OJJDP FY 2011 Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program

The summary for the OJJDP FY 2011 Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	OJJDP FY 2011 Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
	CFDA Number:	16.123
	CFDA Description:	Community-Based Violence Prevention Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
	Category of Funding Activity:	Law Justice and Legal Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	OJJDP-2011-2967
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 22, 2011
	Creation Date:	Apr 08, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 23, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 23, 2011
	Archive Date:	Oct 01, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	2,200,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants are limited to states (including territories) and units of local government (including federally recognized tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). OJJDP welcomes joint applications from two or more eligible applicants; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants. Applicants must demonstrate a significant crime and violence problem affecting youth (specifically, high levels of shootings and killings over an extended period of time) to be eligible for this program. OJJDP will give preference to applicants that have high levels of support within local government. Specifically, successful applicants will be those that have signed letters of support from, at a minimum, a mayor or chief executive officer, chief of police, and the local school superintendent and have proven how the implementation of their comprehensive, community-based violence prevention strategy fits into the local governments youth violence prevention plan(s).
Grant Description: A growing number of communities have adopted multi-strategy, multi-disciplinary approaches toreduce the violence that has adversely affected youth, families, and neighborhoods acrossAmerica. This program provides funding for localities to support federal, state, and local partnerships to replicate proven multi-disciplinary, community-based strategies to reduce violence. This program will be authorized by an Act appropriating funds for the Department of Justice.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/fy2011/community-basedviolence.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Justice Information Center via email to JIC@telesishq.com. Center hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. On the solicitation close date, the Center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
Email [JIC@telesishq.com]
Similar Government Grants: • OJJDP FY 2010 Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program; • OJJDP FY 2010 National Evaluation of the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program