Project Grant 90SR0108

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded $1,000,000 to P2L Pathways To Leadership, Inc. under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) on September 1, 2022 for a cooperative agreement ending September 30, 2025. Under this award, P2L Pathways To Leadership will implement the PREP (Peace, Respect, Equity and Purpose) project in partnership with three New York City Department of Education Title I schools...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Scholarship Prep, a non-profit organization, to implement a project titled "Creating Community Change: Addressing the Traumas of Homeless Students and Other Vulnerable Youth." The project aims to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to address the traumas of...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839), will evaluate a virtual reality-enhanced version of an evidence-based aggression and bullying prevention program called PRAISE (Preventing Aggression in Schools Everyday) for 3rd-5th grade students and their teachers. The study will conduct a cluster-randomized controlled trial to compare the impact of PRAISE with and without the integration of virtual reality...

The College Dreams organization will provide educational talent search services through the $554,750 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The two-year grant funds the PROJECT YOUTH+ EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH program from September 2021 through August 2023 under the TRIO Talent Search federal grant program (CFDA #84.044). Through this program, College Dreams will identify qualified disadvantaged youth with potential for postsecondary...

The City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) received a $999,998 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will be used to expand the DVP's School Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) program by hiring three additional full-time violence interrupters. This will allow each of the seven high-risk Oakland schools participating in the...

Kings Against Violence Initiative, Inc. (KAVI) will receive $1 million under a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to implement the NYC Enhancing School Capacity to Reduce Youth Violence Project. The goal is to reduce youth violence at four partner high schools in Brooklyn through staff training, family engagement, prevention programming, and improved communication between schools and the...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092) to Recapturing The Vision, International, Inc., a woman-owned, non-profit community development corporation. This 3-year grant, titled "RISE: Relationships Inspiring Positive Youth Development and Successful Transitions to Adulthood Through Evidence-Based Programs", will...

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and WestEd have received a $983,482 Project Grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to develop and test a Violence Intervention and Prevention Intercept Model (VIPIM) for evaluating ecosystem approaches to preventing violence in Boston. Over 4 years, the project will produce the VIPIM tool to identify entry points, outcomes, and coordination dynamics...

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 $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Interface Children & Family Services will implement its comprehensive Learn, Engage, Advocate & Partner (LEAP) violence prevention and intervention program in seven high-need middle and high schools in Oxnard, California. The LEAP program will help equip students, parents, and school personnel with tools to develop healthy communication, coping, and...