Project Grant YEPMP140083

This Cooperative Agreement award of $523,233 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) funds the implementation of "Operation Connected Response" by Starry, Inc., a non-profit organization in Georgetown, Texas. The program aims to equip law enforcement officers across Texas with the knowledge and skills to effectively and compassionately interact with individuals, particularly...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health (DPH). This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will enhance the existing Trauma Prevention Initiative (TPI) by increasing accessibility of mental health and healing services for youth and young adult survivors of violence aged 14-30 in five...

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 $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...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $223,200, was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548). The award will fund the National Youth Violence Prevention Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program, led by Justice Innovation Inc. dba the Center for Justice Innovation and its partners John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Cure Violence Global, and the Center for...

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...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Scholarship Prep under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The project, "Creating Community Change: Addressing the Traumas of Homeless Students and Other Vulnerable Youth," aims to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to prevent and respond to community violence affecting vulnerable youth, especially those...

The Asian Media Access Inc. received a $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) to implement the "Project SUPPORT" violence prevention program. The project aims to develop and expand school safety strategies among Minnesota's culturally-specific charter schools to promote positive, supportive school climates and prevent violence targeting Black,...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) provides $1,000,000 in funding to the Moses-Weitzman Health System, Inc. to implement the "Heal Our Youth" program. The 10-week intervention combines restorative justice and mindfulness training for 240 high-risk youth in Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York, with the goal of reducing community violence exposure. The program, which...

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...