OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 19 Youth Gang Desistance/Diversion Grant Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: federally recognized tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior),  nonprofit organizations  and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.      Eligible applicants that propose to provide direct services to youth must not include youth who are age 18 or older in the population they will serve.   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. 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.
Description: This solicitation will focus on targeted efforts to reduce gang activity by focusing on strategies to disrupt recruitment and incentivize desistance by supporting programs that offer alternative support mechanisms for youth. Law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies will be critical partners for this proposed initiative. Funding to prosecutorial and law enforcement agencies would support diversion activities as well as targeted incentives such as tattoo removal and life skill training for youthful gang members seeking to desist from gang activity. OJJDP has a long history of supporting community efforts to combat gang crime. Through OJJDP&#195;&#162;&#194;&#128;&#194;&#153;s Comprehensive Gang Model, communities can implement a comprehensive approach to gang crime and youth violence reduction. Eligible applicants will be required to implement OJJDP&#195;&#162;&#194;&#128;&#194;&#153;s Comprehensive Gang Model by working with the National Gang Center, and may use grant funds to support gang desistance/diversion activities.
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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/GangDDP.pdf.&lt;br/&gt;grants@ncjrs.gov