OJJDP FY 2022 Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth With Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior | O OJJDP 2022 171269

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The OJJDP FY 2022 Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth With Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior grant is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), offered through a cooperative agreement. The overall purpose is to help communities build or strengthen coordinated, community-based responses for youth who have engaged in problematic or illegal sexual behavior, while also ensuring meaningful treatment and supports for victims and for victims families and caregivers. The solicitation is framed within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) broader priorities around civil rights and racial equity, access to justice, victim support, community safety, and strengthening public trust.

At its core, the program focuses on developing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach. Successful applicants are expected to have an established multidisciplinary team (MDT) or a clearly defined, functioning collaborative structure that can bring together the key systems involved in these cases. That typically includes juvenile justice, behavioral health and treatment providers, victim services, child welfare, education, law enforcement, prosecution and defense partners, and other community-based organizations as appropriate. The emphasis is not just on supervision or enforcement, but on a holistic continuum that combines accountability, developmentally appropriate intervention, treatment planning, and coordinated service delivery. Just as importantly, the solicitation explicitly includes services for victims and for the victims families or caregivers, reflecting the expectation that communities address harm and recovery alongside youth-focused intervention.

The funding is organized into two categories. Category 1, Project Sites, supports local jurisdictions in implementing or enhancing a full continuum of intervention and supervision services for affected youth, paired with treatment and supportive services for victims and families or caregivers. Applicants in this category are expected to start with a clear assessment of what resources already exist in their jurisdiction and then propose a plan that fills specific gaps rather than duplicating existing services. In practice, this means applicants should be able to describe current system capacity (for example, availability of specialized clinical providers, structured supervision options, victim advocacy supports, family engagement services, and coordination protocols) and then show how the proposed project will strengthen weak points, improve coordination, and produce a more consistent community response.

Category 2, Training and Technical Assistance (TTA), funds an organization to provide implementation support to the Category 1 project sites. This recognizes that communities may be at very different stages of readiness and may use different models, policies, and practices. The TTA provider is expected to deliver training, coaching, and other hands-on assistance tailored to each site, helping them carry out prevention, intervention, and treatment strategies effectively. Since technical assistance needs can vary widely, the role is designed to be flexible and responsive, supporting sites as they build multidisciplinary processes, align partners, adopt or refine evidence-informed approaches, improve victim-centered practices, and troubleshoot operational challenges during implementation.

Key administrative details from the opportunity include an award ceiling of up to $1,000,000, with an estimated five awards anticipated. The eligible applicant pool is broad and includes state, county, and city or township governments; federally recognized tribal governments and certain tribal organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions); and for-profit organizations other than small businesses, along with other entities as specified in the solicitation. The opportunity falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services activity category and is associated with CFDA number 16.543. The solicitation was posted April 15, 2022, with an original closing date of June 6, 2022, under funding opportunity number O-OJJDP-2022-171269.

Overall, the grant is designed to help communities move toward coordinated, developmentally appropriate, and victim-responsive practice for these complex cases, pairing local direct-service implementation (Category 1) with structured training and technical assistance to strengthen consistency and quality across project sites (Category 2).

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2022 Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth With Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.543.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 15, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 06, 2022. (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 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township 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, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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