Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System

Overview

<p>This program supports prevention and early intervention strategies for girls who are involved in the juvenile justice system. Applications submitted by nongovernment organizations should consider the importance of an established partnership (via a memorandum of understanding or analogous document) with public juvenile justice agencies at the local or state level. This will ensure close collaboration around referrals for those girls involved in the juvenile justice system and eligible for services provided by the proposed project. Those applicants that have submitted a fully signed and dated memorandum of understanding (or analogous document) with the state/local juvenile justice agency will receive priority consideration.</p> <p><strong>Goals, Objectives, and Deliverables</strong><br>The goal of this program is to reduce risk factors and promote protective factors for girls who come in contact with the juvenile justice system, and place them on a path toward success, stability, and long term contribution to society. The objectives and deliverables of this program are as follows:</p> <ul> <li> Develop and implement direct service programs for girls involved in the juvenile justice system to reduce reoffending.</li> <li> Enhance or expand existing prevention and early intervention programs to meet the specific needs of girls involved in the juvenile justice system.</li> <li> Develop, expand or enhance targeted curricula for staff (i.e., probation, detention center staff, law enforcement, judges) to ensure they have the skills necessary to implement these programs for girls in the juvenile justice system.</li> </ul> <p>OJJDP expects these programs to be based upon best practices and may include a variety of services (i.e., in-home services, screening/assessment, educational, counseling, etc.).</p> <p><strong>OJP Priority Areas</strong><br>In FY 2020, and in addition to executing any program-specific prioritization that may be applicable, OJP will give priority consideration to applications as follows:</p> <ul> <li> Applications that address specific challenges that rural communities face.</li> <li> Applications that demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties.</li> <li> Applications that offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones).</li> </ul> <p>Other important considerations for OJJDP include geographic diversity, strategic (programmatic and policy) priorities (specifically including, but not limited to, those mentioned above relating to addressing specific challenges that rural communities face, high-poverty areas or persistent poverty counties, demonstrable potential enhancement to public safety in one or more federally designated Qualified Opportunity Zones).</p>