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Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children
Link
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2024-172012
Additional Links
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Deadline
Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
Sponsor
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Purpose
Provides funding to states, territories, local and tribal governments, and community-based organizations to implement and expand services to meet the needs of incarcerated individuals and their minor children to prevent violent crime, reduce recidivism, and provide support for minor children. Supports programs and services that lead to healthy child development, resiliency, and improved interactions among incarcerated parents and their minor children, family, and community members.
Program objectives include:
- Expand existing relationships with community-based service providers and adult and juvenile detention and correctional facilities
- Develop strategies and approaches to strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children
- Seek to reduce the incarcerated parent's behavioral infractions during incarceration and recidivism post-release
- Provide services to foster positive youth development for children of incarcerated parents
- Support adult and juvenile detention or correctional facilities, prisons, and jails in rural areas that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their minor children
Amount of Funding
Award ceiling: $750,00 per award
Estimated number of awards: 5
Project period: 36 months
Estimated total program funding:
$3,750,000
Who Can Apply
Eligible applicants include:
- States and territories
- City, township, or county governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations, other than federally recognized tribal governments
- Other units of local government
Priority consideration is given to applicants that meet the following criteria:
- Proposals designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
- Applicants that demonstrate their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they are a population specific organization that serves communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
Geographic Coverage
Nationwide
What This Program Funds
Buildings and Facilities • Capacity Building • Equipment • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing
Application Process
Application instructions, requirements, and other information 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 April 15, 2024 deadline.
- Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the May 6, 2024 deadline.
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
Rural Awards
Past awards communities received in fiscal year 2023 can be found on the program website.
One rural community organization that received funding is RIDGE Project Inc. in McClure, Ohio to implement the TYRO Youth curriculum and family-child bonding activities for minor children with parents incarcerated at Grafton Correctional Institution.
Topics This Program Addresses
Health and Wellness • Justice System • Parents, Families, and Children • Social Services • Violence, Trauma, and Abuse