OJJDP FY24 Family-Based Alternative Justice Program | O OJJDP 2024 172037

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The OJJDP FY24 Family-Based Alternative Justice Program is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) designed to strengthen and expand diversion and alternative justice approaches that keep families together when possible and reduce the negative ripple effects of incarceration on children. The core idea behind the program is that when a parent or primary caregiver becomes involved in the criminal justice system, the consequences often extend well beyond the individual case, disrupting child wellbeing, family stability, housing, employment, and long-term outcomes. Through this solicitation, OJJDP is looking to fund programs that either launch new family-based diversion models or improve existing ones, with the goal of achieving better outcomes for children, parents, and the family unit overall.

This opportunity focuses on building practical capacity across multiple systems that touch these families, especially state and local courts and community-based justice partners. Funded projects are expected to support diversion and alternative justice programming specifically tailored to parents and primary caregivers, meaning the target population is not just any justice-involved adult, but adults whose case decisions directly affect children and caregiving arrangements. The program emphasis is on mitigating harm caused by incarceration, which typically implies approaches that reduce jail and prison exposure when appropriate, connect families to services, and promote accountability through community-based or treatment-oriented pathways rather than confinement.

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally means the federal agency anticipates having substantial involvement during the award period compared to a standard grant. The activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the program is listed under CFDA number 16.738. While the solicitation description provided here does not spell out specific required activities, the framing strongly signals support for diversion infrastructure, cross-system coordination, court or community program implementation, and enhancements that improve the effectiveness and reach of existing alternative justice efforts serving parents/caregivers.

Eligibility is broad and includes a wide range of public and private entities. Eligible applicants include state governments; county, city, or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education); and for-profit organizations (including small businesses and other for-profits). This wide eligibility suggests OJJDP is open to funding court-led initiatives, government-community partnerships, university-supported implementation or evaluation efforts, and community-based providers that can operate diversion and supportive service models.

The opportunity was posted with an original closing date of April 29, 2024, and it anticipated making about four awards. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $1,000,000 per award. The funding opportunity title is "OJJDP FY24 Family-Based Alternative Justice Program," and the funding opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2024-172037. The notice was created on March 14, 2024. Overall, the program is positioned to help jurisdictions and communities expand alternatives to traditional prosecution and incarceration for parents and primary caregivers, aiming to reduce family disruption and improve both immediate and long-term outcomes for children and families impacted by the justice system.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Family-Based Alternative Justice Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.738.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-29. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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