Cooperative Agreement SINLEC24CA5043

This $700,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems program (CFDA 19.703), aims to decrease juvenile recidivism and increase the utilization of rehabilitative juvenile justice methodologies and alternative sentencing measures in El Salvador. The award supports policy standardization and strengthening cooperation between the courts and CONAPINA, El Salvador's juvenile justice agency....

The Clc, Inc. will partner with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and community-based organizations to provide reentry services to 75 youth offenders for $750,000 through the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). Specifically, the Clc, Inc. Second Chance Act (SCA) Youth Offender Reentry Project (YORP) will demonstrate a model program for successfully supporting youth who are...

The Fundacion Patria Unida Fundacion Para La Conciencia Ciudadana will provide logistics support to the police in El Salvador to implement the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program. This $799,855 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement will support GREAT programming for at-risk youth in elementary and middle schools through February 2025. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the impact of transnational...

The Community Support Services Organization was awarded a $784,195 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to provide wraparound, trauma-informed services to 120 youth ages 15-24 and their families. The 3-year program will deliver 90 days of pre-release and 30 days of post-release services, including youth development workshops, case management, individual service plans, and community resource development. The program aims to...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $374,120 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Corporacion De La Pasion (SSPAS) in El Salvador. The grant supports SSPAS's efforts to create inclusive job opportunities for marginalized communities, particularly young people, in the San Salvador metropolitan area. The funding enables SSPAS to collaborate with private sector companies to provide training on workplace practices, build emotional resilience,...

This $784,194 Project Grant award from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) supports Sbcs Corporation, a non-profit organization in Chula Vista, California, in assisting youth to successfully transition from juvenile residential facilities back to their communities. The key objectives are to: 1) Expand and strengthen prosocial, evidence-informed programming for youth in long-term custody and reentering the...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Guara Bi Inc., a non-profit organization based in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The funding will support Guara Bi in providing comprehensive pre- and post-release reentry services to 75 justice-involved youth ages 16-20 releasing from juvenile correctional facilities in Puerto Rico, as well as youth ages 16-20 in...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $300,000 to Fundación Segundo Montes (FSM) through April 2023 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean federal grant program (CFDA No. 85.750). FSM will assist young people ages 18-26 in El Salvador's Morazán department by training them in leadership and strengthening youth-led organizations and microenterprises. Specifically, FSM will support communities in Meanguera, Jocoaitique and San Fernando...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $329,675 Project Grant (CFDA 85.750 - IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs) to Asociacion Para El Desarrollo De El Salvador (CRIPDES) on September 20, 2023. The grant will support CRIPDES in strengthening the institutional capacity of Asociacion Intersectorial para el Desarrollo Integral de la Juventud de El Salvador (ADIJUVES), a youth-led organization, to promote the economic and social development of young people in two municipalities in the...

The Civil Society Anti-Impunity Initiative in El Salvador, funded through a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703), intends to build accountability in El Salvador through civil society legal action, civic education, and strategic communications from September 9, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Cristosal, Inc. will deliver products and services...