Delinquency Prevention and Young Offenders Intervention Pilot Grant Program

CLOSED September 2, 2022

$2.1 million each year for two years, totaling $4.2 million

December 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

and

July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024

To award grants to eligible recipients for collaborative projects to reduce violence, crime, and delinquency among youth.

The Colorado general assembly determined that a strategy to enhance delinquency prevention efforts and provide early intervention responses to those who have entered or are at risk of entering the juvenile justice system is necessary to prevent youth delinquency, reduce the impact on victims of youth crimes, and ensure that all young people in Colorado have an equal opportunity to prosper.  Therefore, the Delinquency Prevention and Young Offender Intervention Pilot Grant Program was established.  

Resource: HB22-1003

Exclusions and limitations for grant funding are as follows:

Grant recipients may only use up to seven and one-half percent of the grant award for administrative, staffing, and other start-up expenses necessary to implement a project supported with a grant award.

A grant recipient shall not use grant money to share or facilitate the sharing of any personally identifiable information about a youth without the consent of the youth or the youth’s parent or guardian.  A grant recipient may use grant money to share aggregated, non-identifying information concerning juveniles.

Additional information can be found in the ZoomGrants library.

Match is not a requirement for this funding.

The JJDP Council encourages applicants to show a commitment from either local governments, or other funding committed by partner agencies for this project to support sustainability.

Preference given to applicants that document a coordinated response with multiple community-based partners to reduce youth involvement in the juvenile justice system. 

Units of government at the municipal, county, or city and county, and any agency that has experience working with children and youth crime prevention or intervention programs, an American Indian Tribe; or a nonprofit organization may apply to the Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance, Division of Criminal Justice, for a DPI grant. The DPI grant program strongly encourages coordinated efforts with multiple community-based partners.  This may include a local Collaborative Management Program described in section 24-1.9-102, and a local Juvenile Services Planning Committee created pursuant to section 19-2.5-302.

• General Information about the DPI Pilot Grant Program includes definitions, acronyms, abbreviations, purpose of funds, program goals, amount available, eligibility, length of funding, project materials, project submission, reporting requirements, application requirements, review, and scoring requests for reconsideration, timeline, mandatory project director and financial officer training, indirect costs, accountability and transparency, how to register on SAM.gov, submitted materials, basic ZOOMGRANTS application steps, and project application tips.
• Application Instructions
• FAQs

Before contacting the Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance, please review this announcement and read the Delinquency Prevention and Young Offenders Intervention (DPI) Pilot Grant Program application instructions, general information, and FAQs.  The documents are located in the ZoomGrants library.

If you experience problems or have questions about how to use ZoomGrants, please contact dcjgms@state.co.us.

For questions regarding the Delinquency Prevention and Young Offenders Intervention (DPI) Pilot Grant Program application, other than technical issues, please contact Kelly Abbott.