Project Grant 2015YXBX0002

The Kings County District Attorney's Office (KCDA) was awarded a $2,728,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The funding will support the Community Reentry and Support Project (CRSP), which will provide mobile mental health and wraparound services to individuals impacted by the criminal justice system, with a focus on those released to the community following arraignment. The...

The Kings County District Attorney's Office (KCDA) and Safe Horizons Anti-Trafficking Program (ATP) have been awarded a $842,999 Cooperative Agreement grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The grant, titled the "Brooklyn Human Trafficking Task Force (BKHTTF)", will support a multi-system response to assist victims of all types of trafficking in New York and nationwide. Key objectives...

The Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County, in partnership with Empower, Assist, Care Network and others, has been awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program). The grant will fund the Justice Innovation for Bronx Youth Program, an innovative, interdisciplinary, alternative-to-incarceration pilot program that serves youth...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $425,000 Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) Cooperative Agreement to the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD). The funding will support DYCD's efforts to establish a robust continuum of care tailored to youth at risk of juvenile justice involvement or currently within the system. Key project activities include appointing a Continuum Coordinator to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (CFDA 16.738) program to the Bronx District Attorney's Office. The goal of this 2-year grant is to reduce crime and increase public safety in a high-crime Bronx police precinct by developing and implementing a pre-arrest diversion program for low-level misdemeanor arrests. The key objectives are to: 1) identify and divert appropriate candidates...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, to implement the Brownsville Mentorship (B[ME]) program in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The goal of the 3-year program is to improve outcomes for youth involved in the juvenile justice system by increasing access to evidence-based mentoring services, training a diverse pool of credible messengers...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will provide services for at-risk youth ages 12-21 in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York. The grant aims to educate and foster relationships between the youth and the New York Police Department (NYPD) community workers. The funding will support a youth center that offers a range of programs including a computer technology...

Adult Friends For Youth (AFY), in partnership with the Honolulu Police Department, will implement an early mobile assessment center (MAC) intervention program to divert 100-150 female youth ages 8-17 from entering the juvenile justice system in Honolulu, Hawaii under this $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The three-year grant period runs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The Girls...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to Justice Innovation Inc. doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation and its partners. This 3-year grant will support activities to improve the capacity of courts and communities in Kings County and Richmond County, New York to respond to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to Safe Horizon, Inc. to implement a comprehensive project addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Kings County, New York. The grant supports the following key activities over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027: Providing advocacy services, including safety planning, court...