U.S. Department of Justice
E-Alert: Volume 4, Number 27
Grant Announcements
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Drug Courts/Reclaiming Futures Program
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applicants for its Drug Courts/Reclaiming Futures solicitation. Through this initiative, OJJDP is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to enhance the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to serve substance-abusing juvenile offenders by developing and establishing juvenile drug courts applying the Reclaiming Futures program model.
Eligibility: Faith- and community-based, nonprofit and for-profit agencies are ineligible as applicants, but they are encouraged to partner as a community provider of services, if applicable and appropriate. Deadline: June 20, 2007. Applicants should register with Grants.Gov as early as possible to prevent delays in submitting their applications by the deadline. View solicitation. Contact Information: Gwen Williams, Grants Program Specialist - gwendolyn.williams@usdoj.gov or 202-616-1611.
Community Oriented Policing Services
- Community Policing Development (CPD) Program
The goal of this program is to facilitate the implementation or advancement of nationwide community policing efforts, as well as to address existing gaps in community policing knowledge and tools.COPS Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to advance the practice of community policing in law enforcement agencies through training and technical assistance, the development of innovative community policing strategies, applied research, guidebooks, and best practices. In the past, CPD topics have included (but have not been limited to) campus safety and school safety, ethics and integrity, gangs, identity theft, leadership, offender reentry, partnerships, problem-solving, private security, recruitment and hiring, technology, and youth-related safety and victimization. A complete list of deliverables resulting from projects that the COPS Office has funded over the years can be found at the Resource Information Center on the COPS web site.
Eligibility: all public governmental entities, profit and nonprofit institutions, educational institutions, community groups, and faith based organizations. Deadline: July 2, 2007. Applicants should register with Grants.Gov by June 19, 2007, to prevent delays in submitting their applications by the deadline. View solicitation. Contact Information: Grant Program Specialist - 800.421.6770.
To see a list of open grant and contract solicitations, please visit www.grants.gov (grants), www.fedbizopps.gov (contracts), or click here for a list of
funding opportunities through the U.S. Department of Justice.
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