Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (HHS)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeks to fund research that will help expand and advance the understanding about what works to prevent violence that impacts children and youth, collectively referred to as adverse childhood experiences, including child abuse and neglect, teen dating violence, sexual violence, youth violence, and exposure to adult intimate partner violence

Eligibility:

Funding will help support the evaluation of primary prevention strategies, programs, or policies that target universal or selected high-risk populations (i.e., populations that have one or more risk factors that place them at heightened risk for perpetration of violence).

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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program

 The Justice Assistance Grant Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, and crime victim and witness initiatives and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams.

Eligibility:

State governments, the District of Columbia, and territories.

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Title V Delinquency Prevention Program

The purpose of this program is to prevent youth at risk of becoming delinquent from entering the juvenile justice system and to intervene with first-time and non-serious offenders to keep them from further contact with the juvenile justice system.

The goal is to reduce the likelihood that youth will become serious and violent offenders as adults, reducing the burden of crime on society and saving taxpayers billions of dollars

Eligibility:

States, territories, units of local government, federally recognized tribal governments, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education. Forprofit organizations must agree to waive any profit or fees for services

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Tribal Youth Program (Title V)

The mission of the OJJDP is to strengthen the juvenile justice system by providing training, technical assistance, and information on trends, new approaches, and innovative techniques to juvenile courts and court personnel; law enforcement; detention and corrections; youth service providers; and child advocacy organizations. 

Eligibility:

Federally-recognized Indian tribes, tribal coalitions and Native Alaska Villages are eligible to apply.

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