The delaware criminal justice coordinating council will use the FY 2025 title II formula grants program funds to enhance the state's juvenile justice system and services available statewide so that…

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded the Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware, operating as the Criminal Justice Council, $485,413 on July 1, 2026, under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention program (CFDA 16.540) to enhance Delaware's juvenile justice system and services statewide through early delinquency prevention programming, mental health services, and alternatives to arrest.

The Criminal Justice Council will distribute funds through its state advisory group to support programs addressing three priority areas: mental health services, alternatives to arrest, and delinquency prevention. The funding enables juveniles at risk for or already in the justice system to receive early intervention while being held accountable to the public, themselves, and the criminal justice system.

The award period runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030, with place of performance in Wilmington, Delaware. This is a formula grant under the Title II Formula Grants Program, which supports state and local efforts to plan, establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate policies and projects for the development of more effective education, training, prevention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation within the juvenile justice system.

The delaware criminal justice coordinating council will use the FY 2025 title II formula grants program funds to enhance the state's juvenile justice system and services available statewide so that juveniles at risk for or already in the justice system are provided with early delinquency prevention programming, held accountable to the public, themselves, and to the criminal justice system. Delawares state advisory group will select programs representing the states 3-year plan programs areas of interest:mentalhealthservices, alternativestoarrest, anddelinquencyprevention.