Upcoming Grants Related to Criminal/Juvenile Justice
City of Santa Fe: Santa Fe Regional Juvenile Justice Board Alternative to Detention Program
Deadline: Jul 10, 2017
The Alternative to Detention Programs initiative aims to: 1) establish a continuum of cost effective services and temporary, non-secure alternatives to detention in the City of Santa Fe for those youth who have been arrested or referred to juvenile probation and parole or are at risk of such referral; 2) establish rich programing that is...
U.S. Department of Justice: Second Chance Act Reentry and Mentoring Program
Deadline: Jul 5, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking applications for funding under the Second Chance Act to provide grants to nonprofit organizations and Indian tribes to provide reentry services and programs. This program furthers the Department’s mission by providing services and programs to reduce recidivism by facilitating the successful reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals as they...
U.S. Department of Justice: Second Chance Act Smart on Juvenile Justice – Community Supervision Reform Program
Deadline: May 8, 2017
The Community Supervision Reform Program will provide grants to develop and implement comprehensive juvenile community supervision improvement plans that will use evidence-based supervision strategies to stop any further progression into the juvenile justice system, reduce recidivism, and improve outcomes for juveniles under community supervision. The Program supports the planning and implementation phases of a comprehensive...
U.S. Department of Labor: Reentry Projects
Deadline: Apr 27, 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is seeking to enhance both adult and young adult reentry strategies through collaboration with the field to identify, define, and respond to emerging or chronic reentry challenges and issues by improving employment outcomes for these populations. ETA is seeking proposed strategies to address issues,...
New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department: Children’s Justice Act Funding
Deadline: Mar 30, 2017
The federal Children’s Justice Act (CJA) provides grants to states to improve the investigation, prosecution, and judicial handling of cases of child abuse and neglect, particularly child sexual abuse and exploitation, in a manner that limits additional trauma to the child victim. CJA funding also supports the handling of child fatality cases in which child...
U.S. Department of Justice: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
Deadline: Apr 4, 2017
The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) seeks to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice, 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. The program encourages early intervention...
Open Society Foundations: Police Associations Leading 21st Century Policing
Deadline: Feb 24, 2017
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve this mission, the Foundations seek to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. On a local level, the Open Society Foundations implement a range of...
U.S. Department of Justice: Comprehensive School Safety Initiative
Deadline: Mar 24, 2017
The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) funds rigorous research to produce practical knowledge that can improve the safety of schools and students. The Initiative is carried out through partnerships between researchers, educators, and other stakeholders, including law enforcement, behavioral and mental health professionals, courts, and other justice system professionals. Projects funded under the CSSI are...
U.S. Department of Justice: Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS)
Deadline: Feb 7, 2017
The Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS) program seeks to assist state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions in enhancing their justice information-sharing capacity through the use of innovative technological solutions in order to allow them to more effectively address disproportional and precipitous increases in crime(s). While many jurisdictions are making progress implementing justice information-sharing solutions...
U.S. Department of Justice: Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program (Project Safe Neighborhoods)
Deadline: Mar 28, 2017
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in gang violence and gun crime. The program’s effectiveness is based on the cooperation and partnerships of local, state, and federal agencies engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in each district. The USA is responsible for...
U.S. Department of Justice: Smart Reentry Focus on Evidence-based Strategies for Successful Reentry from Incarceration to Community
Deadline: Mar 14, 2017
The Second Chance Act of 2007 helps to address the significant challenges of reentry by providing comprehensive responses to incarcerated adults who are returning to communities from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities. Programs funded under the Second Chance Act help to promote public safety by ensuring that the transition individuals make from prison and...
U.S. Department of Justice: Second Chance Act Reentry Program for Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Disorders
Deadline: Mar 14, 2017
The Reentry Program for Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Disorders is designed to improve outcomes for adults with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders returning to communities after a period of incarceration. BJA recognizes that a significant number of individuals who are incarcerated and return to the community have chronic substance use and...
U.S. Department of Justice: Technical Assistance Provision to Support the Hiring of People with Criminal Records
Deadline: Feb 2, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), through its administration of the National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC), is inviting letters of interest from organizations that are interested in providing technical assistance to employers to support the hiring of people with criminal records. BJA is dedicating $500,000 over the course of one year...
U.S. Department of Justice: Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Grant Program
Deadline: Feb 16, 2017
The Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Grant Program (Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program), formerly known as the Grants to Encourage Arrest and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (Arrest Program), is designed to encourage partnerships among state, local, and tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions and rape...
U.S. Department of Justice: Enhanced Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program
Deadline: Feb 21, 2017
The Enhanced Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program (Abuse Later in Life Program) will fund projects that support a comprehensive approach to addressing elder abuse in their communities. The term “elder abuse” means any action against a person who is 50 years of age or older that constitutes the willful: (A)...