Project Grant SKE50017GR0110

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...

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 support Roca Inc., a non-profit community development organization, in partnership with Lynn Public Schools, to provide prevention and intervention services to over 150 high-risk youth aged 15-18 in the Chelsea, MA area. The project aims to reduce youth violence and gang activity through a comprehensive...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was awarded a $450,000 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. The grant will support UNODC conducting criminal network disruption program activities in Kenya from October 3, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The EXBS program administered by the Department of State's Bureau of International Security and...

Kings Against Violence Initiative, Inc. (KAVI) will receive $1 million under a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to implement the NYC Enhancing School Capacity to Reduce Youth Violence Project. The goal is to reduce youth violence at four partner high schools in Brooklyn through staff training, family engagement, prevention programming, and improved communication between schools and the...

The Child & Family Service (CFS) will use a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to deliver a youth violence prevention program in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. The program, called "Ike Loa," will provide training to community partners who work with youth to help identify at-risk behavior and increase protective factors. CFS will also offer age-appropriate violence prevention classes to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $972,406 Cooperative Agreement under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818) to the University of Chicago. The agreement will fund the implementation of the Roseland Youth RISE project in partnership with Kids Off the Block and the Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative. The project aims to build the capacity of the Roseland community on Chicago's South Side to support...

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 Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island was awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) to implement the "Improving School Safety and School Climate in the St. Paul School" project. The project aims to prevent and reduce school violence in St. Paul School in Alaska by developing a school climate sustainability plan, implementing a culturally relevant...

Refuge Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million cooperative agreement by the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) to provide services from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022. The award will fund Refuge Inc.'s project "PROTECT, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER UNACCOMPANIED AND SEPARATED VULNERABLE REFUGEE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN NAIROBI." This project will contribute to meeting the basic needs...

Roca Inc. will receive $998,969 under a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to deliver violence prevention services in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The award is funded through OJJDP's STOP School Violence Program, which aims to improve school security and help prevent violence. Specifically, Roca will partner with Chelsea Public Schools to provide trauma-informed training to school staff and implement a cognitive...