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 Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $741,981 Project Grant under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) to Cecil County, Maryland. The three-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will support the county's efforts to address the impact of the opioid epidemic on children, youth, and families. Key activities include convening a youth/adult advisory group, implementing a youth voice awareness project, providing direct...
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 $741,975 Project Grant under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) to SRI International to implement the "Supporting Kinship Care to Improve Outcomes for Opioid-Affected Youth" project. This three-year project aims to enhance engagement, behavioral, and academic outcomes for opioid-affected youth in Lincoln and Nicholas Counties, West Virginia by providing training...
The Maine Department of Corrections will receive $607,300 from FY 2022 to 2025 through the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Formula Grant program (CFDA #16.540) to support juvenile justice system reform and youth diversion efforts. Key initiatives include developing community-based crisis response programs to minimize law enforcement involvement in youth behavioral health issues; improving access to evidence-based programs for system-involved youth;...
This $741,975 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842), aims to increase public safety in the Eastside Promise Zone by developing and implementing effective, data-driven, coordinated, and sustainable prevention and intervention strategies and evidence-based programs. The funding will be used to identify, respond to, treat, and support the needs of children born...
Utah State University (USU) was awarded a $739,322 project grant 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. Through its Opioid Affected Youth Initiative grant program, the agency aims to implement programs addressing public safety, intervention, prevention, diversion and treatment for children and...
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $567,627 Project Grant to Beginning New Outreach, Incorporated to deliver the Beginning New Outreach Opioid Affected Youth Program. This program provides mentoring, substance abuse prevention education using an evidence-based curriculum, and positive youth development services to youth ages 11-17 affected by the opioid crisis in Georgia and Alabama. The goal is to help participants voluntarily refrain...
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....
This $626,530 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) will support the Maine Department of Corrections in implementing a comprehensive approach to juvenile delinquency prevention, intervention, and juvenile justice system improvements. The funding will enable the state to develop and deliver a continuum of community-based services and programs, with a focus on...