OJJDP FY 2021 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative | O OJJDP 2021 41004

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The OJJDP FY 2021 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative is a discretionary federal funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It is designed to help jurisdictions and organizations build or strengthen practical, community-based responses for children, youth, and families who have been harmed by the opioid epidemic. The central focus is on implementing programs and strategies that can identify opioid-related needs early, respond effectively when a young person or family is in crisis, connect them to treatment and recovery supports, and provide longer-term services that reduce risk and improve safety and stability. The overall intent is to protect public safety by addressing the underlying impacts of opioid misuse and opioid-related trauma on young people before those harms translate into deeper system involvement, victimization, or delinquency.

Funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal agency anticipates a more active partnership with award recipients than in a standard grant. The opportunity falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services category and is associated with CFDA number 16.842. OJJDP anticipated making approximately 11 awards, with an award ceiling of $750,000 per award. The opportunity was posted on December 22, 2020, with an original application deadline of February 8, 2021.

Eligibility is broad and intentionally inclusive to reflect the multi-system nature of the opioid crisis. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions); for-profit organizations (including those other than small businesses); and small businesses. The listing also notes an "Others" category with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement, signaling that OJJDP may allow additional applicant types or specific configurations such as partnerships or consortia, depending on the solicitation language.

Programmatically, the initiative is oriented toward real-world implementation rather than research alone. The language emphasizes identifying, responding to, treating, and supporting opioid-affected youth and families, which usually implies cross-sector coordination among juvenile justice, child welfare, schools, behavioral health and substance use treatment providers, healthcare, victim services, and community-based organizations. In practice, that may include developing screening and referral pathways, creating trauma-informed and family-centered service models, improving access to treatment and recovery supports for adolescents and caregivers, and putting in place wraparound services that stabilize housing, schooling, and family functioning. Because the solicitation frames opioid impacts as a public safety concern, proposed approaches are expected to connect prevention and intervention work with outcomes such as reduced justice system involvement, fewer crises requiring law enforcement or emergency response, improved wellbeing, and stronger protective factors for youth.

In short, this opportunity offered OJJDP funding to help a wide range of public, private, tribal, nonprofit, and educational entities implement coordinated strategies that address the opioid epidemic's specific and often cascading effects on young people and families, with the broader aim of strengthening community safety and resilience.

• 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 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.842.
• This funding opportunity was created on Dec 22, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 08, 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 $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 11 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), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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