Funding Opportunities & Grant Applications
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State Gang Prevention & Intervention Grant – Request for Proposals
Governor Gregoire signed the 2012 Supplemental State Operating budget which includes a proviso for the State Gang Prevention & Intervention Grant Program. As a result, the Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice (WA-PCJJ), Office of Juvenile Justice, DSHS will be releasing a Request for Proposals (RFP).
Funds will be used to offer services to prevent the expansion of criminal street gang membership or support criminal street gang membership intervention to a targeted population through:
- one or more evidence-based or research-based programs, as defined in RCW 71.36.010
- The use of one or more innovative culturally relevant practices.
ESTIMATED TIMELINE:
- Release RFP by May 25, 2012
- Applications due June 29, 2012
- Recipients selected by July 13, 2012
- Contracts begin August 1, 2012 for an 11 month period.
Eligible entities: Coalitions composed of, at a minimum, one or more local governmental entities and one or more nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations that have a documented history of creating and administering effective criminal street gang prevention and intervention programs may apply for funding.
Funding: A total of $210,000 is available for the Council to award to 2 to 4 projects for the 11 month period beginning August 2012 and ending June 2013. The maximum grant award amount per project is $105,000 for the 11 months.
Applications must demonstrate: a significant criminal street gang problem exists in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions. Factors that may be considered in determining whether a significant criminal street gang problem exists include, but are not limited to:
- Crime statistics that are coded as gang-related
- Gang-related incidents- including graffiti and gang-related criminal activity
- Offenders residing in a jurisdiction that are under supervision of the department of corrections or DSHS and are known active gang members
- School or community surveys indicative a substantial level of gang activity in schools or the community
- Previous or ongoing gang intervention activities in the jurisdiction
Applicants must demonstrate that addressing the impact of criminal street gangs is a high priority in the jurisdiction seeking the grant.
The RFP will be posted on the WA-PCJJ website (www.dshs.wa.gov/ojj ). To be placed on an email distribution list, contact Lisa Wolph at lisa.wolph@dshs.wa.gov.
March 28, 2012
The Office of Juvenile Justice would like to share the following information regarding a federal funding opportunity for youth violence prevention:
OJJDP FY 2012 Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
Applicants are limited to states and units of local government (including federally recognized tribal governments).
Deadline: May 1, 2012
This program provides funding for localities to support federal, state and local partnerships to replicate proven multi-disciplinary, community-based strategies to reduce violence.
The program’s goal is to replicate programs, such as the Boston Gun Project, the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model, and the Chicago CeaseFire model, to reduce violence in targeted communities.
The three main goals of this program are to change community norms regarding violence, to provide alternatives to violence when gangs and individuals in the community are making risky behavior decisions, and to increase awareness of the perceived risks and costs of involvement in violence among high-risk young people.
January 6, 2012
Requests for Proposals
Notice of December 2011 RFP Release
Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC)
The Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice (WA-PCJJ) announces the release of two separate Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Both RFPs, which address Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) within the juvenile justice system, can be found on the Office of Juvenile Justice website – www.dshs.wa.gov/ojj/funding_opportunities.shtml
1. Federal Title II funds: this RFP will be for a nine month period and will fund:
a. A total of approximately $100,000 is available for one or more innovative new DMC programs or a replicated DMC promising program.
b. A total of approximately $100,000 is available for one or more DMC community capacity-building or sustained local DMC efforts.
CORRECTION:
Attachment A, Page 7, there is no form field for Agency/Organization. Please print and hand write your Agency/Organization.
Attachment D-1, Page 12, there is a numbering error. Please note: Numbering goes from D to F. There is no missing information.
Attachment H was removed. This is not an error. The form will go from G to I.
2. Federal Title V Delinquency Prevention* funds: this RFP will be for a 21 month period and will fund:
a. A total of $160,000 is available for one or more Delinquency prevention and/or pre-gang programs targeted at reducing DMC at an identified decision point.
· Only units of local government and tribes are eligible to apply for Title V funding.
· Compliance certification form must be submitted prior to applying for funds.
*NOTE: Title V Delinquency Prevention funds require a 50% cash or in-kind match of the total amount requested. (Example: an $160,000 request requires a $80,000 in-kind or cash match for a project total of $240,000.) Title V funds also require an oversight committee. See RFP for further details.
The due date for all proposals is February 10, 2012.
A Question & Answer call-in session will be held for each RFP on Friday, January 6, 2012. Information on the calls can be found in the RFPs.
RFP for Federal Title II (Word)
RFP for Federal Title V (Word)
CORRECTION:
On page five (5) in the Federal Title V application under “How to Apply” there is an error. Proposals must not exceed 12 pages total.
Request for Proposals (RFP) Questions and Answers
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Federal Title II (pdf)
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Federal Title V (pdf)
January 11, 2012: Request for Proposals (RFP) Question submitted for Federal Title II
CORRECTION:
On page five (5) in the Federal Title V application under “How to Apply” there is an error. Proposals must not exceed 12 pages total.
Grant Applications Online:
To Complete the Forms Electronically: You will need to download the free Shana Informed filler.
On opening your first Shana form, you will be asked to enter a registration key. Please enter 32064015014070671 (you only need to enter this once).
IMPORTANT:The application forms are for proposals that have been selected as finalists in response to a WA-PCJJ Request for Proposals (RFP) OR Request for Qualifications and Quotations (RFQQ); OR at the request of the Office of Juvenile Justice.
See Founding Opportunities above for current Request for Proposals (RFP) and Request for Quotations and Qualifications (RFQQ).
All application packets consist of TWO (2) parts.
Part One: is the application
Part Two: is the Terms and Conditions
After downloading the appropriate grant application, please do the following:
- Complete the forms and print them
- Please "do not" staple the application
- Mail THREE signed copies to the address below
(Our office must have original signatures)
Mailing Address:
Washington Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice
Department of Social and Health Services
c/o Office of Juvenile Justice
PO Box 45828
Olympia, WA 98504-5828
Shipping Address:
Washington Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice
Department of Social and Health Services
c/o Office of Juvenile Justice
1115 Washington OB-2, 3rd Floor
Corner of 14/Jefferson
Olympia, WA 98504
Questions
Please contact the Office of Juvenile Justice at 360.902.7526
