OJJDP FY25 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence | O OJJDP 2025 172451

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The OJJDP FY25 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence grant is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), focused on helping communities better support children who have been exposed to violence and on reducing violent crime involving youth. The program is designed for initiatives that either build or expand services for children affected by violence in their homes, schools, and neighborhoods, and that also develop, enhance, or implement strategies aimed at reducing violent crime by focusing on violent juvenile offenders. In practical terms, OJJDP is looking for projects that combine a child- and victim-centered response with clear public safety outcomes, especially where communities are seeing serious youth violence or where children are regularly impacted by violence as victims or witnesses.

The opportunity centers on three main goals. First, it aims to reduce the incidence of violence by strengthening accountability efforts for juvenile offenders, particularly those involved in violent behavior. This can include strategies that improve how jurisdictions identify, supervise, and intervene with high-risk youth, while still aligning with juvenile justice principles and appropriate due process. Second, it seeks to improve how communities respond when children are victimized, whether the violence occurs at school, in the community, or within the family. That focus recognizes that exposure to violence can be direct (being harmed) or indirect (witnessing domestic violence, neighborhood shootings, assaults on peers, or other traumatic events), and that effective responses often require coordinated services that address trauma and safety together. Third, the program emphasizes increasing protective factors to prevent juvenile violence, delinquency, and victimization, meaning applicants should show how their approach will strengthen the conditions that reduce risk over time, such as supportive relationships, stable environments, access to behavioral health care, positive school connections, and community-based supports.

Funding is provided as a grant under CFDA 16.818, within the Law, Justice, and Legal Services category. The anticipated award ceiling is $830,000 per award, and OJJDP expects to make about 9 awards. The opportunity was created on September 12, 2025, and the original application closing date is October 21, 2025. Because this is a discretionary solicitation, applicants should expect a competitive review process and should be prepared to clearly explain their problem statement, target population, evidence-informed strategy, partnerships, implementation plan, and how they will measure results related to both victim support and violence reduction.

Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, city or township governments, special district governments, and independent school districts, as well as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are eligible, and Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments are also eligible. Nonprofits are eligible whether they have 501(c)(3) status or not (as long as they are not institutions of higher education), and the solicitation also allows for other types of applicants under the listed eligibility categories. The description also highlights Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments) and units of local government as particularly relevant applicant types, which suggests OJJDP is emphasizing community-based and locally driven implementation capacity, including in tribal and underserved communities.

Overall, this funding opportunity is meant for applicants that can demonstrate a credible plan to reduce youth violence and strengthen accountability for violent juvenile offenders while simultaneously providing meaningful, coordinated supports for children impacted by violence. Strong proposals will typically show how systems and community partners (such as juvenile justice agencies, schools, victim service providers, behavioral health organizations, child welfare, and community-based groups) will work together so that children who are exposed to violence receive timely services and so that violence reduction strategies are targeted, measurable, and sustainable beyond the grant period.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY25 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.818.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-09-12.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-10-21. (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 $830,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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, Others.

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