Project Grant H79SP081101

The Community Collective for Youth and Family Resilience and Violence Prevention (CCYFR) project will deliver evidence-based interventions and programs to help families impacted by violence in Boulder and Broomfield counties, Colorado. Funded by a $900,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818), the University of Colorado will lead a...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) provides $1,000,000 to Community Youth Network, Inc. (CYN) to reduce youth violence and improve school safety and climate in Grayslake, Illinois. Through a partnership with Waukegan High School and Middle Schools, CYN will deliver restorative practices, peace circles, trauma-informed counseling, and...

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...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $523,234 Cooperative Agreement under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) program to Collective Action For Youth. The project will run from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 and aims to work with the community to create safeguards that steer youth and young adults towards positive goals. Key activities include: establishing regular coordination meetings,...

The Caddo Parish School Board (CPSB) in Louisiana will partner with the nonprofit Volunteers for Youth Justice (VYJ) to expand and enhance schools' capacity to prevent, intervene, and address high levels of violence in schools and the community. This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) will enable CPSB to hire three school-based mental health specialists and...

Chris 180, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence program. The award will support Project Violence Prevention, a comprehensive initiative to enhance the capacity of 20 Title I schools in Atlanta, Georgia to address and reduce youth violence and delinquency from October 2022 through September 2025. Key services include mental health support, classroom supports,...

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) will provide trauma-informed care and violence prevention services to middle school students in Austin, Texas through a $750,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The award period is from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the STOP School Violence Program, CARY will enhance its PeaceROX program at three Austin Independent School District middle schools serving...

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 Adult Friends For Youth (AFY), a non-profit organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 3-year project, titled "Empowering Schools: AFY's Approach to Address Youth Violence", aims to create a safer environment and reduce truancy and academic failure at Keelikolani Middle School and its...

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 The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY), a non-profit organization. The project aims to implement a comprehensive, trauma-informed, and evidence-based school-based violence prevention and intervention program across five middle and high schools in the Austin and Manor Independent School Districts in Texas....

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program), aims to reduce youth violence in Philadelphia schools. The project, "Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence: Penn Community Violence Prevention," will build on the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model through a series of evidence-informed violence prevention activities in three...