Opportunity Information: Apply for OJJDP 2012 3314
Apply for OJJDP 2012 3314
- The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2012 National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Expansion Project" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.819 National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 24, 2012 and posted on May 24, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 25, 2012. (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 $20,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: City or township governments County governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments.
- Applicants are limited to local units of government, including state agencies (only if targeted to a local community), public agencies, and federally recognized tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). Units of government may partner as co applicants, when necessary, to achieve the goals of this solicitation however, a lead agency must be identified. Lead applicants must partner with a collaborative body that includes representation from city/county leadership, law enforcement, public health, courts, workforce development, housing and urban development, educators, and faith and community members. Partners should collectively have expertise in prevention, intervention, enforcement, and reentry. To be considered, applicants must provide the following A signed letter of commitment, at a minimum, by the mayor, chief of police (or equivalent law enforcement executive), and superintendent of schools within the locality. A demonstrated capacity to convene an array of community leaders and stakeholders and to work with OJJDP and its federal partners to build multidisciplinary partnerships and develop balanced approaches and data driven strategies to address youth violence in their localities. Substantiated high rates of youth violence. An identification of the primary local coordinator who will build partnerships and lead the 6 month development or enhancement of a youth violence prevention plan based on local data that will address the nature of youth violence and its causes and an inventory of resources that already exist to address that violence through prevention, intervention, suppression, and reentry strategies and programs.
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Opportunity Summary:
The OJJDP FY 2012 National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Expansion Project was a discretionary federal grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), to help communities strengthen their response to youth and gang violence. The program grew out of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, an initiative launched under President Obama by the Departments of Justice and Education to elevate youth violence as a national priority, build a shared public conversation about it, and support practical, locally driven strategies that reduce violence and its harms. The core idea behind the Forum is that youth violence is not limited to one type of place or one type of incident; it affects urban, suburban, and rural areas, and it shows up in forms ranging from bullying (with serious emotional and developmental consequences) to assaults involving weapons that can cause severe injury or death. This solicitation aimed to expand the Forum by selecting up to four additional communities to join the existing participating localities at that time: Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Salinas, and San Jose.
This award was structured as a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, signaling a closer working relationship between the federal government and the selected sites. Under a cooperative agreement, recipients typically collaborate more directly with OJJDP and federal partners on planning, implementation, and performance expectations. The focus of the funded work was not simply to run a single program, but to organize and guide a coordinated local process over a defined development period. Specifically, applicants were expected to identify a primary local coordinator who would lead a six-month effort to develop or enhance a comprehensive youth violence prevention plan rooted in local data. That plan needed to address both the nature of youth violence in the locality and its underlying causes, and it also needed to include an inventory of existing resources and efforts already operating in the community across a balanced set of approaches: prevention, intervention, suppression/enforcement, and reentry.
Eligibility was limited to governmental entities and closely related public bodies: local units of government, public agencies, federally recognized tribal governments, and state agencies only when the proposed work was clearly targeted to a particular local community. The solicitation allowed co-applicant partnerships among units of government when necessary to meet the program goals, but it required that one lead agency be designated to manage the application and serve as the primary accountable entity. A central requirement was that the lead applicant partner with a collaborative body representing key sectors that influence youth safety and opportunity. The solicitation explicitly called for representation from city or county leadership, law enforcement, public health, courts, workforce development, housing and urban development, educators, and faith and community members, with the expectation that the partnership would collectively bring expertise spanning prevention, intervention, enforcement, and reentry.
To be considered, applicants had to demonstrate both need and readiness. Need was reflected in the requirement to substantiate high rates of youth violence in the locality. Readiness was demonstrated through several required elements: a signed letter of commitment at minimum from the mayor, the chief of police (or equivalent law enforcement executive), and the superintendent of schools; evidence of the communitys capacity to convene diverse leaders and stakeholders; and a clear ability to work with OJJDP and federal partners to build multidisciplinary partnerships and implement balanced, data-driven strategies. In practice, the solicitation was looking for communities that not only faced serious youth violence challenges, but also had the leadership buy-in and organizational infrastructure to coordinate multiple systems and stakeholders around a unified plan.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, the opportunity was listed under CFDA 16.819 (National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention). It did not require cost sharing or matching funds. The posted date and creation date were May 24, 2012, with an application deadline of June 25, 2012, and an archive date of July 25, 2012. The award ceiling was $20,000, with no stated award floor. The funding activity category was Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the opportunity number was OJJDP 2012 3314. The project was authorized by the Department of Justice Authorization Act, 2012 (Pub. L. No. 112-55, 125 Stat. 552, 617), which provided statutory backing for OJJDP to support this kind of coordinated community violence-prevention planning and expansion activity.
Overall, this solicitation was designed to bring a small number of new communities into a national learning and collaboration framework focused on youth violence reduction. Rather than funding a large-scale service expansion, it emphasized leadership commitment, cross-sector partnership, and the creation or strengthening of a locally tailored, data-informed strategic plan that integrates prevention and public health approaches with enforcement and reentry supports. It also positioned selected sites to work closely with federal partners and peer Forum communities, aligning local action with broader national efforts to reduce youth and gang violence.
FAQs: OJJDP FY 2012 National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Expansion Project
What is the OJJDP FY 2012 National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Expansion Project?
It was a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), designed to help communities strengthen their response to youth and gang violence by organizing a coordinated local planning process and joining the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention.
What is the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention?
The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention was an initiative launched under President Obama by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education to elevate youth violence as a national priority, build a shared public conversation about it, and support practical, locally driven strategies to reduce violence and its harms.
Why did the solicitation emphasize that youth violence can happen anywhere?
The solicitation highlighted that youth violence affects urban, suburban, and rural areas and can range from bullying (with serious emotional and developmental consequences) to assaults involving weapons that can cause severe injury or death. The program approach was meant to fit different local contexts and different forms of harm.
What was the main purpose of this expansion project?
The solicitation aimed to expand the Forum by selecting up to four additional communities to join the existing participating localities and to support those new sites in developing or enhancing a comprehensive, data-driven youth violence prevention plan through a structured local process.
Which communities were already participating in the Forum at the time?
The participating localities listed were Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Salinas, and San Jose.
How many new communities could be selected under this solicitation?
Up to four additional communities could be selected.
Was this award a traditional grant or something different?
It was structured as a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, indicating a closer working relationship between the selected sites and OJJDP and other federal partners on planning, implementation, and performance expectations.
What does a cooperative agreement imply for recipients?
Based on the solicitation description, recipients were expected to collaborate more directly with OJJDP and federal partners, including alignment on planning and implementation activities and meeting performance expectations during the development period.
What kinds of activities were expected to be funded?
The focus was not to run a single standalone program. Instead, the funded work centered on organizing and guiding a coordinated local process over a defined development period to develop or enhance a comprehensive youth violence prevention plan grounded in local data.
How long was the local planning and development effort expected to take?
Applicants were expected to identify a primary local coordinator to lead a six-month effort to develop or enhance the plan.
What was required in the youth violence prevention plan?
The plan needed to be rooted in local data and address both (1) the nature of youth violence in the locality and (2) its underlying causes. It also needed to include an inventory of existing resources and efforts already operating in the community.
What approach areas had to be reflected in the inventory of local resources and efforts?
The solicitation called for a balanced set of approaches: prevention, intervention, suppression/enforcement, and reentry.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was limited to local units of government, public agencies, federally recognized tribal governments, and state agencies only when the proposed work was clearly targeted to a particular local community.
Could state agencies apply?
Yes, but only when the proposed work was clearly targeted to a particular local community.
Could multiple government entities apply together?
Yes. The solicitation allowed co-applicant partnerships among units of government when needed to meet the program goals, as long as one lead agency was designated.
What was required of the lead agency in a co-applicant partnership?
One lead agency had to be designated to manage the application and serve as the primary accountable entity.
What kind of partnership structure did the solicitation require locally?
The lead applicant was required to partner with a collaborative body representing key sectors that influence youth safety and opportunity, with the expectation that the partnership collectively brings expertise across prevention, intervention, enforcement, and reentry.
Which sectors were explicitly called out for representation in the collaborative body?
The solicitation explicitly called for representation from city or county leadership, law enforcement, public health, courts, workforce development, housing and urban development, educators, and faith and community members.
What did applicants have to show to demonstrate need?
Applicants had to substantiate high rates of youth violence in the locality.
What did applicants have to show to demonstrate readiness?
Readiness included (1) signed letters of commitment at minimum from the mayor, the chief of police (or equivalent law enforcement executive), and the superintendent of schools; (2) evidence of capacity to convene diverse leaders and stakeholders; and (3) a clear ability to work with OJJDP and federal partners to build multidisciplinary partnerships and implement balanced, data-driven strategies.
Which commitment letters were required at minimum?
At minimum, the solicitation required signed letters of commitment from the mayor, the chief of police (or equivalent law enforcement executive), and the superintendent of schools.
What role did local leadership buy-in play in the solicitation?
The solicitation was looking for communities with leadership commitment and the organizational infrastructure to coordinate multiple systems and stakeholders around a unified, locally tailored plan.
Was a cost share or matching funds required?
No. The opportunity did not require cost sharing or matching funds.
What was the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling was $20,000.
Was there a minimum (floor) award amount?
No award floor was stated in the provided opportunity information.
What was the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The opportunity was listed under CFDA 16.819 (National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention).
What was the opportunity number?
The opportunity number was OJJDP 2012 3314.
What was the funding activity category?
The funding activity category was Law, Justice and Legal Services.
When was the solicitation posted and when were applications due?
The posted date and creation date were May 24, 2012. The application deadline was June 25, 2012.
When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date was July 25, 2012.
What law authorized this project?
The project was authorized by the Department of Justice Authorization Act, 2012 (Pub. L. No. 112-55, 125 Stat. 552, 617).
Was the solicitation intended to fund large-scale direct service expansion?
No. As described, it emphasized leadership commitment, cross-sector partnership, and the creation or strengthening of a locally tailored, data-informed strategic plan integrating prevention and public health approaches with enforcement and reentry supports.
What was the broader goal of bringing new communities into the Forum?
The solicitation was designed to bring a small number of new communities into a national learning and collaboration framework focused on reducing youth violence, aligning local action with broader national efforts and peer community collaboration.
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