This $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) will support Hennepin County's efforts to 1) increase access to opioid use disorder treatment for detained individuals, 2) improve housing stability for Native American residents needing treatment, and 3) expand distribution of naloxone to reduce opioid overdose deaths in African American and...
The Asian Media Access Inc. received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) to implement the "Project SUPPORT" violence prevention program. The project aims to develop and expand school safety strategies among Minnesota's culturally-specific charter schools to promote positive, supportive school climates and prevent violence targeting Black,...
The National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project, Inc. will use a $239,946 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and families impacted by opioids and other substances in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Specifically, the awardee will implement the Walking in Strength model in Indigenous communities to prevent and intervene in opioid...
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (VOALA) received a $702,864 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (OAYI) federal grant program (CFDA 16.842) to implement a program from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The program aims to improve public safety and health outcomes for at-risk youth under age 18 impacted by opioid and substance use disorders through...
The Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators (CJJA), in partnership with WestEd's Justice and Prevention Research Center and the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families, received a $741,975 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.842 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative). The grant supports a comprehensive systems approach to prevent, intervene, treat, and support children, youth, and families impacted...
Amudim Community Resources, Inc. was awarded $739,322 under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative federal grant program administered by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will support the development and implementation of coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth ages 10 to 17 and their families impacted by opioids and other substances in the greater New York and New Jersey area....
Gang Alternative, Inc. will use a $739,322 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and families impacted by opioids. The funding will support youth-focused prevention and treatment programming at the individual, family, and community level in high-poverty areas of North Miami Beach, Florida. Services will be provided under the...
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety received a $838,870 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The award supports the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention program (CFDA 16.540), which provides funding for state and local efforts to plan, establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate policies and projects to prevent juvenile...
The federal Project Grant award of $749,268.00 to A New Day Inc., doing business as New Day Youth and Family Services, was provided by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) program. The funding supports the "KALEIDOSCOPE" project, which targets young people ages 16-24 experiencing homelessness, disconnection, and marginalization in Albuquerque, NM - a high-risk population for opioid and substance...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $748,818 Project Grant to Beginning New Outreach, Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization, to deliver an evidence-based substance abuse prevention program curriculum paired with positive youth development (PYD) services. The project will focus on youth ages 10-17 in Muscogee County, Georgia, providing the Narconon: Truth About Drugs prevention curriculum and PYD services in areas such as...