Grant Opportunities

SAMHSA: Offender Reentry Program

2013-02-15T20:58:39Z

Due: April 16, 2013
Eligibility: domestic public and private nonprofit entities, including state and local governments, tribal organizations, public or private universities and colleges, community and faith-based organizations
The purpose of this program is to expand and/or enhance substance abuse treatment and related recovery and reentry services to sentenced adult offenders returning to the community from incarceration for criminal offenses. Applicants are expected to form stakeholder partnerships that will plan, develop and provide a transition from incarceration to community-based substance abuse treatment and related reentry services.
Award amounts of up to $430,000 per year for up to three years.
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Nebraska Crime Commission: Victim Assistance 2013

2013-02-15T20:54:22Z

Due: April 18, 2013
This application kit is intended for applicants who wish to apply for funds under the Federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant program and the State Victim Assistance to provide direct services to victims of crime.
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Nebraska Crime Commission: Juvenile Accountability Block Grant

2013-02-15T20:50:42Z

Due: April 12, 2013
The basic premise underlying the JABG Program is that both offender-focused and system-focused activities promote accountability. For the juvenile offender, accountability means an assurance of facing individualized consequences through which he or she is made aware of and held responsible for the loss, damage, or injury perpetrated on a victim. Strengthening the juvenile justice system requires an increased capacity to: develop youth competence, to efficiently track juveniles through the system, and provide enhanced options such as restitution, community service, victim-offender mediation, and other restorative justice sanctions that reinforce the mutual obligations of an accountability-based juvenile justice system.
For FY 2012, Nebraska received a total allocation of $206,307. Of this allocation, two communities will receive predetermined awards of $10,000 or more as determined through a formula from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention which totals $91,656. Due to annual changes in the statistics utilized to calculate eligible communities and an overall decrease in the award, there are several communities which are predetermined under $10,000. These communities are not required to receive funding, but may apply for the remaining local dollars which totals $85,035. Any local community is eligible to apply for the remaining local dollars at $85,035.
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Office of Violence Against Women: Court Training and Improvements Program

2013-01-28T20:36:39Z

Due: March 11, 2013 (Letters of Intent due February 25, 2013)
Eligibility: Federal, State, Tribal, Territorial, or local courts or court-based programs
This Courts Program creates a unique opportunity for Federal, State, Tribal, Territorial, and local courts or court-based programs to significantly improve court responses to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking cases by creating dedicated court dockets, specialized courts, and enhanced court procedures, and by providing key opportunities for training to ensure victim safety and offender accountability.
The award period for these grants will be 24 months for supplemental training projects and 36 months for development projects.
Awards under the Courts Program for FY 2013 will be made for up to $450,000. Award amounts vary based on Type of Applicant and Type of Project.
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Bureau of Justice Assistance: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

2013-01-25T17:07:51Z

Due: March 25, 2013
Eligibility: Applicants are limited to states, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribes, and tribal organizations. BJA will only accept applications that demonstrate that the proposed project will be administered jointly by an agency with responsibility for criminal or juvenile justice activities and a mental health agency.
The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program seeks to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice and mental health and substance abuse treatment systems to increase access to mental health and other treatment services for individuals with mental illnesses or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grants are available in three categories: Planning, Planning and Implementation, and Expansion.
CATEGORY 1: PLANNING. Grant amount: Up to $50,000. Project period: 12 months.
CATEGORY 2: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION. Grant amount: Up to $250,000. Project period: 24 months.
CATEGORY 3: EXPANSION. Grant amount: Up to $200,000. Project period: 24 months.
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Family Drug Court Programs

2013-01-25T17:03:05Z

Due: March 25, 2013
Applicants are limited to states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments. Eligible applicants must provide direct services to youth who are younger than 18 years of age and to their parents.
The Family Drug Court program seeks to build the capacity of states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to either implement new or enhance pre-existing drug courts to provide services for individuals with substance use disorders or substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders who are involved with the family dependency court as a result of child abuse and neglect issues. The programs must provide services to parents in the program and their children. Also, OJJDP encourages applicants to consider the needs of veteran/military families.
This solicitation offers two family drug court grant categories: Category 1: Implementation or Category 2: Enhancement.
Category 1: Implementation Grants. OJJDP will make awards of as much as $650,000 per award for as long as 3 years.
Category 2: Enhancement Grants. OJJDP will make awards of as much as $550,000 per award for as long as 3 years.
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Bureau of Justice Assistance: Second Chance Act Adult Mentoring and Transitional Services

2013-01-22T20:24:01Z

Due: March 21, 2013
Eligibility: nonprofit organizations and federally recognized Indian tribes
This solicitation is aimed at promoting more effective and successful reentry for offenders through the establishment and maintenance of pre- and post-release mentoring relationships. The specific objective of the program is to recruit and train individuals as mentors and match them with participants in pre- and post-release services. Program efforts should establish or improve the administration of mentoring programs, including expanding mentoring strategies and program design; enhancing and improving organizational capacity, system efficiency, and cost effectiveness of mentoring programs; improving training programs and supports for mentors; and improving outcomes for offender participants in mentoring programs.
Applicants may apply in one of four categories, depending upon their jurisdictional status. Awards under this program will be made for a period of 24 months. Contingent upon the availability of funds and the number of offenders projected to be served, awards of up to $300,000 will be made.
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Bureau of Justice Assistance: Second Chance Act Technology Career Training Program

2013-01-11T16:46:33Z

Due: March 11, 2013
Eligibility: states, units of local government, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes
This program supports the education, training, mentoring, support services, and job placement for incarcerated/detained adults and juveniles in a technology field. The goal of this program is to increase the post-release employability of offenders in related technology-based jobs and career fields. The objective of the program is to establish and provide technology career training programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles during the 6-18 month period before release from a prison, jail, or juvenile facility.
BJA anticipates that it will make up to 10 awards of up to $750,000 each for a 12-month project period to begin on October 1, 2013
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Bureau of Justice Assistance: Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program

2013-01-03T21:08:15Z

Due: March 4, 2013
Eligibility: states, unit of local governments, non-profit organizations, and tribal government; the application requires a consortium of partners to work together to design a strategy addressing a targeted crime problem and respond to the scope of this solicitation. The application must also show commitment from the local law enforcement agency, community leaders, and a research partner as part of this cross-sector partnership through detailed letters of support outlining their participation and partnership in the project. This cross-sector partnership must designate one agency or organization as the fiscal agent.
The goal is to improve community safety by designing and implementing effective, comprehensive approaches to addressing crime within a targeted neighborhood as part of a broader strategy to advance neighborhood revitalization through cross-sector community-based partnerships.
Category 1 solicits applications to plan and implement a place-based, community-oriented crime strategy in a targeted neighborhood. Category 2 solicits applications to enhance an existing community-based initiative by planning and implementing an enhancement to a place-based community-oriented crime strategy in a targeted neighborhood as a component of a broader neighborhood revitalization plan.
BJA will make grant awards for up to $1 million for Category 1 applicants and up to $600,000 for Category 2 applicants for an initial 15-month project period, with the goal of approving a full 36-month project period once the planning is completed and a revised implementation and/or enhancement strategy and budget is approved.
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Bureau of Justice Assistance: Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant

2012-12-19T17:42:36Z

Due: February 21, 2013
Eligibility: For Category 1: Implementation and Category 2: Enhancement, applicants are limited to states, state and local courts, counties, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments. For Category 3: Statewide, applicants are limited to state agencies such as the State Administering Agency (SAA), the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the state Alcohol and Substance Abuse Agency.
BJA is accepting applications for FY 2013 grants to establish new drug courts or enhance existing drug court services, coordination, and offender management and recovery support services. The purpose of the Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program is to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop and implement drug courts that effectively integrate evidenced-based substance abuse treatment, mandatory drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services in a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over substance-abusing offenders.
The FY 2013 solicitation offers three drug court grant categories: Category 1 Implementation, Category 2 Enhancement, and Category 3 Statewide.
CATEGORY 1: IMPLEMENTATION. Grant maximum: $350,000. Project period: 36 months.
CATEGORY 2: ENHANCEMENT. Grant maximum: $200,000. Project period: 24 months.
CATEGORY 3: STATEWIDE. Grant maximum per applicant for Subcategories A and B: $1.5 million. Of the $1.5 million, a maximum of $200,000 is available per applicant under subcategory A, and a maximum of $1,300,000 is available per applicant under subcategory B. Project period: 36 months.
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