Project Grant SES60024GR0024

The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) was awarded a $702,519 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to hire "CARY Youth Advisors" and provide trauma-informed, school-based programming at three high schools in the Austin and Manor Independent School Districts. The CARY Youth Advisors will conduct the Aggression Replacement Training (ART) curriculum with 100 students per year over two school...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Amikids, Inc. a $12 million Project Grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025. The grant will introduce justice-involved youth ages 15 to 18 to careers in the culinary arts industry through classroom training and paid work experiences. Specifically, Amikids and three sub-awardees—Amikids Greater Fort Lauderdale, Amikids White Pines, and Amikids Tampa—will...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026) will evaluate trauma-informed art workshops for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated survivors of gender-based violence. The $492,200 award to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will fund a waitlist randomized controlled trial to examine outcomes related to self-efficacy, hope, problem-solving, motivation to...

The Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services (DJJS) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to implement the Clark County Reintegration Program in Las Vegas, Nevada. The program aims to improve follow-up and completion of clinical services, and enhance the juvenile justice system's capacity to achieve positive outcomes for justice-involved youth exiting Spring Mountain Youth Camp placement. Key...

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 federal Project Grant award, with ID 15PBJA24GG00232BRND, was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The $963,000 award supports the Recidivism Engagement Network Training & Retention Initiative (RE-N-TRI), a collaborative program between the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice and Diphrent, Inc. The initiative aims to reduce recidivism, increase school attendance and graduation rates, and improve...

This federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) is designed to reduce recidivism, increase positive social skills, and create leadership development opportunities through civic engagement for ten young men who have previously or are currently involved in the justice system. The award funds a collaboration between The Bloom Project (Indianapolis, IN) and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,180,000 Project Grant to the County of Contra Costa, California to deliver the "Policing the Teen Brain (PTB)" training program to all patrol and probation officers throughout the county. The PTB training, developed by Strategies for Youth (SFY), aims to equip law enforcement with skills to divert young people from arrest and address racial disparities in juvenile justice...

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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $185,000 Project Grant to Strategies For Youth, Inc. under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). This funding will support Strategies For Youth's efforts to improve law enforcement-youth relations across the United States by providing training and developing policies for police interactions with youth. The grant aims to expand training programs to better equip officers in...