ClosedOpportunity OJJDP-2017-10945

OJJDP FY 17 Smart on Juvenile Justice: Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · Department of Justice

At a glance

OJJDP FY 17 Smart on Juvenile Justice: Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (Department of Justice). The application deadline was March 2, 2017. Individual awards are listed as $300K – $1.5M, with about 8 awards expected and $3.8M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include public colleges & universities, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, private colleges & universities, for-profit organizations (not small businesses) and others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.836 (Indigent Defense).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Dec 29, 2016Posted
Mar 2, 2017Application deadline

Posted: Dec 29, 2016
Close date: Mar 2, 2017
Award floor: $300,000
Award ceiling: $1,500,000
Est. total funding: $3,800,000
Expected awards: 8
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Public colleges & universities
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Private colleges & universities
For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

This initiative is composed of three categories. Category 1: Juvenile Defense Training and Technical Assistance. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education. For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fee. Category 2: Regional Juvenile Defender Resource Centers. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fee. Category 3: Second Chance Act Juvenile Reentry Legal Services. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). OJJDP welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (“subgrantees"). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire project. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (“subgrantee”) in more than one application.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status

Matched from the wording above by GrantsJunction — confirm in the full announcement.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

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

This initiative is composed of three categories listed below. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations having a 501(c)(3) exemption with the Internal Revenue Service; for-profit organizations, including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations; and institutions of higher education, including tribal institutions of higher education. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.
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Category 1: Training and Technical Assistance. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will provide funding to a national training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to deliver intensive assistance to states to develop and implement effective, well-resourced, statewide juvenile defense reform strategic plans. The provider will also work to improve indigent defense, including post-disposition representation, and the overall level of systemic advocacy by providing the juvenile defense bar with cost-effective, innovative training programs, tools and practice guidelines, technical support, capacity-building assistance, and leadership opportunities, and by collaboratively engaging experts and stakeholders.

Category 2: State and Tribal Juvenile Defender Resource Centers. Resource centers will be funded to help state, tribal, and local juvenile defense systems enhance the quality of legal representation, leverage resources, and collect and analyze data to measure the effectiveness of services.
Category 3: Second Chance Act- Juvenile Reentry Legal Services. This program will provide grants to community based non- profit organizations to provide direct civil legal services, mentoring and reentry planning to justice involved youth that are transitioning or have recently transitioned back to their families and communities following secure confinement or out-of-home placement by providing the youth with direct civil legal services, mentoring and collective advocacy strategies to address the collateral consequences of justice-system involvement and overcome barriers to securing housing, education, and employment in order to reduce recidivism.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

16.836Indigent DefenseProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 16.836

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$2.87M

FY25

—

FY26

— est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.836. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

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 “OJJDP FY 17 Smart on Juvenile Justice: Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Public colleges & universities, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Private colleges & universities, For-profit organizations (not small businesses) and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “OJJDP FY 17 Smart on Juvenile Justice: Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $300k – $1.5m, total estimated program funding is $3,800,000 and the agency expects to make about 8 awards.

How do I apply for “OJJDP FY 17 Smart on Juvenile Justice: Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity OJJDP-2017-10945), 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.

OpenALN 16.585