OJJDP FY 2020 and 2021 Nonparticipating States: American Samoa (2020), Connecticut (2020 and 2021), Nebraska (2020 and 2021), New Mexico (2020), Texas (2020 and 2021), Wyoming (2020 and 2021), and Virgin Islands (2020) Solicitation | O OJJDP 2021 30002

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This Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) solicitation is a discretionary funding opportunity created to ensure that juvenile justice work can still be supported in places that are not participating in, or are ineligible for, the standard JJDP Act Title II, Part B Formula Grants program. Specifically, the solicitation targets applicants located in the following nonparticipating jurisdictions for FY 2020: American Samoa, Connecticut, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It also covers FY 2021 nonparticipation or ineligibility for Connecticut, Nebraska, Texas, and Wyoming. Because these states and territories are not receiving Formula Grant funds through the usual state-administered pathway, Congress authorized an alternate route under 34 U.S.C. 11133(d) that allows OJJDP to make competitive awards directly to private nonprofit agencies and local public agencies within those jurisdictions.

The overarching purpose aligns with DOJ and OJJDP priorities around promoting civil rights, increasing access to justice, supporting victims, protecting the public from crime and emerging threats, and strengthening trust between law enforcement and communities. In practical terms, the solicitation is designed to fund juvenile justice and delinquency prevention efforts that would otherwise be supported through the Formula Grants structure. Rather than flowing through a state designated agency, funds are awarded competitively by OJJDP to eligible local and nonprofit organizations operating in the covered jurisdictions.

Awards are made as cooperative agreements, meaning recipients should expect more substantial federal involvement than a typical grant (for example, closer coordination, agreed-upon deliverables, and more active program oversight by OJJDP). The opportunity is listed under CFDA 16.540 (Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Allocation to States), but it is explicitly tailored to nonparticipating states and territories through this competitive mechanism. OJJDP anticipated making up to 8 awards, with an award ceiling of $3,500,000 per award.

Eligible applicants include local units of government (county governments and city or township governments), public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education). Eligibility is effectively limited by geography and program intent: applicants must be located in and propose work benefiting one of the listed nonparticipating states or territories for the covered fiscal year(s), and the proposed activities must fit within the scope of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention purposes that OJJDP funds under the JJDP Act framework.

Administratively, this funding opportunity was posted on June 3, 2021, under funding opportunity number O-OJJDP-2021-30002, with an original application deadline of July 19, 2021. In short, the solicitation functions as a backstop for juvenile justice funding in specific jurisdictions that, for FY 2020 and/or FY 2021, did not access JJDP Formula Grant funds through their state participation, allowing local public agencies and nonprofits to compete directly for OJJDP support.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2020 and 2021 Nonparticipating States: American Samoa (2020), Connecticut (2020 and 2021), Nebraska (2020 and 2021), New Mexico (2020), Texas (2020 and 2021), Wyoming (2020 and 2021), and Virgin Islands (2020) Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.540.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 03, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 19, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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