U.S. Department of Justice
E-Alert: Volume 4, Number 28
Grant Announcements
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Gang Prevention Coordination Assistance Program solicitation
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applicants for its Gang Prevention Coordination Assistance Program solicitation. Youth gangs continue to have a significant adverse impact on youth, families, and communities across America. Leading gang experts and a growing number of communities have endorsed multi-strategy, multi-disciplinary approaches to reducing gang activity. The OJJDP FY 07 Gang Prevention Coordination Assistance Program provides funding for localities to enhance coordination of local, state, and federal resources in support of community partnerships implementing two or more of the following anti-gang strategies: primary prevention, secondary prevention, gang intervention, and gang enforcement.
Eligibility: Faith- and community-based, nonprofit and for-profit
agencies are eligible to apply. Deadline: June 22, 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: For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation,
contact Phelan Wyrick, Gang Program Coordinator, at 202-353-9254 or phelan.wyrick@usdoj.gov,
or Stephanie Rapp, Grants Program Specialist, at 202-514-9123 or stephanie.rapp@usdoj.gov.
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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