Project Grant 90SR0210

The Gang Alternative, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund Gang Alternative's multi-faceted Project BRAVE initiative to improve school security and reduce violence in Broward County Public Schools through September 2025. Key services include equipping educators and school resource officers to identify and respond to risks like...

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 Project Grant award of $749,994 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program supports Gang Alternative, Inc.'s "Project Frontliners" initiative. Project Frontliners is a targeted youth substance use prevention program focused on mitigating the onset and progression of alcohol, marijuana, and opioid use among Black and Brown...

Gang Alternative, Inc. was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative federal grant program. The grant will fund Project REWIND, which will provide comprehensive pre- and post-release services to 125 Black/Afro-Caribbean American youth, including Haitian Americans, in juvenile detention centers and correctional facilities in South Florida. Reentry...

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 Gang Alternative, Inc. received a $6 million project grant award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to provide career pathway training and workforce development services to at-risk youth in Miami, Florida. The grant aims to introduce 160 justice-involved youth ages 18-24 to employment through paid work experiences and industry-recognized certifications. Services will address essential skills...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to Adult Friends For Youth (AFY), a non-profit organization in Honolulu, Hawaii, under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). The grant will fund AFY's "O Ke Ala Maluhia (The Peaceful Way)" project, which aims to create safer communities by targeting high-risk youth prone to extreme violence and gang activity in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Oahu....

The Alliance of Concerned Men (ACM) was awarded a $2 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. The grant will support ACM's Violence Free Zone program expansion to serve youth and adults ages 5-35 in the Greenway community of Washington, D.C. through September 2025. The Violence Free Zone leverages formerly incarcerated mentors to...

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...

This Project Grant award of $227,000.00 from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) aims to combat rural crime and gang activity among youth in Pelham, Georgia. The "Creating Healthy Alternatives Neutralizing Gangs (CHNGE) Project" will deploy an operations analyst to implement data collection methods for identifying gang-affiliated youth and connecting them with mentors. This initiative targets...