Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success

Link

https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2025-172277

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)

Deadline

Application Deadline: Feb 24, 2025

Sponsor

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Purpose

Provides funding to jurisdictions with high rates of youth incarceration for planning activities to develop community-based continuum of care focused on positive youth development, prevention, diversion, and treatment services for at-risk youth. Supports engagement in a planning process to assess existing gaps and identify promising and evidence-based prevention and intervention services and programs that will reduce delinquency and recidivism, promote healthy development, meet essential needs, strengthen families and neighborhoods, and improve outcomes for the target population.

There are 2 funding categories for this opportunity:

Category 1: State Agency Planning and Assessment Sites

Category 2: Local Planning and Assessment Sites

The planning process planning process must be comprehensive, collaborative, and focused on cost savings that allow for the identification, development, and sustainability of promising and evidence-based strategies for youth. Objectives include:

Identify strategies that support promising and evidence-based approaches that advance the long-term well-being and success of youth and their families
Develop economic impact strategies that result in cost savings and identify how those cost savings can be reinvested into the larger continuum of care
Establish a sustainable framework that supports the decarceration of youth and the diversion of children identified as being at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system through a coordinated, collaborative strategy that also promotes safe communities

Amount of Funding

Category 1:

Award ceiling: $800,000
Estimated number of awards: 5

Category 2:

Award ceiling; $425,000
Estimated number of awards: 13

Project period: 18 months
Estimated total program funding: $7,400,000

Who Can Apply

Eligible Category 1 applicants include:

States and territories
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

Eligible Category 2 applicants include:

City, township, county, or special district governments
Other units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or general purpose political subdivisions of a state
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building

Application Process

Application instructions, requirements, and other information about the online application process can be found in the funding announcement.

Applications must be submitted electronically through a 2-step process:

Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by the February 24, 2025 deadline.
Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the March 10, 2025 deadline.

Applicant webinar
February 6, 2025
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Contact

For questions on submitting in grants.gov:
800-518-4726
support@grants.gov

For questions on submitting in JustGrants:
833-872-5175
JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov

For programmatic and technical questions:
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Response Center
800-851-3420
TTY at 301-240-6310
grants@ncjrs.gov

Topics This Program Addresses

Community Planning and Coalition Building • Juvenile Justice