Project Grant AID532F1200001

This $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, will fund the USAID YOUTH EMPOWER (EMPOWER) ACTIVITY in Jamaica over a five-year period from December 2023 to December 2028. The EMPOWER Activity aims to address risk and resilience factors influencing at-risk Jamaican youths' participation in crime and violence. The project will bolster civic education and...

This federal Project Grant award of $350,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (INL) under the Criminal Justice Systems (CFDA 19.703) program is focused on promoting criminal justice sector institutions and combating transnational organized crime, gangs, and corruption across select countries participating in the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). The primary awardee, Strategic Capacity Group, Inc., is a non-profit organization that...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $2,020,000 cooperative agreement to Financial Services Volunteer Corps to support the new Independent Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption (APLC) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from April 2021 through October 2024. The funding will support APLC's efforts to investigate and prosecute public corruption cases under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703), which...

The National Center For State Courts will assist the Judicial Branch of Costa Rica (Poder Judicial) to implement an institutional ethics training program through a $200,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement on February 21, 2023. The goal of the project is to increase the Poder Judicial's capacity to combat corruption within its ranks by delivering an ethics training program for all its personnel through February 28,...

Strategic Capacity Group, Inc. will provide correctional training services in Barbados through a $101,458 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703). As a nonprofit organization focused on law enforcement training and international development, Strategic Capacity Group will deliver correctional institution management training from April 2023 through February...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Pan American Development Foundation, Inc. under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to enhance regional knowledge regarding corruption and capacity to address corruption through judicial vetting, country corruption scorecards, and capacity building in Ecuador from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. As part of the award, $50,000 was provided to México...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Criminal Justice Systems (CFDA 19.703) program to Strategic Capacity Group, Inc. The grant aims to promote criminal justice sector institutions and combat transnational organized crime, gangs, and corruption across select countries participating in the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). The award supports Strategic Capacity Group's efforts to provide training,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program aims to reduce corruption, improve public service delivery, and empower citizens and communities in Uganda to demand accountability. The total award amount is $5,611,034 with a performance period from July 19, 2024 to July 18, 2028. The prime awardee is Research Triangle Institute (RTI International), a non-profit research...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $163,800 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Southeast Cockpit Country Local Forest Management Committee Benevolent Society (SE COCKPIT LFMCBS) in Jamaica. The grant aims to help smallholder farmers in Jamaica diversify their livelihoods and enhance community resilience in the face of intensifying weather conditions and agricultural pests. The funding will enable SE COCKPIT LFMCBS to increase its...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (INL) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Criminal Justice Systems (CFDA 19.703) federal grant program to Strategic Capacity Group, Inc., a non-profit organization, to promote criminal justice sector institutions and combat transnational organized crime, gangs, and corruption across select countries participating in the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). The award, effective May 1, 2025 through...