Project Grant 15PJDP21GG02757COIP

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $694,937 Project Grant under the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CFDA 16.831) program to Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC). The funding will support CPNYC's "Voices from Afar: Strengthening Connections between Children and Incarcerated Parents" program. Key activities include strengthening relationships with correctional facilities, facilitating trauma-informed trainings for...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $691,814 project grant under the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CFDA 16.831) program to the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD). The grant funding will enable DYCD to partner with the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) to expand a fatherhood initiative pilot at Rikers Correctional Facility. The goal of the fatherhood initiative is to empower...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $0.00 Project Grant to Civic Heart Community Services of Houston, Texas under the Children of Incarcerated Parents federal grant program (CFDA 16.831). The goal of this three-year grant project, running from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2020, is to develop and expand services that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their children to prevent violent crime, reduce...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $691,811 Project Grant under the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CFDA 16.831) program to Volunteers of America Northern New England (VOANNE). The grant will fund the "Uplifting Families Together" project, which aims to improve outcomes for incarcerated parents/caregivers and their minor children in York and Cumberland Counties, Maine. The project will implement programs and...

The Children's Trust of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Corrections will use a $741,960 award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop a family education program under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA #16.812). The program aims to reduce risk factors and improve protective factors for high-risk families with incarcerated parents by engaging parents and children in innovative...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.831 - Children of Incarcerated Parents) provides $691,814 to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to support their "Parents and Children Together (PACT)" initiative. The program is designed to assist fathers appearing before the Franklin County Common Pleas Court who are at risk of long-term incarceration, as well as incarcerated fathers in the Franklin...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Keiki 'O Ka 'Aina Preschool, Inc., a non-profit Native Hawaiian organization located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 3-year grant, titled "Supporting Keiki of Incarcerated Parents Hawaii," will fund a family-strengthening project designed to develop and sustain intentional mentoring relationships for 12 to 225...

This $1,089,110 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program will support the Hands On Children's Museum in Olympia, Washington to develop a toolkit for museum professionals on building programs for families impacted by incarceration. The project will partner with the Regnier Family Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City and the Sciencenter in Ithaca, New York to jointly design, test, and...

Through this $425,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.548 Delinquency Prevention Program), the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court and Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Coordination will partner with Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children to implement a community-based participatory research initiative. The goal is to develop a healing-centered and positive youth development-informed...

This $764,508 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.738 - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program) will support the Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) in evaluating, refining, and expanding its Parenting Sentencing Alternative (PSA) programs. The PSA programs are designed to reunify or keep incarcerated individuals with their children and families by providing access to parenting...