The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a 3-year, $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to Douglas County, Nebraska. This grant supports the Creighton University School of Law Juvenile Justice Legal Clinic in expanding its services to provide holistic legal representation, social work support, and restorative justice programming for youth and families in North Omaha. Key activities...
This $250,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will fund delivery of youth violence prevention services through September 2025 in Omaha, Nebraska. Douglas County will issue a $237,500 (95%) subaward to Reconnect Inc., a culturally specific nonprofit, to identify risk and protective factors for opportunity youth and their families using validated tools. Reconnect will provide prevention and early...
The Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded Douglas County, Nebraska a $981,034 cooperative agreement from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The award supports Douglas County's efforts under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention program (CFDA 16.540) to plan, establish, operate, coordinate and evaluate policies and projects to prevent juvenile delinquency. Specifically, the county will directly provide and coordinate services...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $963,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) to Pee Dee Healthy Start, Inc. to implement the "Bridging the Gap" program. The program aims to prevent and address juvenile delinquency among youth aged 14-17 in five South Carolina counties by developing a community-based delinquency prevention and education program, employing evidence-based assessment tools, and...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $549,693 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to Douglas County, Nebraska. The funding will enable Douglas County and the Charles Drew Health Center to expand their existing Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) cross-system collaborative. Specifically, the grant will fund three contracted positions to enhance services for youth detained at the Douglas County Youth Center...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.827 Justice Reinvestment Initiative) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Lancaster County, Nebraska to develop a Family Resource Center. The Center will serve as a single point of contact to integrate prevention and early intervention services and supports for youth under 19 experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Key services include crisis behavioral health screening, stabilization and...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,961,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), will fund the An Achievable Dream Enrichment and Discipline Reduction Program. This community-based initiative aims to prevent justice involvement among high-risk youth and their families in Newport News and Virginia Beach, Virginia. The key activities include increased mental...
The Douglas County Adult Drug Court Enhancement award provides $187,779 in funding from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The funding is provided by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The award will support Douglas County Nebraska in enhancing its adult treatment court program and services for individuals with substance use disorders involved in the criminal justice...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $963,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.753 - Congressionally Recommended Awards) to the Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. The grant supports the institute's initiative to expand behavioral health services for military families in the Odenton/Fort Meade area. The project aims to provide a three-tiered approach to intervention, including preventive services to equip families with...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will fund $1,241,168 in services for trafficking victims under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Douglas County, Nebraska will use the funding to respond strategically to missing, runaway and sex-trafficked girls of color through three key initiatives. First, $150,000 per year will support a Director of Missing and...