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Legal Notice –

Published June 14, 2009

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS
JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDING FOR UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Department of Human Services and Division of Youth Services are soliciting applications for Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) to reduce juvenile offending through supporting accountability-based programs that focus on offenders and state and local juvenile justice systems.

Those eligible to apply for funding are units of local government (cities and counties). A local government recipient of a JABG award must contribute 10 percent of the total program cost in the form of a cash match. (Thus, if JABG award amount is $12,000, multiply by 1.1111 to obtain total program cost of $13,333. Cash match would be $1333, or 10% of $13,333.)

Seventeen (17) program areas are covered, and grantees may request funding in one or more of these areas:

If JABG funding is used for construction of a juvenile detention facility, the grant will require 50 percent cash match from local sources.

Applicant units of government shall convene an Advisory Board to recommend a coordinated enforcement plan. Membership shall include local representation from the police or sheriff’s department, the prosecutor’s office, the juvenile court, the probation office, educational agency, social service agency, a nonprofit, nongovernmental victim advocacy organization and a nonprofit religious or community group.

For information about this Request for Application (RFA), inquire by email (no phone calls please) to the Division of Youth Services JJDP Unit at the following address: gwen.trigleth-jackson@arkansas.gov .

Additional information and application instructions for this RFA will be posted on or about June 24, 2009 on the Website of the Arkansas Coalition for Juvenile Justice at www.arjuvjust.net/grants or on the Department of Human Services Website at www.arkansas.gov/dhs in the Requests for Applications section.

A letter of intent to submit an application is required at the Division of Youth Services JJDP Unit, Slot 503, P.O. Box 1437, Little Rock, AR 72203-1437 (physical address 700 Main Street, Fifth Floor, Little Rock, Arkansas) no later than 4:30 p.m. June 24, 2009. Failure to submit a letter of intent will result in disqualification from this grant process.

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Juvenile Accountability Block Grant funding and purposes

Grant funding consists of 100 percent federal funds authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq). As envisioned by Congress, the goal of the JABG program is to reduce juvenile offending through supporting accountability-based programs that focus on offenders and state and local juvenile justice systems.

The basic premise underlying the JABG program is that both the juvenile offender and the juvenile justice system must be held accountable. In implementing the program, OJJDP seeks to reduce juvenile offending through both offender-focused and system-focused activities that promote accountability. For the juvenile offender, accountability means an assurance of facing individualized consequences through which he or she is made aware of and held responsible for the loss, damage, or injury that the victim experiences. Such accountability is best achieved through a system of graduated sanctions imposed according to the nature and severity of the offense, moving from limited interventions to more restrictive actions if the offender continues delinquent activities. For the juvenile justice system, strengthening the system requires an increased capacity to develop youth competence, to efficiently track juveniles through the system, and to provide enhanced options such as restitution, community service, victim-offender mediation, and other restorative justice sanctions that reinforce the mutual obligations of an accountability-based juvenile justice system.

Submission of applications

Applicants must first submit a Letter of Intent indicating the amount of funding and the program area or areas (see para. 3 in Legal Notice above) they intend to pursue. The letter must be postmarked or received not later than 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at the following address:

Gwendolyn Trigleth-Jackson
JJDP Grants Coordinator

Mailing Address:

Division of Youth Services
P. O. Box 1437, Slot 503
Little Rock, AR  72203-1437

Physical Office Address:

Department of Human Services Building
Division of Youth Services
700 Main Street - 5th Floor
Little Rock, Arkansas

DO NOT submit Letter of Intent by email or fax transmission.

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