The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Supporting Effective Interventions for Adolescent Sex Offenders and Children with Sexual Behavior Problems. This program furthers the Department’s mission by reducing violent crime, combating victimization, and enhancing public safety.

This solicitation provides funding to develop intervention and supervision services for adolescent sex offenders and children with sexual behavior problems, and to provide treatment services for their victims and families/caregivers.

Goals

The goal of this program is to prevent sexual reoffending by adolescent sex offenders and problematic sexual behavior in children.

Objectives

• Improve family and system response to incidents of adolescent sex offenses and problematic sexual behavior in children.
• Increase protective factors in targeted youth to prevent sexual reoffending or continued problematic sexual behavior.

Deliverables

• Develop or enhance intervention (including evidence-based treatment) and supervision services for adolescent sex offenders and/or children with sexual behavior problems.
• Develop or enhance treatment services for the child victims and no offending family members.
• Develop a comprehensive assessment of system resources that details the continuum of intervention services available for the target population (adolescent sex offenders and children with sexual behavior problems), and treatment services for their victims and family members/caregivers.
• Establish and/or maintain multidisciplinary teams that can respond to these cases to ensure offenders are held accountable within the legal system and treatment services are available for victims and offenders. Applicants able to demonstrate an existing partnership with multidisciplinary team member agencies in serving adolescent sex offenders and/or children with sexual behavior problems at the time of application will receive priority consideration and should include an attachment labeled “Multidisciplinary team partner list” as a part of their application. This list should reference the lead agency.

OJP Policy Priority Areas

In FY 2021, 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

• Anticipated Number of Awards: 7
• Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $475,000.00
• Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
• Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
• Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $3,325,000.00

Eligible Applicants

• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• State governments
• County governments
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Others
• City or township governments

For more information, visit Grants.gov.