Project Grant CDS9924G0011

The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the Girls in the Juvenile Justice System program (CFDA 16.830) to The Woman's Opportunity Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (WORC) to implement the WORC GYRL program. The WORC GYRL program is designed to reduce risk factors and provide comprehensive services for girls aged 17 and under who are at risk of or involved in the juvenile justice system, with a focus on serving Black...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico received a $972,405 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.818 - Children Exposed to Violence) to implement the Puerto Rico Intervention, Diversion, and Education (PRIDE) program. PRIDE supports children and youth aged 6-18 exposed to violence in two high-crime, high-poverty public housing communities in Puerto Rico. The program provides a three-tiered system of...

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,...

The Pace Center for Girls, Inc. received a $525,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Girls in the Juvenile Justice System federal grant program (CFDA 16.830). The 3-year project aims to help up to 180 girls aged 11-17 in Broward County and Jacksonville, Florida heal from trauma, build pro-social skills, and reduce involvement in unhealthy behaviors. Key services provided include expanding the...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast (BGCGC) will implement the Impact School-Based Mentoring Program (IMPACT) through a $1 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The goal of this funding is to curb escalating youth violence in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region through the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), which aims to improve school security and help prevent acts of...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.035 - Preventing Trafficking of Girls) to Girl Power Rocks, Inc. in Miami, Florida. The grant, titled "Girls Intervention Program Plus (GIPP)," will fund a 3-year project to provide comprehensive direct services and community engagement to support hard-to-serve at-risk girls between the ages of 13-17 who are at greatest potential risk of human trafficking. Key...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the Girls in the Juvenile Justice System program (CFDA 16.830) to Civic Heart Community Services, a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas. The grant will fund the VOICES Program, an evidence-based wraparound model that addresses the needs of justice-involved girls aged 17 and younger in Harris County, Texas in a holistic, trauma-informed, culturally...

The Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc. was awarded a $425,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Girls in the Juvenile Justice System federal grant program. The three-year award running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 will support efforts to increase protective factors and improve juvenile justice system responses for girls involved in Alaska's juvenile justice system. Specifically, in...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $998,355 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Atlanta Growing Leadership Of Women, Inc. (Atlanta GLOW). The 3-year initiative, the Leadership Education/Equity and Advancement Program, will engage 700 low-income, minority, and/or disabled female youth (ages 14 to 17) in Atlanta and across 40% of counties in North Georgia in evidence-based mentoring, life skills...

Hoola NA PUA will provide prevention and early intervention services for at-risk and victimized girls through the HUAKAI MANA "JOURNEY TOWARD POWER" project grant awarded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime. Funded from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 with $437,910, this award supports the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program (CFDA 16.035). The purpose of this program is to fund prevention and mentoring services for girls at risk of or...