Still More Funding for the Juvenile Justice System from OJJDP

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has announced four more funding opportunities for 2010.

• Juvenile Indigent Defense National Clearinghouse - deadline June 24, 2010. From the RFP: "This program‘s purpose is to provide resources to maintain a national clearinghouse on juvenile indigent defense. The successful applicant will operate a national clearinghouse to address the deprivations of due process for indigent youth in the justice system and to improve the quality of juvenile indigent defense representation. The clearinghouse will provide technical support and training, publications and resources, policy development, and leadership opportunities to the juvenile indigent defense bar."

Other grant opportunities include:

• Safe Start Promising Approaches Project - deadline June 25, 2010. Or, you can apply to conduct the National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches - its application deadline is also June 25, 2010.
• Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems Program - deadline June 28, 2010.