OJJDP FY24 Expanding Youth Access to Community-Based Treatment – Training and Technical Assistance and Program Development | O OJJDP 2024 172127

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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is offering a FY24 discretionary funding opportunity focused on expanding youth access to community-based treatment through a combination of national training and technical assistance (TTA) and local program development. The core purpose is to strengthen diversion efforts for justice-involved youth, or youth at high risk of entering the juvenile justice system, who have substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring mental health and substance use needs. Rather than allowing these young people to move deeper into the formal justice process, the initiative emphasizes steering them toward appropriate community-based treatment that addresses behavioral health needs early, improves outcomes, and reduces system involvement.

This opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the awardee should expect substantial federal involvement or collaboration during implementation. OJJDP intends to make a single award, with an award ceiling of $6,000,000, to one organization that can operate at a national scale. The selected applicant will be responsible for leading a national TTA program designed to build the capability and capacity of diversion programs that serve youth with SUD and co-occurring disorders. In practice, this implies helping jurisdictions and service providers improve how they identify youth needs, connect youth to treatment, coordinate across juvenile justice and behavioral health systems, and implement more effective diversion pathways that keep youth out of formal processing when appropriate.

A major component of the work is administering a subaward program that provides funding to local demonstration sites. These demonstration sites are meant to serve as on-the-ground examples of improved approaches to diversion and treatment linkage, showing how communities can strengthen responses to youth with SUD and co-occurring mental health conditions. The national TTA provider would not only distribute and oversee these subawards but also support the sites with guidance, tools, and problem-solving assistance, using lessons learned to inform the broader field. The overall intention is to create practical models that can be replicated, adapted, and scaled in other jurisdictions, improving outcomes for youth while also reducing unnecessary justice system penetration.

The opportunity falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services category and is associated with CFDA number 16.838. Eligible applicants span a wide range of entities, including public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding universities in the nonprofit category listed), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses. The solicitation was created on May 9, 2024, with an original closing date of June 24, 2024. Overall, the grant is designed to fund one lead organization that can deliver national-level expertise and infrastructure while simultaneously building and supporting local demonstration projects that improve diversion to community-based treatment for youth with substance use and co-occurring mental health needs.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Expanding Youth Access to Community-Based Treatment – Training and Technical Assistance and Program Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.838.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-24. (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 $6,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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, Small businesses.

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