OJJDP FY24 Center for Youth Justice Transformation – Invited To Apply | O OJJDP 2024 172197

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The OJJDP FY24 Center for Youth Justice Transformation (Invited To Apply) opportunity is a continuation cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), intended to support the ongoing work of the Center for Youth Justice Transformation (CYJT). The overall purpose is to strengthen juvenile justice system improvement efforts by helping jurisdictions align with federal requirements tied to OJJDPs Formula Grants Program and by expanding practical support that translates research and policy goals into day-to-day reform work across states, territories, Tribal communities, and local systems.

A central focus of the award is improving state- and territory-level compliance with the Formula Grants Program (CFDA 16.540), which is the core federal mechanism that supports juvenile justice planning and reforms in participating jurisdictions. Through the CYJT, OJJDP expects work that helps jurisdictions understand, meet, and sustain the programs compliance expectations, while also using compliance activities as a lever to drive broader system improvements. In practical terms, this typically includes clarifying standards, supporting consistent interpretation and application of requirements, and helping jurisdictions build the internal capacity and structures needed to maintain compliance over time.

The solicitation also emphasizes the development and delivery of training and technical assistance (TTA) to support juvenile justice system reform. The TTA component is meant to reach multiple levels of the system, including state, territorial, Tribal, and community-based partners. The intention is to provide hands-on, implementation-oriented support that addresses real operational challenges in reform work, such as policy development, practice change, system coordination, data use, and accountability. This reflects OJJDPs common approach of pairing federal policy goals with structured support so jurisdictions can move from intent to sustained practice change.

Another major deliverable is the design and implementation of an online education platform focused on best practices in juvenile justice reform. This suggests a structured, accessible learning environment that can disseminate evidence-informed guidance, tools, and training content at scale, beyond what is possible through in-person events alone. The platform is expected to help standardize and spread effective approaches, allowing a wide range of stakeholders to access learning modules, resources, and potentially curated materials that support reform planning and implementation.

Administratively, this opportunity is categorized as a continuation award and uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument, meaning OJJDP typically anticipates substantial involvement in shaping, overseeing, or collaborating on the work during the project period rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal federal engagement. The opportunity is listed as invited to apply, and the named organization associated with the solicitation is the American Institutes for Research, indicating the competition is not broadly open in the way many discretionary solicitations are. The opportunity is expected to make a single award, with an award ceiling of $1,362,108, and it falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services activity category. The funding opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2024-172197, and the original application closing date was August 5, 2024, with the record created on July 18, 2024.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Center for Youth Justice Transformation – Invited To Apply" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.540.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-05. (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 $1,362,108.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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