OJJDP FY 2021 Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reduction Program | O OJJDP 2021 05001

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The OJJDP FY 2021 Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reduction Program is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It is designed to help communities confront youth gun and gang violence by supporting locally driven strategies that blend prevention, intervention, and suppression in a coordinated way. The broader DOJ framing for this solicitation emphasizes strengthening civil rights, expanding access to justice, supporting crime victims, protecting the public from evolving threats, and building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. In practice, this means the program is looking for community-based approaches that can reduce serious youth violence while also improving collaboration, legitimacy, and fairness in how public safety is delivered.

Awards are made as cooperative agreements, which generally indicates a closer working relationship with the federal agency than a standard grant, often involving substantial federal involvement in oversight, coordination, and performance monitoring. The assistance is categorized under Law, Justice and Legal Services and is associated with CFDA number 16.123. The opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number O-OJJDP-2021-05001) was posted on May 4, 2021, with an original application deadline of June 22, 2021. OJJDP anticipated making about 11 awards, with a maximum (ceiling) award amount of $1,000,000 per award.

Eligibility is broad and includes multiple types of public and community-serving entities that are positioned to lead or coordinate local anti-violence work. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; independent school districts; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); private institutions of higher education; and other applicants as allowed under the solicitation’s additional eligibility language. This wide eligibility reflects the program’s expectation that reducing youth gun and gang violence requires cross-sector leadership and partnerships that may involve local government, schools, community organizations, and other stakeholders.

Overall, the grant opportunity supports comprehensive community strategies aimed at lowering rates of youth gun and gang violence by combining upstream prevention (addressing risk factors and strengthening protective factors), targeted intervention (engaging youth at highest risk of involvement in violence), and focused suppression or enforcement elements (addressing immediate threats and serious violent activity). The intent is not a single-program approach, but an organized local plan that aligns multiple tactics and partners toward measurable reductions in youth violence and improvements in community safety and trust.

• 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 2021 Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reduction Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.123.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 04, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 22, 2021. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 11 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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