This $750,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will support the Ninth Chancery Court of Mississippi's Juvenile Intervention Court Enhancement Project. The Project will expand treatment services to enhance family involvement, peer support, mentoring, and educational navigation for youth. These services aim to reduce substance use, promote recovery, and improve quality of life for youth, their families,...
The Harris County Juvenile Probation Department was awarded a $523,233 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) to implement the Harris County Opportunity Center Community Based Detention Diversion Program. The program aims to develop a comprehensive, trauma-informed community-based initiative that serves justice-involved youth with the goal of reducing racial and...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,061,433 Cooperative Agreement to the New Hampshire Judicial Branch, doing business as the Administrative Office of the Courts, under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The funding will be used to expand the capacity of Family Treatment Courts in New Hampshire, with a focus on establishing a new Family Treatment Court in Concord and increasing the capacity of the...
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded Families & Youth Inc. a $675,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to expand their Families & Youth Innovations Plus (FYI+) program in Las Cruces, New Mexico. FYI+ plans to establish a 24/7 crisis response model, implement trauma-informed care and diversion strategies, and enhance community-wide support services, including rural referrals from the Department of...
The Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators, in partnership with the WestEd Justice & Prevention Research Center and the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families, Juvenile Rehabilitation, was awarded a $741,975 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.842 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative). The grant will fund a comprehensive systems approach to identify, respond to, treat, and support children,...
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...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $730,000 Project Grant under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to the Douglas County Board of Commissioners in Douglasville, Georgia. The grant will fund the Douglas County Chance Court, a Juvenile Drug Treatment Court program, over a 4-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The program aims to: (1) reduce the stigma around substance use and mental...
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...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,080,000 Project Grant under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to the County of Cumberland in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The grant will fund the implementation of a Juvenile Drug Treatment Court program called "ASPIRE" (Approaches to Supporting Young People in Recovery Everyday) over a 4-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The...
The Hoopa Valley Tribe received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The grant will fund the enhancement and expansion of the tribe's Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court (JHWC) program, which provides culturally responsive, evidence-based substance use disorder treatment to court-involved youth and their families. The project aims to...