Office of Justice Programs Offers Grants to Serve Child and Youth Victims of Opioid Crisis

The Office of Justice Programs has released grant solicitations making $47 million available to help children and youth affected by the nation's opioid crisis. OJP's Office for Victims of Crime and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention are seeking applications for the grants, which will fund direct services for child victims of the epidemic and intervention opportunities for young people whose encounters with opioids bring them to the threshold of the juvenile justice system. Funds can be used to support school-based programs, foster care or child welfare programs, counseling and assistance programs, child advocacy programs, court-appointed special advocates, mentoring and tutoring programs, hospital- and medical-based programs, and faith-based programs. Grant funds can be used either to enhance existing efforts or to create entirely new programs to meet victim-specific needs.
OVC expects to award multiple grants averaging $700,000, up to a total of $26 million over a 36-month performance period, beginning Oct. 1, 2018. Applications are due by July 10, 2018. To learn more and apply, visit: https://go.usa.gov/xQGvg.

OJJDP is sponsoring a grant opportunity to help states, local governments and tribal jurisdictions develop and implement programs for children, at-risk juveniles and families who have been affected by the nation's opioid crisis. Eligible sites will receive up to $6 million to develop a response to the opioid crisis and provide services to improve public safety. In addition, OJJDP will award just over $1 million to a technical assistance provider to help grantees collect data that will address specific challenges resulting from the opioid epidemic. Applications are due July 2, 2018. To learn more and apply, visit: https://go.usa.gov/xQGvG.
OJJDP also has a funding opportunity open for youth mentoring programs with a focus on opioid abuse. Under this solicitation, $14 million is targeted to helping youth impacted by opioids through prevention, treatment and support services. Applications are due June 28, 2018. To learn more and apply, visit: https://go.usa.gov/xQGvA.

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