Project Grant 2007JLFX0055

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, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government. The grant will fund the Louisville Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Secondary Gang Prevention Program, which will hire a Project Specialist to coordinate a collective impact approach to reduce the number of youth recruited into gang membership within the...

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,...

This $8,911,329 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) supports the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) in implementing best practices and promising approaches for drug prevention programs targeted to youth in school and extracurricular settings. Key project activities include: developing and executing a...

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...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), through the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548), has awarded The Skills Center Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant to provide an array of sports-based youth development services for 50 minority middle and high school girls annually over a 3-year period. The program, titled "Tampa YES," will deliver trauma-informed, positive youth development programming that includes individual education plans, tutoring, mentoring,...

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...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $100,000 Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) project grant to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. The 12-month grant will fund the tribe's efforts to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for juvenile delinquency prevention, intervention, treatment, and aftercare services for tribal youth. The project will utilize a strengths-based approach to assess existing tribal programs and services, with the...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $223,200, was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548). The award will fund the National Youth Violence Prevention Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program, led by Justice Innovation Inc. dba the Center for Justice Innovation and its partners John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Cure Violence Global, and the Center for...