Project Grant SLMAQM17GR006

Through this $425,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.548 Delinquency Prevention Program), the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court and Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Coordination will partner with Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children to implement a community-based participatory research initiative. This initiative aims to develop a healing-centered and positive youth...

This $523,234 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) supports the Mission of Restoration for Youth project in Bexar County, Texas. The project aims to: 1) improve understanding of racial/ethnic disproportionalities and disparities in the juvenile justice system; 2) strengthen youth and family voice; 3) connect youth and families to culturally responsive...

The Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership Inc. (Reg Youth) has received a $237,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The funding will support Reg Youth's StreetSafe Bridgeport program, an evidence-based violence interruption model using outreach workers and "credible messengers" to serve at-risk youth ages 14-24 engaged in or at high risk...

Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888), the nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...

The Center for Children & Youth Justice (CCYJ) has been awarded a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). This funding will enable CCYJ to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to up to five community-based organizations (CBOs) serving youth ages 12-24 in King County, Washington. CCYJ will focus on supporting grassroots and small...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, to implement the Youth Justice Initiative at South Brooklyn Community High School and John Jay School for Law. Over the 3-year grant period from October 2023 to September 2026, the Youth Justice Initiative aims to prevent violence and improve school climate by replacing punitive disciplinary...

Justice Innovation, Inc. received a $1 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Justice Scholars Network at the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Island from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The project aims to build capacity to prevent and reduce school violence through staff training in violence prevention, youth court, peer mediation, and...

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR), a non-profit organization, has been awarded a $250,000 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.548 - Delinquency Prevention Program). The award will support NICJR's efforts to strengthen and expand the Neighborhood Opportunity and Accountability Board (NOAB) model, which diverts at-risk youth from formal justice system involvement at the point of arrest...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS) to provide a mentoring program called "Youth Averted from Delinquency (YAD)" to 90 juvenile justice system-engaged youth ages 10-17 in Kerr County, Texas over three years. The YAD program aims to improve outcomes for this population through evidence-based group mentoring,...

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians will use a $508,245 formula grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Youth Program to retain a Juvenile Justice Coordinator overseeing the Tribal Youth Program through September 2026. The Coordinator will implement a mentorship program and continue an incentive program for at-risk tribal youth, oversee court-involved youth, and coordinate cultural activities to engage youth in traditions and sports....