The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) are seeking applications for funding for the OJJDP fiscal year (FY) 2021 Delinquency Prevention Grants Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission to reduce crime and promote public safety by providing funding to states, localities, and tribes to implement programs to address juvenile delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system.

The OJJDP Delinquency Prevention Grants Program focuses on helping youth avoid involvement in delinquency through reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors in their schools, communities, and families. States awarded under this program are required to provide subgrants to units of local government.

The goal of this program is to support state, local, and tribal prevention efforts to reduce risk factors and enhance protective factors to prevent youth at risk of becoming delinquent from entering the juvenile justice system.

Priority Areas

In FY 2021, and in addition to executing any program-specific prioritization that may be applicable, OJP will give priority consideration to applications as follows:

• Applications that address specific challenges that rural communities face.
• Applications that demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties.
• Applications that offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs).

Funding Information

• Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
• Period of Performance Duration (Months): 60
• Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $10,000,000.00

Eligible Applicants

• State governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)

Other Eligibility Information

This solicitation is composed of two grant categories. Applicants must clearly designate the category for which they are applying.

Category 1: State Delinquency Prevention Programs

The following entities are eligible to apply:

• Only the agency designated by the chief executive (e.g., the governor) of each state or territory that has a properly constituted state advisory group (SAG), as specified in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA); see 34 U.S.C. § 11133(a)(3). Applicants must be fully eligible, must be participating in the Title II Formula Grants Program, and must be in compliance with all four core requirements as of September 30, 2020 as outlined in Title II, Part B, of the JJDPA; see 34 U.S.C. § 11133(a)(11), (12), (13), and (15). Applicants who do not meet this criterion are ineligible to apply under this solicitation.
• For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Category 2: Tribal Delinquency Prevention Programs

The following entities are eligible to apply:

• Federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, or a consortium of such tribes, may apply for funding under this category.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.