OJJDP FY24 Support to FY19 Title II Formula Grant Program - Invited to Apply | O OJJDP 2024 171895

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The OJJDP FY24 Support to FY19 Title II Formula Grant Program - Invited to Apply is a continuation funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. It is designed to provide ongoing support tied to the FY 2019 Title II Formula Grants Program (CFDA 16.540), which is a longstanding mechanism DOJ uses to help states and territories strengthen their juvenile justice systems and reduce juvenile delinquency. The underlying purpose is practical and system-focused: support planning and implementation of programs that prevent youth from entering the justice system when possible, improve responses when justice involvement occurs, and build stronger, more effective youth-serving structures across agencies and communities.

This specific solicitation is narrowly targeted and appears to be invite-only, with Puerto Rico identified as the intended recipient through the Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development. The funding is meant to help Puerto Rico plan, operate, coordinate, and evaluate juvenile justice policies and projects. The work can be carried out directly by the designated entity or passed through to other public and private organizations via subawards or contracts, which allows Puerto Rico to fund community-based providers, researchers, training partners, and other stakeholders that contribute to juvenile justice reform and youth outcomes.

Programmatically, the grant emphasizes building a more effective continuum of youth interventions and system improvements. Activities highlighted in the opportunity include education and training (such as workforce development for juvenile justice practitioners, cross-system training, or youth-focused educational supports), research and evaluation (including assessing what is working and improving data-driven decision-making), prevention (addressing risk factors before youth become justice-involved), diversion (creating alternatives to formal processing where appropriate), treatment (supporting behavioral health and related services), and rehabilitation (helping youth successfully reintegrate and avoid reoffending). In addition to direct services and programming, the solicitation also supports broader justice system improvement efforts, which can include policy coordination, interagency collaboration, standards development, and efforts to improve how youth are served across the system.

The opportunity reflects OJP and DOJ priorities that go beyond basic program delivery. It explicitly ties the work to civil rights and equity, increasing access to justice, supporting victims and people impacted by the justice system, strengthening community safety, protecting the public from evolving threats, and building trust between law enforcement and communities. In practice, that framing signals an expectation that funded activities are implemented fairly, are responsive to community needs, and are designed to improve both outcomes and legitimacy of the juvenile justice system, including attention to disparate impacts and barriers to services.

Administratively, it is a grant (not a contract) under the law, justice, and legal services activity category, and it is classified as a continuation opportunity. The solicitation lists an anticipated single award with an award ceiling of $373,667. The opportunity was created on November 6, 2023, with an original closing date of November 10, 2023, indicating a short turnaround consistent with an invited application where the applicant is already identified and prepared to apply. The funding opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2024-171895, and the expected awards count is 1, reinforcing that it is not a broadly competitive open solicitation but rather targeted support intended to maintain momentum for the FY 2019 Title II Formula Grant-related work in Puerto Rico.

Overall, this grant is best understood as federal support aimed at helping Puerto Rico continue and strengthen juvenile justice planning and programming using the Title II Formula Grants framework, with an emphasis on coordinated system improvements and a balanced set of strategies spanning prevention through rehabilitation, backed by evaluation and aligned with DOJ-wide goals around equity, civil rights, and community safety.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Support to FY19 Title II Formula Grant Program - Invited to Apply" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.540.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-11-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-11-10. (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 $373,667.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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