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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
16.549: Part E: State Challenge Activities
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Applicant Eligibility: The only eligible applicants for Part E Challenge Grants in a given fiscal year are the State agencies, designated by the Chief Executive of the State pursuant to Section 223(a)(1) of the JJDP Act, which receive OJJDP Formula Grant awards under Section 223 of the JJDP Act for the same fiscal year.
Beneficiary Eligibility: State governments participating in the OJJDP Formula Grant Program.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.
Preapplication Coordination: The juvenile justice State Advisory Group established pursuant to Section 223(a)(3) of the JJDP Act must be involved in the development of approval of the application. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.
Application Procedure: The standard application forms are furnished by the Federal agency, in accordance with 28 CFR, Part 66 (Common Rule) must be used for this program.
Award Procedure: Letter to the Governor and designated State agency Director upon approval of OJJDP. The grant award must be signed by the Director and returned to OJJDP. Part E funds not awarded by the end of the fiscal year due to absence of an acceptable application will either be: (1) made available to the State in the subsequent fiscal year along with the Part E funds appropriated for that year, or (2) in the case of a State not participating in the Formula Grants program, the State's Part E funds will be reserved for one year if the State submits: (a) a written statement of intent to reserve participation and (b) describes activities that are designated to enable the States to participate in the following fiscal year.
Deadlines: All Challenge grant applications are due no later than March 31 of the fiscal year for which the funds are allocated.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: None.
Appeals: Hearings held by OJJDP.
Renewals: Applications are invited annually.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Criteria are established by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, as amended, and the Guideline governing the Challenge Grant Program provisions of the JJDP Act as published in the Federal Register.
Examples of Funded Projects: The ten eligible challenge activities are: (A) Developing and adopting policies and programs to provide basic health, mental health, and appropriate education services, including special education, for youth in the juvenile justice system as specified in standards developed by the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention prior to October 12, 1984; (B) Developing and adopting policies and programs to provide access to counsel for all juveniles in the justice system to ensure that juveniles consult with counsel before waiving the right to counsel; (C) Increasing community-based alternatives to incarceration by establishing programs (such as expanded use of probation, mediation, restitution, community service, treatment, home detention, intensive supervision, and electronic monitoring) and developing and adopting a set of objective criteria for the appropriate placement of juveniles in detention and secure confinement; (D) Developing and adopting policies and programs to provide secure settings for the placement of violent juvenile offenders by closing down traditional training schools and replacing them with secure settings with capacities of no more than 50 violent juvenile offenders with ratios of staff to youth great enough to ensure adequate supervision and treatment; (E) Developing and adopting policies to prohibit gender bias in placement and treatment and establishing programs to ensure that female youth have access to the full range of health and mental health services, treatment for physical or sexual assault and abuse, self defense instruction, education in parenting, education in general, and other training and vocational services; (F) Establishing and operating, either directly or by contract or arrangement with a public agency or other appropriate private nonprofit organization (other than an agency or organization that is responsible for licensing or certifying out-of-home care services for youth), a State ombudsman office for children, youth, and families to investigate and resolve complaints relating to action, inaction, or decisions of providers of out-of-home care to children and youth (including secure detention and correctional facilities, residential care facilities, public agencies, and social service agencies) that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of resident children and youth; (G) Developing and adopting policies and programs designed to remove, where appropriate, status offenders from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to prevent the placement in secure detention facilities or secure correctional facilities of juveniles who are nonoffenders or who are charged with or who have committed offenses that would not be criminal if committed by an adult; (H) Developing and adopting policies and programs designed to serve as alternatives to suspension and expulsion from school; (I) Increasing aftercare services for juveniles involved in the justice system by establishing programs and developing and adopting policies to provide comprehensive health, mental health, education, and vocational services and services that preserve and strengthen the families of such juveniles; (J) Developing and adopting policies to establish: (I) a State administrative structure to coordinate program and fiscal policies for children who have emotional and behavioral problems and their families among the major child serving systems, including schools, social services, health services, mental health services, and the juvenile justice system; and (ii) a statewide case review system. The term "case review system" means a procedure for ensuring that: (a) each youth has a case plan, based on the use of objective criteria for determining a youth's danger to the community or himself or herself, that is designed to achieve appropriate placement in the least restrictive and most family-like setting available in close proximity to the parents' home, consistent with the best interests and special needs of the youth; (b) the status of each youth is reviewed periodically but not less frequently than once every three months, by a court or by administrative review, in order to determine the continuing necessity for and appropriateness of the placement; (c) with respect to each youth, procedural safeguards will be applied to ensure that a dispositional hearing is held to consider the future status of each youth under State supervision, in a juvenile or family court or another court (including a tribal court) of competent jurisdiction, or by an administrative body appointed or approved by the court, not later than 12 months after the original placement of the youth and periodically thereafter during the continuation of out-of-home placement; and (d) a youth's health, mental health, and education record is reviewed and updated periodically.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Eligible States and territories will receive an amount determined by the ratio of Part E funds to Formula Grant funds available to the States and territories in a given fiscal year. States and territories are notified of Part E allocations annually.
Federal Agency: OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Type of Assistance: Formula Grants.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 99 $9,277,329; FY 00 est $9,011,400; and FY 01 est $9,011,400.
Budget Account Number: 15-0405-0-1-754.
Authorization: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, Section 285 (a); Public Law 100-690; Public Law 102-586, 42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: Regulations for Formula Grants and OJP Financial Guide applicable editions, and Challenge Grants Program Guidelines published in the Federal Register, May 10, 1995.
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20531. Contact: Heidi Hsia. Phone: (202)307-5924.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: Each State may apply for a Part E grant in an amount equal to the sum of not more than 10 percent of such State's Formula Grant allocation received, for each Challenge activity in which the State chooses to participate, not to exceed the total amount of the State's Part E allocation. No matching funds are required.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Part E grants will be awarded for a 36-month project period.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Funds must be used to support the ten challenge activities specified in Section 285(b)(2) of the (Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) Act, as amended.
Reports: Financial and other reports required by the effective edition of the OJP Financial Guide. However, programmatic progress reports for Challenge Grants are required semi-annually.
Audits: All organizations that expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in any fiscal year must have a single audit for that year in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-133, as amended, unless the audit condition on the award says otherwise. These audits are due to the Office of the Comptroller and the Federal Audit Clearinghouse no later than 13 (13) months after the close of each fiscal year during the term of the award (for fiscal years beginning on/after July 1, 1998, audit report packages are due none (9) months after the close of the fiscal year.
Records: Grantee must keep complete records on disposition of funds.
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