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This page provides access to past funding opportunities from OJJDP. Use the search filters below to help you find results for specific solicitations. From the results, select a solicitation title to view details about the opportunity as well as any resulting awards.

OJJDP FY 12 Local Mentoring Coordinator Program

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This program will support salary and related expenses for a coordinator who will develop or enhance a collaborative of existing mentoring services provided by multiple organizations for youth in a localized geographical area who are identified as being at risk or high risk of entering the juvenile justice system.

OJJDP FY 12 Court-Appointed Special Advocates Membership and Accreditation Program

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This project will support the development and expansion of state and local programs Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) programs, which serve abused and neglected children in need of advocacy before the courts. The project will enhance the capacity of these programs to recruit, train and supervise qualified volunteers, and support state CASA organizations that increase the capacity of local programs to serve children.

OJJDP FY 12 Children's Advocacy Centers Membership and Accreditation Program

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This award will support the operations of the National Children's Alliance (NCA) as the national membership organization and accrediting body of Children's Advocacy Centers. The National Children's Alliance will establish and maintain standards for accreditation among its membership, including local Children's Advocacy Centers, State Chapters of CACs, and multidisciplinary teams providing a coordinated response to child abuse. The National Children's Alliance will conduct accreditation review of its member programs.

OJJDP FY 12 National Juvenile Court Data Archive

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The National Juvenile Court Data Archive (the Archive) houses the automated records of cases that courts with juvenile jurisdiction have handled. This solicitation will fund the annual collection, verification, and analysis of data that documents the activities of the juvenile justice court system and its response to law-violating and at-risk youth.

OJJDP FY 12 Mentoring Best Practices Research

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This solicitation seeks to fund research studies that will inform the design and delivery of mentoring programs. OJJDP expects that the results of this effort will encourage a more effective utilization of resources as well as enhance the implementation of evidence-based best practices for juvenile mentoring.

OJJDP FY 12 Family Drug Court Programs

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The Family Drug Courts program builds the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian Tribal governments to either implement new drug courts or enhance pre-existing drug courts for individuals with substance abuse disorders or substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders, including histories of trauma, who are involved with the family dependency court as a result of child abuse, neglect, and other parenting issues.

OJJDP FY 12 Membership Support Services for Nonprofit Missing Children's Organizations

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The OJJDP FY 2012 Membership Support Services for Nonprofit Missing Children’s Organizations grant will support a membership organization of nonprofit organizations that serve the families of missing and exploited children, provide resources to law enforcement and community agencies that serve missing and exploited children, improve public awareness and education about child protection, and related purposes. This program is authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2012.

OJJDP FY 12 National Intertribal Youth Summit

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The award recipient will develop and implement the 2012 National Intertribal Youth Summit, a culturally appropriate youth leadership conference for at-risk American Indian and Alaska Native youth ages 14 to 17. This effort furthers the Department's mission by supporting the Tribal Justice and Safety initiative to increase engagement, coordination, and action on public safety in Tribal communities. The summit will examine critical Tribal youth issues, such as teen dating violence, substance abuse, suicide, delinquency, and gang involvement, and will focus on leadership development.

OJJDP FY 09 Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program

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The Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG) Program is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 376ee). The goal of the JABG program is to reduce juvenile offending through accountability-based programs focused on both the juvenile offender and the juvenile justice system. The objective is to ensure that States and Territories are addressing the specified program purpose areas and receiving information on best practices from OJJDP.

OJJDP FY 11 Demonstration Programs Division Grants

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OJJDP's Demonstration Programs Division Grants were established to provide grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance to organizations. This program is authorized by the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Pub. L. 112-110. The Council of State Government (CSG) Justice Center will convene a series of meetings of more than 100 leaders of the relevant systems and determine what policies, programs, and practices they agree would be most likely to improve outcomes for students who engage in misconduct in school.

OJJDP FY 11 Defending Childhood Technical Assistance

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The Defending Childhood Technical Assistance project will support an organization and/or a consortium of organizations to provide technical assistance to grantees and others during Phase II of the Attorney General’s Defending Childhood Initiative.