OJJDP FY 2023 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Outreach and Education Subgrants Program | O OJJDP 2023 171797

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The OJJDP FY 2023 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act) Outreach and Education Subgrants Program is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It is designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the JJDP Act by supporting a national outreach and education effort that helps communities better understand the Act, strengthen local delinquency prevention work, and build more effective, youth-centered juvenile justice responses. The program is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning OJJDP expects to have substantial involvement in the direction and execution of the work, including oversight of which communities ultimately receive subgrants.

At its core, this opportunity seeks a single intermediary organization to deliver both financial assistance (through subgrants) and technical assistance to an estimated 75 to 100 communities across the country. The coverage is intended to be truly nationwide, reflecting all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. The subgrants are meant to offset the costs of convening local partners and stakeholders, including youth justice-serving agencies and organizations, local leaders, and especially youth and families who have been directly impacted by the juvenile justice system. These convenings are intended to create practical spaces for communities to share information about the JJDP Act, highlight local delinquency prevention resources, discuss juvenile justice system activities, connect to Youth Justice Action Month, and identify emerging issues that communities are seeing on the ground.

A major emphasis of the solicitation is alignment with OJP and OJJDP priorities around civil rights, racial equity, and improving access to justice, while also strengthening community safety and building trust between communities and public systems. OJJDP frames its broader juvenile justice vision around transforming systems so they "Treat Children as Children," keep young people connected to home, family, and community whenever possible, and expand opportunity for youth who have been involved with the system. Applications that involve youth are expected to clearly explain how the proposed work supports these priorities and contributes to a more developmentally appropriate, community-based juvenile justice approach.

Another central requirement is meaningful, sustained youth and family partnership. OJJDP is explicit that young people and family members with lived experience are not just participants but essential partners whose perspectives improve how systems understand risk, needs, and effective solutions. Applicants must describe how they will integrate youth and family partnerships into both the project plan and the budget in a way that is not temporary or symbolic, but durable and built into day-to-day operations. The solicitation outlines multiple ways this partnership can be structured, including individual-level partnership (such as youth and families actively participating in case planning and service delivery before, during, and after system involvement), agency-level partnership (for example, informing policy and program design, implementation, evaluation, staffing structures, advisory bodies, and budget development), and system-level partnership (such as participation in strategic planning, system improvement initiatives, advocacy, and reform efforts). The expectation is that applicants will choose approaches that fit their project design while demonstrating that youth and families will have real influence over decisions and outcomes.

In terms of logistics and eligibility, the opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number O-OJJDP-2023-171797; CFDA 16.548) was posted June 21, 2023, with an application closing date of August 7, 2023. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (in both nonprofit categories, other than institutions of higher education). The award ceiling is $600,000. While an intermediary would carry out the subgranting and technical assistance functions, OJJDP makes clear that it will make the final decisions about which communities are selected and funded through the intermediary, reinforcing the cooperative and federally directed nature of the project.

Overall, this solicitation funds a national intermediary to help communities convene, learn, and coordinate around the JJDP Act and juvenile justice priorities, while pushing the field toward deeper youth and family partnership, stronger delinquency prevention infrastructure, and a more equitable, community-rooted approach to responding to youth behavior and system involvement.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2023 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Outreach and Education Subgrants Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.548.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-06-21.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-08-07. (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 $600,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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.

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