OJJDP FY 2021 Supporting Tribal Youth: Training and Technical Assistance and Youth Leadership Development | O OJJDP 2021 13001

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The OJJDP FY 2021 Supporting Tribal Youth: Training and Technical Assistance and Youth Leadership Development opportunity is a discretionary funding solicitation from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It is designed to strengthen juvenile justice and public safety efforts in Indian country by pairing two related strategies: (1) providing practical, juvenile justice-focused training and technical assistance (TTA) for federally recognized tribes, and (2) expanding meaningful youth engagement and leadership development so that tribal young people can play a more active role in addressing delinquency prevention and public safety challenges in their communities. The program aligns with DOJ priorities around advancing civil rights, improving access to justice, supporting victims, protecting the public, and building community trust.

Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, which typically means the awarding agency expects an ongoing, active partnership with the recipient during the project period (for example, shared planning, regular coordination, and federal input on key deliverables). The solicitation is organized into two categories. Category 1, Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance, focuses on building or strengthening tribal juvenile justice system capacity by delivering targeted training and hands-on assistance. This support is intended both for OJJDP-funded tribal program grantees and for other federally recognized tribes, with the goal of helping communities develop, expand, improve, and/or sustain their juvenile justice systems. In practice, this can include developing policies and procedures, improving system coordination, strengthening prevention and intervention approaches, and helping tribes implement or maintain effective juvenile justice practices.

Category 2, the Tribal Youth Leadership Development Initiative, is centered on youth voice and youth-led action. Rather than focusing primarily on system operations, this category supports tribal efforts to increase youth engagement, build leadership skills, and promote youth-driven involvement in solutions connected to juvenile justice issues, delinquency prevention, and broader public safety concerns in Indian country. The intent is to move beyond one-time youth participation and instead support sustained leadership development and structured opportunities for young people to contribute to community safety strategies and juvenile justice reforms.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number (O-OJJDP-2021-13001) and CFDA number 16.731, under the broad activity area of Law, Justice, and Legal Services. The posted award ceiling is $2,000,000, and OJJDP anticipated making two awards under this solicitation. Eligible applicants include a range of entity types that can support tribal communities, including Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories), private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and certain other applicants as permitted in the solicitation’s eligibility clarification. The opportunity was posted on May 13, 2021, with an original application deadline of June 28, 2021.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2021 Supporting Tribal Youth: Training and Technical Assistance and Youth Leadership Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.731.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 13, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 28, 2021. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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