OJJDP FY24 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program | O OJJDP 2024 172193

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The OJJDP FY24 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) designed to strengthen youth substance use prevention efforts through coordinated work in schools and the broader community. The central aim is to support a single national organization that can operate a National Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program, with a clear focus on delivering prevention education to young people in school settings and through extracurricular activities. A key feature of the program is that prevention work is expected to be done in partnership with local law enforcement and community coalitions, reflecting OJJDPs emphasis on comprehensive, community-based approaches that address local prevention needs.

Under this cooperative agreement, the selected national organization is expected to function as the hub for a nationwide effort. Rather than only running programming directly, the awardee will provide funding and robust training and technical assistance (TTA) to local nonprofit organizations. Those local nonprofits, in turn, will be required to build and sustain community coalitions in partnership with law enforcement. The coalitions are described as groups of community leaders who organize to identify and meet the prevention needs of youth and families in their communities, helping ensure that prevention strategies are locally relevant and supported by multiple sectors. The opportunity frames the partnership between nonprofits, coalitions, and law enforcement as a way to create a more coordinated, layered prevention approach, not a single standalone curriculum or event.

The opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically means OJJDP anticipates having substantial involvement in guiding or collaborating on key elements of program implementation, performance expectations, and outcomes. The funding activity category is listed as Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 16.838. Eligible applicants include a wide range of entity types: public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. This broad eligibility suggests OJJDP is open to a variety of national-level organizations that can demonstrate the capacity to manage a large program, regrant funds to local partners, and deliver consistent, high-quality TTA at scale.

In terms of funding structure and scale, OJJDP expects to make one award under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $10,000,000. The anticipated single-award design reinforces that OJJDP is looking for one lead organization to coordinate a national model, distribute resources to local sites, and ensure consistent implementation support across multiple communities. The posting indicates the opportunity was created on June 27, 2024, and the original closing date for applications is August 12, 2024. Overall, the grant is built around the idea that youth drug prevention is most effective when schools are supported by coordinated community leadership and when local coalitions and law enforcement partners work alongside nonprofit organizations to deliver prevention education and reinforce shared community norms that discourage youth substance use.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.838.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-27.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-12. (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 $10,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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.

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