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ClosedDeadline extended (was Feb 5, 2021)Opportunity O-OJJDP-2021-41001

OJJDP FY 2021 Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · Department of Justice

At a glance

OJJDP FY 2021 Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (Department of Justice). The application deadline was March 5, 2021. Individual awards are listed as up to $750K, with about 10 awards expected and $5M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments and others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.831 (Children of Incarcerated Parents).

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Key facts

  1. Dec 21, 2020Posted
  2. Mar 5, 2021Application deadline
Posted
Dec 21, 2020
Close date
Mar 5, 2021
Award floor
Not specified
Award ceiling
$750,000
Est. total funding
$5,000,000
Original deadline (extended)
Feb 5, 2021
Expected awards
10
Cost sharing
Not required
Funding instrument
Grant
Opportunity category
Discretionary

Who can apply

  • State governments
  • County governments
  • City or township governments
  • Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 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.  To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use of force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws; and (2) the agency’s use of force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.  For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, Implementation Fact Sheet, and List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.   Eligible applicants that propose to provide direct services to youth must not include youth who are age 18 or older in the population they will serve.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text
  • For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
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What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

This program will promote and expand services in detention and correctional facilities to incarcerated individuals and their minor children, and provide services to children of incarcerated parents.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

Reported obligations under ALN 16.831

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$5.01M
FY25—
FY26— est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.831. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 16.831

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 31 grant awards had funding actions under Children of Incarcerated Parents, with 47 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

  1. THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS LTD.$1.9M
  2. FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS$692K
  3. THE CITY OF NEW YORK$692K
  4. JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA$692K
  5. NORTH CAROLINA FAMILIES UNITED, INC.$692K
Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
grants@ncjrs.gov
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Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through this opportunity?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $750k, total estimated program funding is $5,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 10 awards.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity O-OJJDP-2021-41001), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

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