Grants and funding

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support services for mentoring organizations that specifically work with the children of incarcerated parents (COIP) population. This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services for COIP.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support projects designated for funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No. 118–42) to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation).

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to improve the judicial system’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases by providing funding to support training and technical assistance (TTA) for judicial personnel and attorneys, particularly personnel and practitioners in juvenile and family courts, and by pursuing administrative reform in juvenile and family courts.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to fund a national membership and accreditation organization to support training and technical assistance and implementation of national standards for children’s advocacy centers (CACs), which provide a coordinated response to victims of child abuse.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to implement and deliver mentoring services to youth populations that are involved in the juvenile justice system (including those youth currently placed within a juvenile correctional facility or those who have recently been released from a juvenile facility).

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support states to implement innovative and/or research-based, data-informed policies to improve youth justice system outcomes and implement sustainable strategies for reinvesting resulting costs saved or averted into effective youth justice prevention and intervention programs.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to build the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts and improve outcomes for youth with substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, including those with histories of trauma.