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Funding Update
Be sure to check the OJJDP Web site (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp) regularly for the latest news on
OJJDP funding opportunities, including grant application information, deadlines, and links to the
Office of Justice Programs� online Grants Management System. To receive e-mail notification of new
funding opportunities, subscribe to JUVJUST via the OJJDP Web site.
Grant Awards
OJJDP awarded a number of program grants in
September 2003:
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The Drug-Free Communities Support Program
(DFCSP) made 180 new grant awards totaling
$17.2 million and also awarded $35 million in continuation
grants to 419 current grantees. DFCSP�s
Coalition Mentoring Program awarded 18 grants
totaling $1.3 million. A complete list of grantees is
available on the OJJDP Web site. |
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OJJDP�s Enforcing the Underage Drinking
Laws (EUDL) Discretionary Program: Community
Trials Initiative awarded five grants
of $960,000 each to develop comprehensive and
coordinated programs for addressing underage
drinking. The grantees are located in California,
Connecticut, Florida, Missouri, and New York.
The EUDL Block Grant Program distributed
$357,660 to each of the 50 states and the District
of Columbia. |
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The Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts
in America: Management Information Systems
Project awarded seven grants totaling $1.8 million
to help child abuse and neglect courts develop,
implement, and maintain automated information
systems that enhance compliance with the Adoption
and Safe Families Act of 1997. |
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OJJDP's Tribal Youth Program (TYP) awarded
30 new grants totaling almost $8.8 million to support
tribal efforts to prevent and control delinquency
and improve the juvenile justice system
for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN)
youth. Under the TYP Mental Health Initiative,
nine grants totaling $1.8 million were awarded
to tribal communities to provide mental health
services to AI/AN youth.
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