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 the JUVJUST listserv via the OJJDP Web site.

Girls Study Group

OJJDP received 31 applications from organizations and agencies interested in convening a group of researchers and practitioners to help OJJDP identify strategies for combating female delinquency. Peer review of the Girls Study Group applications is currently underway. One 2-year cooperative agreement will be awarded. OJJDP expects to announce the award in early 2004.

ICAC Task Force Program

The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program supports regional task forces that address the use of online technology to victimize children. The FY 2004 ICAC Task Force Program solicitation, which will be available soon, will target areas that do not currently have ICAC Task Forces. Therefore, the 2004 solicitation will be limited to Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, Oregon, West Virginia, and the Northern Virginia/Washington, DC, metro area (excluding Maryland).

Drug-Free Communities Support Program

The Drug-Free Communities Support Program funds efforts of community coalitions to reduce substance abuse among youth. At the time this newsletter went to press, OJJDP anticipated that the FY 2004 solicitation for this program would be available in early 2004.

Formula Grants

As noted in the March/April 2003 issue of OJJDP News @ a Glance, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 2002 consolidates seven previously independent programs into a single prevention block grant program. Block funding, through Formula Grants and Title V Community Prevention Grants, goes to states and territories and is administered by Designated State Agencies that distribute the funds through subgrants. With the anticipated addition of South Dakota, 55 states and territories participate in the Formula Grants program.

The JJDP Act of 2002 reaffirmed the four core requirements that participating states and territories must address to receive grants under the JJDP Act:

Deinstitutionalization of status offenders.

Separation of juveniles from adults in institutions.

Removal of juveniles from adult jails and lockups.

Reduction of disproportionate minority contact, where it exists.

While upholding the four core requirements, the JJDP Act of 2002 slightly modified the penalties for states that do not comply with them. Failure to achieve or maintain compliance, despite good faith efforts, reduces the Formula Grant to the state by 20 percent for each core requirement not met. In addition, the noncompliant state must agree to expend 50 percent of its allocation for that year to achieve compliance.

In September 2003, OJJDP held a 2-day working group meeting to review the JJDP Act of 2002 and its impact on state compliance. As a result, OJJDP has updated and revised its Guidance Manual and other tools provided to the compliance monitors who oversee and certify states’ adherence to the core requirements. OJJDP is currently finalizing regulations that will govern the compliance monitoring process. The final regulations will be published in the Federal Register and will be posted on OJJDP’s Web site (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp).

OJJDP News @ a Glance	November/December 2003 Volume II Number 6