Date: July 31, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET
This webinar will review key concepts related to the education of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness included in the McKinney-Vento Act. The webinar will cover:
NASA’s TEAM II solicitation invites informal education institutions to create innovative, NASA-inspired programming for K-12 students and their families. The solicitation is expected to be released in the third quarter of FY2024 (April-June). The solicitation will include three tiers in response to the feedback from the informal education community. The three tiers include:
Grants.gov deadline: June 24, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
JustGrants deadline: July 8, 2024, 8:59 pm ET
Solicitation Webinar: June 14, 2024, 2:00 pm ET.Register to attend.
With this solicitation (PDF, 37 pages), OJJDP will fund mentoring organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth (17 years of age or younger) who are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement. Learn more and apply.
Grants.gov deadline: June 24, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
JustGrants deadline: July 8, 2024, 8:59 pm ET
With this solicitation (PDF, 26 pages), OJJDP seeks to build capability and capacity of diversion programs serving justice-involved youth under the age of 18 with substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder needs. The program will improve responses and outcomes for these youth by diverting them toward community-based treatment to address their unique mental and behavioral health needs to prevent them from entering the formal justice system. Learn more and apply.
This interactive toolkit summarizes academic research literature and policy analyses on specific accommodations for students with disabilities. The resource is organized by learner accommodation and contains a research fact sheet for each accommodation. Learn more.
This webpage provides detailed information about the roles, responsibilities, and positive impact of interveners. Interveners provide consistent one-on-one support to help students who are deafblind gain access to information and communication and facilitate the development of their social and emotional well-being. The webpage shares intervener employment tools and materials and highlights training and certification programs. The webpage is available in Spanish and English. Learn more.
This guide helps Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) teams make informed decisions by understanding how a student's deafblindness affects their access to information, communication, social relationships, and conceptual learning. This guide is available in English and Spanish. Learn more.
Date: December 10—13, 2024
This webinar will share successes, challenges, lessons learned, best practices, and visions for the future of crime victim services for AI/AN survivors and communities. The 2024 theme is Healing and Continuing to Stay Rooted. Tribal victims; victim advocates; Tribal leaders; victim service providers; criminal justice and juvenile justice personnel; community volunteers; prosecutors; judicial and law enforcement personnel; family violence and sexual assault specialists; medical providers; social services and mental health personnel; probation and corrections personnel; and federal and state agency representatives are encouraged to attend. Learn more.
Grants.gov Deadline: June 18, 2024,11:59 pm ET
JustGrants Deadline: July 2, 2024, 8:59 pm ET
With this solicitation (PDF, 42 pages), NIJ will fund rigorous, independent evaluation projects under the OJP Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI). The CVIPI provides resources to support evidence-informed violence intervention and prevention programs in communities across the country. This solicitation includes two funding categories:
This webpage highlights the 2022 School Health Profiles. The School Health Profiles assess school health policies and practices in states, school districts, territories, and tribes. Learn more.
Grants.gov Deadline: June 10, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
JustGrants Deadline: June 24, 2024, 8:59 pm ET
With this solicitation (PDF, 28 pages), OJJDP seeks to support services for mentoring organizations that work with children of incarcerated parents (COIP). This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services for COIP. Learn more and apply.
Grants.gov Deadline: June 10, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
JustGrants Deadline: June 24, 2024, 8:59 pm ET
Through this solicitation (PDF, 26 pages), OJJDP will provide funding for a national membership and accreditation organization to support training and technical assistance and implementation of national standards for 2024 Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs). CACs provide a coordinated response to victims of child abuse through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives from community agencies and professionals involved with intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that respond to child abuse cases. Learn more and apply.
This report (PDF, 338 pages) describes efforts to review and assess the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV). The report recommends alternative approaches and design options for administering the survey to increase response rates. Learn more.
This infographic (PDF, 3 pages) highlights strategies and resources to enhance student and school safety through the use of reporting programs. The infographic includes specific actions K-12 schools and school districts can take to enable, improve, and sustain reporting systems and create an environment that empowers students to share concerns. Learn more.
This tip sheet helps child welfare agencies collaborate with community-based partners to assess agency services and prevention efforts, promote communication and information sharing across systems, increase understanding of the family’s needs, and provide better overall support to children and families. Learn more.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program is a national program of volunteers trained in disaster preparedness and emergency response. Through Teen CERT, students can serve their community and help take care of school and home. Learn more.
The resource contains a series of lessons learned that highlight the fundamental insights and knowledge gained about child and youth engagement, with special attention to permanency decisions. The lessons include:
Authentic engagement of children and youth must be reimagined and clearly defined
Leaders set the tone for building relationships that drive authentic engagement of children and youth.
Commitment, self-awareness and flexibility are the core, professional characteristics that are highly required.
Identified competencies are essential to relationship building and partnering with children and youth.
Lived expertise from youth and young adults are key for transformation efforts and thoughtful considerations are needed for engaging youth.
Grants.gov Deadline: June 10, 2024, 11:59 pm ET
JustGrants Deadline: June 24, 2024, 8:59 pm ET
With this solicitation (PDF, 33 pages), OJJDP seeks to support targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K–12th grade only). This program seeks to:
Reduce the incidence of school violence through improved school safety and climate
Prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in the targeted community
This National Strategy is a bold new 10-year, comprehensive, whole-of-society approach to suicide prevention that provides concrete recommendations for addressing gaps in the suicide prevention field. The National Strategy seeks to prevent suicide risk in the first place; identify and support people with increased risk through treatment and crisis intervention; prevent reattempts; promote long-term recovery; and support survivors of suicide loss. Learn more.
This rule finalizes requirements under titles IV-E and IV-B for young people in foster care who are LGBTQI+. This final rule requires agencies to ensure that placements for all children are free from harassment, mistreatment, and abuse. Learn more.