OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 19 Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), local governments, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of Interior) in partnership with interested persons (including Federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit organizations.   A determination by the Secretary of the Interior is not required for tribes to which federal recognition was extended by virtue of Public Law 115-121, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017.All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.    OJJDP welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire program. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application. For additional information on subawards, see the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.    Please note that in order to be eligible for funding under this solicitation, applicants must have a documented plan in place for providing comprehensive reentry program services for youth developed in close collaboration with interested persons (including Federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit organizations. The plan should address the mandatory requirements and be submitted as an attachment to the application.    Attach with the application a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that clearly demonstrates a collaborative relationship between the applicant, interested persons (including Federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit organizations. The MOU should specify how the applicant will coordinate with community and faith-based organizations and other stakeholders to address significant issues facing youth as they reenter the community. Describe the roles and responsibilities of the youth reentry task force members and the extent to which the applicant will have access to youth participants within residential facilities prior to release.
Description: The Second Chance Act (SCA) Youth Offender Reentry Program will help juvenile participants released from residential confinement to successfully transition back into society. This solicitation will support the delivery of a variety of evidence-based services while the offender is still confined and during his or her reentry into the community to ensure that the juvenile&#226;&#128;&#153;s transition is safe and successful. Sites funded under this program will provide juvenile offenders in confinement and following their release to the community with services, including: educational, vocational, and job placement services; substance abuse treatment; coordinated supervision and services upon release from confinement, including transitional/permanent housing and mental and physical health care; and victim appropriate services.
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GrantorContactText: For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800&#150;518&#150;4726 or 606&#150;545&#150;5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays.  &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center (Response Center) at grants@ncjrs.gov within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under &#147;Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues&#148; in the How to Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.  &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800&#150;851&#150;3420 or TTY: 301&#150;240&#150;6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET on the solicitation close date. General information on applying for OJJDP awards can be found at https://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/funding.html. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted at https://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2019/FAQ/SCAYOR.pdf.&lt;br/&gt;grants@ncjrs.gov