Project Grant 90ZD0020

This $2,795,448 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.274 - YouthBuild) supports the delivery of comprehensive workforce development and youth empowerment services by the non-profit organization Bridging Families To Communities & Beyond. The grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, with a performance period through May 31, 2028, enables the organization to provide underserved youth aged 16-24 in the St. Louis metropolitan area with...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to the Be-A-Friend Program, Inc. (BAF-BBBS) located in Buffalo, New York. The three-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will fund the "Strengthening Community: Collaborative Mentorship for Children & Families Impacted by Incarceration" project. This initiative aims to provide transformative,...

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

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $12 million project grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025. Through its subrecipients, OIC of America will deliver workforce development services to 350 justice-involved youth and young adults in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Subrecipients will partner with local employers...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will fund the Brotherhood Crusade's "Proud to Be Me Young Adult Workforce Development and Career Readiness Initiative" in Los Angeles County. The initiative aims to: 1) Train and prepare low-income young adults of color aged 16-29 (with an emphasis on 18-24 year olds in South LA, Inglewood, Lynwood, Compton, and...

The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $498,971 Project Grant under the Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care program (CFDA 16.049) to Christian City, LLC. The funding will enable Christian City to develop and implement a replicable care model within THRIVE, a transitional independent living program serving youth ages 18-24 who have aged out of foster care in Georgia. THRIVE provides housing, education,...

Be Strong International Inc. was awarded a $500,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). The three-year grant, awarded October 1, 2021 and set to be completed by September 30, 2024, will support Be Strong International's comprehensive,...

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 Affirming Youth Foundation, Inc. will receive $1 million under a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA #16.839) to implement the Affirming Youth Family Neighborhood School Partnership from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The Partnership will enhance the capacity of schools in Miami, Florida to prevent and respond quickly to acts of violence through...

This $600,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will support the Transition to Independence Program (TIP) administered by the Fort Lauderdale Independence Training And Education Center, Inc. from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care program (CFDA 16.049), TIP will provide residential and supportive services to 75...