OJJDP FY 18 Second Chance Act Ensuring Public Safety and Improving Outcomes for Youth in Confinement and While Under Community Supervision

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Category 1: Implementing Evidence-Based Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Services. Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. Mandatory Certification: This category provides for the treatment and reentry services of youth in confinement with co-occurring substance abuse problems and mental health disorders who are returning to the community from incarceration. All applicants must certify by completing the Statement of Assurance Form in Appendix C that any treatment program proposed in the application is or will be clinically appropriate and will provide comprehensive integrated treatment for substance abuse problems and mental health disorders. Applicants must provide official documentation that all collaborating service provider organizations are in compliance with all applicable requirements for licensing, accreditation, and certification, including state, local (city and county), and tribal requirements. If provider organizations are not yet known, this information must be provided post-award. See Appendix C on page 49 for more information. Category 2: Reentry Antigang Strategies and Programs. Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. This category provides funding to ensure that reentry services for gang-involved youth focus on enhancing services while in confinement and improving community supervision strategies when released to the community. Category 3: Community Supervision Review and Enhancement Training and Technical Assistance. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). This category provides funding for training and technical assistance to improve community supervision practices for juveniles with co-occurring substance abuse problems and mental health disorders who are placed on probation or are being released from secure confinement. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. 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 program.

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