OJJDP Safe Start: Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence

The summary for the OJJDP Safe Start: Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Office of Justice Programs, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

OJJDP Safe Start: Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is requesting applications for the Safe Start: Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence project. This project will help local communities implement collaborative cross-agency strategies for effectively reducing the impact of children?s exposure to violence. For the purpose of this project, exposure to violence includes both direct victimization (e.g. child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment) and indirect victimization (e.g. witnessing domestic violence or community violence). Children?s exposure to other forms of violence?such as violence in the media, terrorism, and war?is beyond the scope of this project. Applicants should propose strategies that are grounded in current research and knowledge of best practices in the field of exposure to violence. Grantees under this project will be required to collect and submit data on participants and outcomes as described in the solicitation, as well as to participate in a national evaluation of the initiative. OJJDP will select up to 14 applicants to receive up to $210,000 in funding through cooperative agreements for up to a 4-year period.