OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 2011 Disproportionate Minority Contact Community and Strategic Planning Project
CategoryExplanation: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Justice Information Center at 1-877-927-5657 or via email to JIC@telesishq.com. Center hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. On the solicitation close date, the Center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Only the agency that the chief executive (i.e., the governor) of each state designates is eligible to apply for these funds. The term &#239;&#191;&#189;state&#239;&#191;&#189; means any state of the United States, the District of  Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Applicants that do not meet this criterion are ineligible to apply under this solicitation.
Description: Pursuant to Section 223(a)(22) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, states and territories must address specific delinquency prevention and system improvement efforts to reduce, without establishing or requiring numerical standards or quotas, the disproportionate number of minority juveniles who come into contact with the juvenile justice system. DMC exists if the rate with which specific minority group comes into contact with the juvenile justice system significantly differs from the rate of contact for non-Hispanic whites or other minority groups. The goal of OJJDP&#239;&#191;&#189;s DMC efforts is to ensure equal and fair treatment for every youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Thus, this project will provide funding to the states to implement state and/or local governing boards and to conduct an assessment of the local jurisdiction(s) juvenile justice system to determine the extent of DMC and possible contributing factors to reduce DMC in their juvenile justice systems. This program will be authorized by an act appropriating funds for the Department of Justice.
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GrantorContactText: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Justice Information Center at 1-877-927-5657 or via email to JIC@telesishq.com. Center hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. On the solicitation close date, the Center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time.