The U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice
Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
is seeking applications for funding to support the provision of juvenile
justice-related training and technical assistance to federally recognized
tribes and to support tribal youth engagement related to juvenile justice,
delinquency prevention, and public safety issues in Indian country.
Goals
Category 1: Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance
The goal of this category is to provide
culturally appropriate training and technical assistance to federally
recognized tribes with a focus on improving outcomes for tribal youth.
Category 2: Tribal Youth Leadership Development Initiative
The goal of this category is to engage Native
American youth and youth-serving programs in efforts to promote leadership
development in order to enhance protective factors and reduce risk factors for
juvenile delinquency.
Objectives
Category 1: Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance
Objectives include providing training and
technical assistance for tribal youth-specific programming, including efforts
to develop, expand, or enhance tribally driven approaches along the juvenile
justice continuum that can range from prevention to intervention and treatment.
These may include delinquency prevention and intervention initiatives,
interventions for court-involved tribal youth, treatment services for at-risk
and high-risk youth and/or services for youth in detention or out-of home
placement, and development or implementation of programs and services for
children who are victims of sex trafficking.
Category 2: Tribal Youth Leadership Development Initiative
The objective is to coordinate and implement a
peer-led initiative that focuses on tribal youth leadership development, to
include peer-led trainings that build leadership skills focused on reducing
risk factors for juvenile crime and enhancing protective factors for youth
accountability.
Deliverables
Category 1: Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance
The deliverables under this category are:
- Training and technical
assistance for OJJDP’s tribal programs funded through the Coordinated
Tribal Assistance Solicitation, specifically Purpose Areas 8 and 9
(approximately 80–100 active grantees each year in various stages of
implementation).
- Training and technical
assistance for all federally recognized tribes, including the development
of capacity-building tools, regional trainings, and innovative
collaborations to meet the needs of tribes seeking to improve tribal youth
programs and tribal juvenile justice systems.
- A website that serves as a
portal for information, resources, tools, and requests for training and
technical assistance related to programs for tribal youth.
- Coordinate and conduct a
biennial OJJDP Tribal Youth Program national conference that convenes
representatives from tribal grantees and all federally recognized tribes
to learn about innovative programs for tribal youth and to discuss tribal
youth-related issues, needs, opportunities for collaboration, and
programs.
- Development and implementation
of a targeted training and technical assistance plan for OJJDP grantees
and for tribes not currently receiving OJJDP funding.
Category 2: Tribal Youth Leadership Development Initiative
The deliverables under this category are:
- Recruit, train, and support a
diverse group of youth leaders who will serve ongoing critical roles
throughout the life of this initiative, including participating as
planning team members, trainers, peer mentors, and subject-matter experts.
- Develop and implement a series
of regional gatherings that provide leadership development training to
young Native American people throughout the country.
- Support cohorts of youth
participants to guide the implementation of a youth-developed community
service project related to juvenile delinquency prevention and
intervention issues that emerge from leadership development training.
Funding Information
- Period of Performance Start
Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration
(Months): 36
- Anticipated Total Amount to be
Awarded Under Solicitation: $2,500,000.00
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal
organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher
education
- For profit organizations other
than small businesses
- Nonprofits that do not have a
501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3)
status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled
"Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Other Eligibility Requirements
Other Eligible Applicants includes tribally controlled colleges and universities Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving institutions to advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding.
Post Date - 04-Jan-2021