Department of Justice

The Department of Justice will fund programs that enhance the tribal court system. Applicants can choose from three categories of funding: tribal civil legal assistance, tribal criminal legal assistance, and tribal justice training and technical assistance.
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women is accepting applications for its Legal Assistance for Victims grant program.
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is accepting applications for its Family Drug Court program. State, local and Tribal governments are eligible to apply. Nonprofits are not eligible, but may partner with an eligible applicant.
The Department of Labor's Bureau of Justice Assistance has funding available for programs that will mentor adults and juveniles who are reentering the community after being incarcerated. Learn more about this opportunity (PDF, 287KB).
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is accepting applications for its 2013 Mentoring Best Practices Research grants. Funded projects will enhance the understanding of mentoring and its effectiveness in prevention and intervention in at-risk youth, and specifically in the reduction of juvenile delinquency and offending. There are two types of grants:
The Department of Justice's Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation will fund projects that support public safety, victim services and crime prevention improvements for Native American and Alaska Native governments.
The Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program aims to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance for adult and youth victims of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
This program from the Department of Justice's Office of Violence Against Women supports evidence-based, youth-centered interventions and prevention programs focusing on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. The program seeks to engage men and boys as allies in efforts to stop relationship violence and sexual assault.
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will establish a training and technical assistance center to support law enforcement officers and community members who come in contact with children who have been exposed to violence. OJJDP expects to award one cooperative agreement of as much as $750,000 for a 24-month project period.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will fund up to three projects to develop and put in place cost-measurement tools that enable state and local juvenile justice agencies to make informed decisions about resources and services for justice-involved youth.
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