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FY 2003 OJJDP DISCRETIONARY CONTINUATION PROGRAMS-TRAINING

Award Information

Award #
1995-JD-MU-K001
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
1995
Total funding (to date)
$11,165,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 1995, $750,000)

Project Summary for 1995-JD-MU-K001

Since 1995, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) has operated the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). NYGC assists policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in their efforts to reduce youth gang involvement and crime by contributing information, resources, practical tools, and expertise towards the development and implementation of effective gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies. IIR proposes to continue and expand these efforts during the period October 1, 2003, through September 30, 2006, through an award of $2,000,000 to continue Cooperative Agreement Number 95-JD-MU-K001, and by funding provided by existing Cooperative Agreement Number 2000-JD-FX-001. Tasks over the three-year period are grouped into three core functions: (1) conducting a national gang problem assessment,
(2) developing resources for the field, and (3) providing technical assistance and training to communities participating in OJJDP gang programs. Some current activities will continue, others will be modified, and still others will be new, in support of OJJDP's Gang Reduction Program (GRP) and a new emphasis on providing a coherent body of targeted and practical resources for practitioners, policymakers, and stakeholders from various disciplines.

NCA/NCF

Date Created: March 16, 1995