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The Juvenile Justice Programs Office is involved in several grant projects.
Some of these grants are awarded thru a Request for Proposal process while
others are sponsored by/thru this office.
A
recent grant project was awarded from the United States Department of Justice,
Bureau of Justice Assistance with the intent to develop strategies to initiate
and enhance planning for gender-specific programs to address the needs of
females in the juvenile justice system, as well as at-risk young women around
the State of Nevada.
To download a copy of the
Gender Plan
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Formula
Grants |
The Juvenile Justice Commission
distributes funds to counties to promote and support their efforts to maintain
compliance with the core requirements of the JJDP Act. These projects are an
effective resource for keeping at-risk youth from entering the juvenile justice
system.
An example is, the Innovative Local Law Enforcement and Community Policing
program was established in 1997 to provide funding for law enforcement
initiatives that create community projects targeting delinquency prevention. |
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Title V Grants |
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This grant program was established in 1995
to provide funding for juvenile delinquency prevention projects throughout the
State of Nevada. Title V programs include:
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Carson City - Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Program in Ron Wood Family Resource Center
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Clark County - New Directions Intensive
Supervision (Steps Program)
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6th Judicial District - Alternative
Education Program (Humboldt, Lander and Pershing counties)
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Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws |
Established in 1998, the Juvenile Justice
Programs Office coordinates activities designed to reduce the availability and
consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors. The program includes
sub-grants to community groups to design and implement local prevention
projects, Stand Tall Don't Fall United Against Underage Drinking, and sub-grants to law enforcement entities to implement enforcement activities.
Stand Tall youth teams from around
the state have adopted the mission statement "to glamorize and normalize alcohol
free behavior through education, media advocacy and alcohol free activities." |
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Juvenile Accountability Block
Grant (JAB) |
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Established in 1998 the Juvenile Justice
Programs Office coordinates sub-grants to units of local government to implement
accountability based projects in twelve federally defined purposes areas.
The state of Nevada also received funding for projects in the purpose areas.
Core Block Grant Programs include:
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Assist in construction and renovation
of detention programs and youth camps
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Develop community service/restitution
programs
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Support Drug Courts
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Fund additional juvenile Court Masters
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Develop intensive supervision programs
that provide gender specific programming
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Challenge Grants |
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Established in 1995,
Challenge Grants
provide assistance
to organizations to
develop projects
that meet needs in
areas where current
funding is limited.
Challenge Grants
provide funding for
projects
incorporating mental
health needs,
educational, and
intensive aftercare
programs for youth
in the juvenile
justice system.
Every three years,
the Nevada Juvenile
Justice Commission
chooses two of ten
core programs areas
to target. |
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Community Corrections Block Grant |
Awarded to Judicial Districts on a
formula basis. Judicial Districts may sub grant to other community
entities. The requirements to receive the funding are:
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Collaboration of community
based resources in the development and implementation of the program.
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No capital expense items
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Compliance with NRS
62.020; Juvenile Justice Data
Collection
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Provide programs that will
reduce commitments to state institutions
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Cannot use funds to supplant
ordinarily available resources
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Approval of program by local
probation committee
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Counties
will establish policies and procedures that include accountability based
system of graduated sanctions and a sanction for every adjudication of
delinquency
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CURRENT GRANT PROGRAMS
Quarterly Reporting Form and Instructions |
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