Project Grant USIP150615112

Justice Innovation Inc. will provide youth violence prevention services and programs under a $926,299 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The award will support the Newark Community Solutions-Youth Violence Prevention project to develop coordinated community and justice system responses to violence impacting youth in Newark, New Jersey. Key deliverables include convening a multidisciplinary planning team to inform...

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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to After-School All-Stars, doing business as Inner City Games Foundation, under the STOP School Violence grant program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support a 3-year project to reduce violence and improve safety in high-need communities surrounding 5 Title I school sites in Newark, New Jersey. Through after-school mentoring, social-emotional learning, and...

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 Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative) awarded a $998,491 project grant to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to conduct a developmental evaluation of the Chattanooga United to Reduce Violence (CURV) community violence intervention and prevention initiative in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 3-year project will assist CURV stakeholders with data-driven decision-making, lay the foundation for...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $926,299 cooperative agreement to the Fund For The City Of New York Inc. under the Children Exposed to Violence program. The Fund will implement the Newark Community Solutions-Youth Violence Prevention project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Key services include convening a multidisciplinary planning team to inform youth-based violence prevention strategies,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (CFDA 16.026) program provides $496,834 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop and pilot test a prevention approach tailored for sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) and their caregivers to address adolescent relationship abuse disparities. The project aims to co-design an intervention with SGDY, caregivers, and community leaders informed by theories...

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...

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...

Through a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program), Youthpower365 will implement the Family-Centered Youth Violence Prevention Program. This project aims to deepen the existing partnerships between the Eagle County School District, Youthpower365, and Mountain Youth to expand and enhance youth violence prevention strategies. Key activities will include hiring a...