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The following is a brief summary of OJJDP's recent funding
activities. Be sure to check the Current Funding
section of the OJJDP Web site for the latest news on OJJDP funding
opportunities. To receive e-mail notification of new funding opportunities, subscribe
to JUVJUST.
Tribal Youth Program
OJJDP has requested applications from eligible
tribes for FY 2005 funding through the Tribal Youth Program
(TYP) and the TYP Mental Health Initiative.
TYP supports and enhances tribal efforts
to prevent and control delinquency and improve the juvenile justice
system for American Indian/Alaska Native youth. The TYP Mental Health
Initiative supports programs that provide mental health services
to tribal youth. OJJDP soon also will announce the availability of
funds under the FY 2005 Tribal Juvenile Accountability Discretionary
Grants (Tribal JADG) Program, which helps tribes strengthen their
juvenile justice systems and hold tribal youth accountable. For additional
information about these programs, visit the TYP
page
of the OJJDP Web site.
Safe Schools/Healthy Students
The Departments of Justice (OJJDP), Education, and Health and Human
Services announced the FY
2005 Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) funding opportunity on
March 10, 2005. The SS/HS Initiative is a discretionary grant program
that provides students, schools, and communities with federal funding
to implement an enhanced, coordinated, comprehensive plan of activities,
programs, and services that focus on promoting healthy childhood
development and preventing violence and substance abuse. Applications
are due by April 29, 2005 . More information about this program is
available on the SS/HS Web page.
To assist applicants, a weekly series of 1-hour audioteleconferences explaining
the SS/HS Initiative began March 17 and runs through April 28. These
sessions focus on eligibility requirements, grant application requirements,
and the application review process.
Congressional Earmark Programs
Each year Congress appropriates funds to specifically identified
("earmarked") programs. In FY 2005, Congress appropriated
more than $100 million to juvenile justice earmark programs, and
OJJDP is charged with overseeing the distribution and management
of these funds. OJJDP is currently in the process of notifying recipients
of FY 2005 OJJDP Congressional Earmarks, providing them with instructions
on how to apply for these funds. Only agencies and organizations
that are identified in the FY 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act
(Public Law 108–447) and who have received a written invitation
to apply under the Congressional Earmark Program solicitation are
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