include hiring a...

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 Youth Action Project, Incorporated was awarded a $476,641.95 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the period of October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726), which aims to improve outcomes for at-risk and high-risk youth through the provision of mentoring services. Under this award, Youth Action Project, Inc. will deliver mentoring...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS) to provide a mentoring program called "Youth Averted from Delinquency (YAD)" to 90 juvenile justice system-engaged youth ages 10-17 in Kerr County, Texas over three years. The YAD program aims to improve outcomes for this population through evidence-based group mentoring,...

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) will provide trauma-informed care and violence prevention services to middle school students in Austin, Texas through a $750,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The award period is from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the STOP School Violence Program, CARY will enhance its PeaceROX program at three Austin Independent School District middle schools serving...

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,...