Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care

 

The goal of the program is to promote positive youth outcomes and public safety for at-risk adolescents and vulnerable youth transitioning from foster care. OJJDP has identified the following specific program objectives: Enhance and expand models of residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services for youth in foster care. Performance Measure: Number of individuals served (by population) Increase protective factors to ensure youth transitioning from foster care have the skills they need to prevent any further victimization and/or involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems. Performance Measure: Number of individuals who experienced a victimization Increase connections for youth transitioning from foster care with caring and concerned adults that will help to prevent further victimization and/or involvement in the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems. Performance Measure: Percentage of eligible individuals released into safe, stable housing

Active 16.049 Department of Justice B - Project Grants Not applicable. Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328, 34 U.S.C. 11171 - 11172, Statute 136,4459, 4538 Please see the eligibility language under each OJJDP program announcement funded through this program for more details. Past and current program announcements can be found at www.ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding. Ultimate beneficiaries are youth transitioning out of the foster care system. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. See the current fiscal year's solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at (http://www.ojp.gov/funding/solicitations.htm and http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PreawardRequirements/index.htm for additional information. Upon approval by the Assistant Attorney General (for science offices, would be the Director of the applicable Office), successful applicants are notified via the JustGrants System. One copy of the grant award must be signed by the authorized official and returned to the Office of Justice Programs within 45 days of award date. For further information, please see http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PreawardRequirements/chapter2.2a.htm. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 90 to 120 days. Not applicable. In some cases, award periods may be extended if specific criteria are met. For details, please review the discussion of no-cost extensions in the Criteria for Award Extension section of the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide available at http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/chapter3.2d.htm. See the current fiscal years' program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. Category 1: Project Sites Project sites are expected to use funding to enhance, expand and deliver residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services targeted to youth transitioning out of foster care, which could include: • Assistance in establishing permanent relationships with supportive adults. • Supporting educational, literacy, and vocational services. • Providing substance use disorder treatment and services. • Accessing and managing health and mental health care. • Securing safe, stable, and affordable permanent housing. • Promoting prosocial activities. • Developing additional life skills. Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance OJJDP is seeking an experienced organization to provide training and technical assistance services to project sites funded under this solicitation, including: • Develop technical assistance plans for each site within the first four months of the project. • Provide targeted content training to project site staff to increase their capacity to implement strategies to address issues related to youth transitioning out of foster care. • Establish tools and techniques for working across different disciplines to facilitate information sharing, communication, and coordination. Facilitate peer-to-peer information sharing and learning communities between the sites to promote problem solving and innovation through the exchange of information and ideas (i.e., monthly cohort calls). • Plan and coordinate, in conjunction with OJJDP, annual cross-site meetings of project site grantees, including providing logistical support, developing meeting agendas, and identifying faculty and/or consultants. • Develop and deliver general training activities on residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services for communities not funded through this project who may be interested in learning more about these activities. • Develop and disseminate resources on best practices and lessons learned to be disseminated to the juvenile justice and child welfare communities throughout the Nation. Performance Reports: To assist in fulfilling the Departments responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), Public Law 103-62, and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, Public Law 111–352, recipients must provide data that measures the results of their work. Not applicable. In accordance with the requirement set forth in 2 CFR 200, Subpart F, grantees must maintain all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to the award for at least 3 years following the close of the most recent audit. For additional guidance, please visit http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/chapter3.16a.htm. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Award periods for Office of Justice programs generally range from 12 to 36 months. For specifics pertaining to this program, please see the current fiscal year’s program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm). For additional information, see the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide section on “Period of Availability of Funds" at http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/chapter3.2a.htm. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Quarterly. None/Not specified. Scott Pestridge
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 810 7th Street, NW ,
Washington, DC 20531 USA
Scott.pestridge@ojp.usdoj.gov
Phone: 2025145655 https://www.ojp.gov 15-0405-0-1-754 (Project Grants) FY 22$69,343.00; FY 23 est $2,000,000.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$0.00; - See the program announcement at www.ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding for details on the funding amounts for awards. See the current fiscal years' program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. For additional guidance, please reference the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/index.htm) and Post award Instructions (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/index.htm). Applicable administrative requirements and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees can be found in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 C.F.R.). Not applicable.