OJJDP FY24 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence | O OJJDP 2024 172119

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The OJJDP FY24 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence grant is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), designed to help communities respond in a coordinated, community-based way to children and families who have been exposed to violence. The central aim is to strengthen local systems so they can better protect children, reduce the lasting harm that violence can cause, and interrupt pathways that can lead to future victimization, delinquency, and continued community violence. Rather than focusing on a single program or agency, the opportunity emphasizes comprehensive approaches that bring together partners and services so families experience support that is connected, timely, and trauma-informed.

Funding is intended to help communities either build new supports or enhance existing services for children exposed to violence. The solicitation highlights several outcomes communities should work toward: helping children build resilience, restoring safety and stability, supporting healing from social and emotional trauma, and preventing future violence and delinquency. In practice, this can include strengthening community networks and service coordination, improving the availability and quality of supports for impacted youth and caregivers, and ensuring that organizations that regularly interact with families (such as schools, child- and family-serving nonprofits, healthcare and behavioral health providers, youth programs, and justice-adjacent partners) are better equipped to recognize risk factors for violence exposure and respond effectively. A notable element is the focus on helping family-serving organizations identify families at risk and provide meaningful assistance before harm escalates or becomes chronic.

The award is offered as a cooperative agreement, which generally means the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement during the project period compared to a standard grant, often through collaboration, guidance, or joint problem-solving around implementation. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the program is associated with CFDA number 16.818. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $850,000, and OJJDP anticipated making up to 8 awards under this solicitation, indicating a competitive opportunity with a limited number of funded projects.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of entities positioned to lead or coordinate community responses. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. This wide eligibility suggests OJJDP is open to funding a range of community leaders and conveners, provided they can demonstrate the partnerships and capacity needed to deliver coordinated services and achieve community-level impact.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number O-OJJDP-2024-172119, an original application closing date of June 24, 2024, and a creation date of May 6, 2024. Overall, this opportunity is aimed at strengthening local ecosystems of prevention, intervention, and healing supports for children exposed to violence, with the broader goal of improving youth and family outcomes while reducing downstream impacts on schools, neighborhoods, and the juvenile justice system.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.818.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $850,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses.

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