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Department of Justice
Local Youth Mentoring Initiative
Due date: April 20, 2009
This Department of Justice (DOJ) FOA is based on the strategy that mentoring is designed to help youth succeed in life by providing them with the skills, resources, and confidence they need to reach their potential. This program will provide funding for local faith- and community-based organizations to develop, implement, and expand neighborhood mentoring programs. While such programs should be founded on best practices and proven principles, they should be led by collaboratives indigenous to the community and designed according to local needs and resources. The DOJ will only accept applications where the applicant has entered into a partnership with one or more public or private entities to form a "community partnership". Eligible community partnerships must include one or more private organizations. This program will fund multiple awards up to $500,000 per award for a project period of up to 4 years. The award amount will cover the entire period.
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program Training and Technical Assistance Grants
Due date: May 14, 2009
The ICAC Task Force Program supports a national network of 59 multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to Internet crimes against children. Additionally, the task forces provide forensic and investigative technical assistance to law enforcement and prosecutorial officials, as well as community education information to parents, educators, prosecutors, law enforcement, and others concerned with child victimization. For the purposes of this program, the DOJ is interested in innovative approaches for the design and delivery of training to support the ICAC Task Force network, law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and partnering agencies/organizations. The DOJ anticipates that a total of $5,100,000 will be available for this program to fund several awards. From that total, the DOJ will make several awards. Projects may be for 12 to 36 months.
Evaluation of Internet Child Safety Materials Used by ICAC Task Forces in School and Community Settings
Due date: May 18, 2009
The successful grantee will conduct a multisite evaluation of Internet child safety materials used by ICAC task forces in school and community settings to examine the effectiveness of these materials and identify gaps that may exist in this field. The information is needed to help ICAC task forces make informed decisions about the best materials available to meet their missions of promoting public awareness and prevention. The results will be made available to other ICAC task forces to enhance their efforts to address Internet crimes against children. The sampling frame must include at least one ICAC Task Force that uses each of the four identified curricula and should include Task Forces that use other Internet child safety materials. The DOJ expects to make 1 award of up to $500,000 for a multisite evaluation of Internet child safety materials that focus public awareness and/or prevention of Internet crimes against children, and that are used in schools and community settings by ICAC Task Forces that receive funding under the Recovery Act.
Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program
Due date: April 27, 2009
The Recovery Act Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program will help communities improve the capacity of state and local justice systems and provide for national support efforts including training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address local needs. The amount of funding has not been set. Term of award is up to 2 years. The project start date should be on or after July 31, 2009, and no funding beyond the 24-month project period should be anticipated.
This grant announcement focuses on initiatives in these eight areas.
- Preventing and reducing violent crime through community-based data-drive approaches
- Providing funding for neighborhood-based probation and parole officers
- Reducing mortgage fraud and crime related to vacant properties
- Hiring of civilian support personnel in law enforcement
- Enhancing forensic and crime scene investigations
- Improving resources and services for victims of crime
- Supporting problem-solving courts
- National training and technical assistance partnerships
Tribal Crime Data Collection, Analysis, and Estimation Project
Due date: April 30, 2009
Federal, state, local, and tribal governments need complete and reliable tribal crime and justice data to develop and design effective crime prevention programs on Native American land. Over the past several years, a number of studies have used different methodologies to assess victimization among American Indians and the experience of American Indians in the criminal justice system. These studies reveal the breadth of the pending tribal justice and safety issues facing American Indians, yet also highlight the paucity of data on crime and the administration of justice on Native American land and the need for improved collections and analyses. This award will allocate no more than $1 million over a 24-month period.