In fiscal year (FY) 2010, OJJDP awarded $519 million in grant awards to help at-risk youth, protect children, and improve juvenile justice systems nationwide. The 875 awards were made through formula, block, discretionary, and Recovery Act funding.

OJJDP awarded about $100 million to national and local organizations to strengthen, expand, and implement youth-mentoring activities and youth-development programming throughout the nation. The Office distributed nearly $30 million to state and local law enforcement agencies under its Internet Crimes Against Children task force program to support joint local, state, and federal efforts to investigate and prosecute cybercrimes against children and keep children safe from Internet predators. In addition, OJJDP awarded $20 million in block grants to enforce state and local underage drinking laws nationwide. These grants support law enforcement, public education, and coalition-building activities to address underage access to and consumption of alcohol.

More information about OJJDP's FY 2010 awards is available through the program links listed below.

Formula and Block Grants

Funding through formula and block grants is available to states and territories through the state agency designated by the Governor. Juvenile Justice Specialists in each state administer the funding through subgrants to units of local government, local private agencies, and federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native jurisdictions for programs in accordance with legislative requirements. In FY 2010, OJJDP awarded more than $130 million under the following formula and block grants programs.

• Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Block Grants Program
• Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program
• Title II Formula Grants Program
• Title V Community Prevention Grants Program

Discretionary Grants

OJJDP awards discretionary grants to states, units of local government, and private organizations to administer programs. Nearly $389 million in discretionary grants was awarded in FY 2010. Of that total, OJJDP awarded nearly $88 million in discretionary funds for statutory earmarks. In addition, more than $301 million in grants was awarded under the programs listed below.

• AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program
• Attorney General's Children Exposed to Violence Demonstration Program: Phase I
• Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 8: Prevent and Control Delinquency and Improve the Juvenile Justice System (Tribal Youth Program)
• CTAS Purpose Area 9: Enhance Accountability for Delinquent Behavior (Tribal Juvenile Accountability Discretionary Program)
• CTAS Purpose Area 10: Develop New Demonstration Projects on Violence Prevention and Rehabilitation (Tribal Youth Program)
• Child Abuse Training for Judicial and Court Personnel Continuation
• Child Protection Division Fellowship Program on Children's Exposure to Violence
• Child Protection Programs in Indian Country
• Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Membership and Accreditation Continuation
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Training and Technical Assistance Continuation
• Demonstration Programs Division Grants
• Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Implementation Initiative
• Engaging Law Enforcement Through Training and Technical Assistance to Reduce Juvenile Crime, Victimization, and Delinquency
• Evaluations of Girls' Delinquency Programs
• Family Drug Court Programs
• Field Initiated Research and Evaluation Programs
• Group Mentoring Research and Evaluation Program
• Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) National Training Program: Digital Evidence Forensics
• ICAC National Training Program: Entry Level and Core Training
• ICAC National Training Program: Judges Training
• ICAC National Training Program: Officer Wellness
• ICAC National Training Program: Prosecutor Training
• ICAC National Training Program: Specialized Investigative Techniques
• ICAC Program: Law Enforcement Strategies for Protecting Children From Commercial Sexual Exploitation
• Internet Crimes Against Children Program Support
• Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Continuation Program
• Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force: Minnesota
• Juvenile Drug Courts Program
• Juvenile Drug Courts Training and Technical Assistance Program
• Juvenile Drug Courts and Mentoring Initiative
• Juvenile Indigent Defense National Clearinghouse
• Juvenile Workforce Development Programs in El Paso, TX
• Membership Support Services for Nonprofit Missing Children Organizations Continuation Program
• Mentoring Research Best Practices
• Mentoring for Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiatives
• Missing and Exploited Children National Training Program
• Missing and Exploited Children Program Support
• Multi-State Mentoring Initiative
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Program
• National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches
• National Evaluation of the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program
• National Girls Institute
• National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children 3
• National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program
• National Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center
• National Mentoring Programs
• National Survey on Children Exposed to Violence: New Cohort Continuation
• National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Youth in Custody
• Nonparticipating State Program: Wyoming
• Research on Technology-Facilitated Crimes Against Children
• Safe Start Promising Approaches Project
• Second Chance Act Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects
• Second Chance Act Juvenile Mentoring Initiative
• State Relations and Assistance Division State Advisory Group Training and Technical Assistance Project
• Strategic Enhancement to Mentoring Programs
• Support for Conferences on Juvenile Justice
• Tribal Youth Field Initiated Research and Evaluation Programs
• Tribal Youth National Mentoring Program
• Tribal Youth Program Training and Technical Assistance
• Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) Children's Advocacy Centers Membership and Accreditation Continuation
• VOCA Children's Advocacy Centers Subgrant Continuation
• VOCA Regional Children's Advocacy Centers Program
• VOCA Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals Continuation
• VOCA Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Prosecutors Continuation
• Youth Gang Prevention and Intervention Program
• Youth With Sexual Behavior Problems Program

Recovery Act Awards

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, OJJDP awarded approximately $921,000 for the following initiative in FY 2010:

• Recovery Act—Needs Assessment and Developmental Activities for the National Internet Crimes Against Children Data System (NIDS)

Resource:

For more information on OJJDP's FY 2010 awards, visit the Office's Web site.