One of the four goals in the Juvenile Justice Advisory Group (JJAG) 3-Year Plan is to support the “development of a robust community-based continuum of care for youth involved in or at risk of becoming involved in the juvenile justice system” (Goal One).
Through this RFA, the JJAG seeks to provide funding to support the work of partnerships between schools and local, community-based organizations that work with youth, families, and care groups. Communities have unique needs that are best identified and served by individuals who live in the community, share community ties, cultural identity, geographic location, and may have similar lived experiences.
Through this initiative the funding source hopes to support partnerships between schools and community-based organizations working locally with youth and families to build community strength in ways that help keep young people in their communities and out of the formal youth justice system. Specifically, the goal is to assist and empower organizations to respond to a youth’s misconduct in ways that promote community safety and build the youth’s capacity for vital connections within their families, care groups, schools and larger communities.
In addition to the proposed goals and metrics presented in Parts 3 and 4 of this RFA, applicant should describe how their proposed services will impact the following areas.
A. Delinquency Prevention activities designed and driven by local, community-based organizations in partnership with area schools to engage youth, families, or care groups in positive activities, especially during those peak delinquency out of school times that are culturally competent and/or gender responsive.
B. Alternatives to formal justice system involvement for dispute resolution and/or community healing and accountability.
C. Trauma Informed Programs to help youth, families, or care groups address any trauma they may have experienced and develop the resiliency skills needed to thrive. Some program areas may include:
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