OJJDP FY 2023 Youth Violence Prevention Program | O OJJDP 2023 171718

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The OJJDP FY 2023 Youth Violence Prevention Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), focused on helping communities develop and strengthen strategies that prevent youth violence, including youth gang involvement and gang or group-related violence. The solicitation is grounded in the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) broader priorities around advancing civil rights and racial equity, improving access to justice, supporting crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, strengthening community safety, addressing evolving public safety threats, and building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Within that framework, OJJDP emphasizes a juvenile justice approach that improves youth welfare and expands young peoples opportunities for a safer, healthier future.

A central theme of the program is OJJDPs push to transform juvenile justice practice so that systems "treat children as children" and prioritize keeping youth at home with their families and in their communities whenever possible, while also creating real opportunities for youth who have had contact with the justice system. Applicants are encouraged to show clearly how their proposed violence prevention work aligns with these priorities, particularly by designing services and interventions that are developmentally appropriate, community-based, and supportive of long-term positive outcomes rather than relying on punitive or institutional responses.

The solicitation places strong emphasis on meaningful youth and family partnership as a required element of program design. OJJDP makes the case that young people and family members with lived experience are essential to understanding what drives system involvement and what actually works to prevent it. Because of that, applicants must describe how they will integrate and sustain youth and family engagement in both the project plan and the budget, not as a symbolic add-on but as an ongoing partnership that shapes decisions. The opportunity recognizes that this can take different forms depending on the project, including individual-level partnership (such as involving youth and families in case planning and direct service delivery before, during, and after contact with youth-serving systems), agency-level partnership (such as youth and family input into program design, staffing, implementation practices, evaluation approaches, advisory bodies, and budget development), and system-level partnership (such as youth and family roles in strategic planning, system improvement initiatives, reform efforts, and advocacy strategies). In other words, the grant expects applicants to build structures that make youth and families active collaborators in developing solutions rather than passive recipients of services.

From an administrative standpoint, the funding opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2023-171718 and the assistance listing (CFDA) number is 16.548, categorized under law, justice, and legal services. The award ceiling is $250,000, and OJJDP anticipated making 4 awards under this solicitation. Eligible applicants include county governments; city or township governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education); and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. The solicitation was created on April 24, 2023, with an original closing date of June 12, 2023.

Overall, this grant opportunity is designed for applicants that can demonstrate a credible, community-rooted youth violence prevention strategy and that are prepared to embed youth and family voice into how the work is planned, delivered, and sustained. The program is not only about reducing violence and gang involvement in the short term, but also about shifting how youth-serving systems partner with communities to support young people through prevention, engagement, and opportunity.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2023 Youth Violence Prevention Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.548.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 24, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 12, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.

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