OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 2010 Safe Start Promising Approaches Project
Description: The project&#146;s purpose is to provide for evidence-based or theory-based interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children&#146;s exposure to violence in their homes and communities. Exposure to violence includes child maltreatment, abuse, or neglect; witnessing domestic violence; and community and/or school violence. This project will address the needs of children and youth ages 0&#150;17 who have been exposed to violence and their families. OJJDP seeks projects that embody a comprehensive and collaborative approach that uses the current knowledge base to address children&#146;s exposure to violence.Applicants may apply under one of two categories: (1) &#147;Strategic Enhancement,&#148; which improves an ongoing evidence-based model, or (2) &#147;Practice Innovation,&#148; which implements astrategy/intervention based on sound theory and evaluative literature, which has yet to be evaluated rigorously. Successful applicants must participate in a rigorous evaluation as part of this project.
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