Grants for Unrestricted - Law Justice and Legal Services

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida is offering grant applications to nonprofit organizations with a primary focus on early childhood. These grants are specifically designed to support the growth of creative and efficient services for at-risk children under six years old in Duval County. The foundation's mission, as evidenced by this grant, is to invest in early learning centers and provide support for parents as caregivers, aligning with a broader strategic priority to foster a nurturing environment for the region's youngest and most vulnerable population. The target beneficiaries of this program are at-risk children under six years old in Duval County. The grants aim to create a significant impact by improving the quality of early childhood education and care. This includes strengthening early learning centers and empowering parents with the resources and knowledge needed to effectively care for their children. The expected outcomes include enhanced developmental milestones for young children and increased parental engagement in their children's early learning journey. The grant program prioritizes organizations that can demonstrate innovative and effective approaches to early childhood development. A key focus is on interventions that lead to measurable results, such as improved school readiness, reduced instances of developmental delays, and increased family stability. The foundation seeks to support programs that have a clear theory of change, demonstrating how their activities will lead to the desired positive outcomes for children and families. Eligibility for these grants is restricted to nonprofit organizations with current 501(c)(3) status, a two-year work history, and an annual operating budget of $100,000 or above. Applicants must be located in and serving Duval County. The grant size is up to $15,000, with a grant period from October 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025. Ineligible applicants include athletic associations, fundraising event sponsorships, school-based organizations (PTAs, boosters, etc.), requests outside Duval County, and programs promoting religious beliefs.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is offering the Asset Forfeiture for Racial Justice Grant Program, aligning with District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s "Bend the Arc" reforms. The core mission of these reforms is to combat racial discrimination and disproportionality, thereby fostering equity within the criminal justice system. This grant program is a direct extension of this mission, seeking to support initiatives that address and rectify racial inequities in the community. The program aims to leverage asset forfeiture funds to create positive change and promote a more just and equitable society within Santa Clara County. The target beneficiaries of this program are marginalized communities within Santa Clara County, particularly those affected by racial inequities in the criminal justice system. The grant funding is specifically designated to benefit these communities, ensuring that the resources are directed to where they are most needed. The overarching impact goal is to reduce racial disparities and promote equity, ultimately leading to a more fair and inclusive community. This is achieved by supporting programs, events, and causes that directly confront and resolve issues of racial injustice. The program prioritizes initiatives that successfully address racial inequities in the community. Grant requests are considered for programmatic support, events, and various causes that align with this focus. A crucial guideline is that the grant funding cannot be used retroactively; the award must be granted before the project or event commences. This ensures that the funding supports future-oriented efforts to address current and ongoing racial disparities. Expected outcomes include tangible progress in reducing racial discrimination and disproportionality within the criminal justice system and the broader community. While specific measurable results are not explicitly detailed in the provided information, the focus on "successfully addressing racial inequities" implies a commitment to demonstrable positive change. The program's strategic priority is to advance the "Bend the Arc" reforms, utilizing grant funding as a tool to implement a theory of change that centers on community-based solutions to systemic racial injustices. The maximum award per recipient is up to $5,000, and each organization, individual, or group may submit only one application, ensuring a broad distribution of funds to various impactful initiatives.

This funding opportunity supports ongoing training programs for organizations already involved in a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Corrections, focusing on staffing analysis in correctional facilities.

This funding provides financial support to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to enhance juvenile justice programs in response to compliance improvements related to the treatment of status offenders.

This program seeks to strengthen citizen trust in Kenya's electoral processes by supporting the government, civil society, and other stakeholders in ensuring free, fair, and peaceful elections during the 2027 electoral cycle.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for training facilitators who conduct victim-offender dialogues, aimed at improving post-conviction victim services and promoting restorative justice.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Army Research Lab (ARL) is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI.Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. ARL will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this RFI. It is the respondent's responsibility to ensure that the submitted material has been approved for public release by the information owner.The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information solicited, nor is the Government obligated to issue a solicitation based on responses received. Neither proprietary nor classified concepts or information should be included in the submittal.The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is seeking information on interdisciplinary theories and models for collective influences on human judgment during information processing tasks and prior to collective decision making. This RFI is issued for planning purposes only, and it does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or suggest the procurement of any material, data sets, etc. The following sections of this announcement contain details on the specific scientific areas of interest, along with instructions for the submission of responses.Background and Scope:During information processing tasks, the formation of judgments on the utility of information from a wide variety of sources by analysts (working alone or in teams) is influenced by (a) other people in their networks, (b) the available information they consume, (c) potential interactions with virtual agents, and (d) their own internal predispositions based on background, training, and values. These analysts capabilities and performance on such tasks can be expanded and augmented through intelligent systems or information agents leveraging technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs) or through additional information gained from social media and social networking platforms. However, such human-agent teaming approaches can lead to the emergence of new biases and challenges surrounding the reliability of such judgments made to accept/reject each piece of information being processed. These phenomena reside at the conscious and subconscious levels, further expounding the challenges to understand their impact on judgment formation.This RFI seeks to elicit interdisciplinary perspectives on the judgment formation process in the context of analysts being embedded in larger communities and inundated with algorithmically driven information.

This funding opportunity provides local law enforcement agencies with financial support to establish programs for investigating and cleaning up illegal dump sites, promoting environmental sustainability and community health.

Grant Title: BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program: This grant program provides federal funding to pre-selected projects aimed at enhancing the criminal justice system, addressing juvenile delinquency, and assisting crime victims, with a total of $277,518,000 available for various projects.

This funding opportunity provides resources to community supervision agencies to develop and implement innovative strategies that promote behavioral change among individuals under their supervision.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to specific state agencies in Connecticut, Nebraska, and Wyoming to implement effective strategies for reducing youth violence and improving juvenile justice outcomes.

This funding is designed to help the City of Florence, Alabama, improve its juvenile drug treatment court to better support young people dealing with substance use and mental health challenges.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for training programs that help corrections staff effectively manage individuals experiencing mental health crises in jails and prisons.

The "BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Initiatives that Support Law Enforcement" grant is a funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice for previously funded recipients to continue supporting training, technical assistance, and innovative projects that enhance law enforcement, reduce crime, and strengthen community relationships, while promoting civil rights, equity, and access to justice.

Through the new Civil Society Activity in the Kyrgyz Republic, USAID/Kyrgyz Republic will support Kyrgyz civil society to build stronger relationships with their constituencies, enhance their resilience in the face of democratic backsliding, strengthen trust-based relationships and networks among diverse civic actors, andgenerate support for promotion of democratic values through value-based messaging.

This funding opportunity is designed for organizations already involved in a specific cooperative agreement to enhance training programs for managing individuals in restrictive housing environments within correctional facilities.

The purpose of the new RLG activity is to support LEGI in improving its planning and responsiveness to the concerns and public and private service delivery needs of their communities, making sure no group is excluded. With the new LG activity, USAID will support an inclusive and localized approach to ensure citizen accountability. Activity Goal: More effective and responsive local governance and practices. Activity Objective: To develop LEGIs as an effective, responsive, inclusive, and accountable institution to address social issues and provide quality basic services to the most marginalized. Intermediate Result-1: Strengthened LEGI capacity to be more transparent and accountable to the community and to monitor the quality of public and private services: Under this IR, the RLG activity will develop tools and practices that enable local systems to become more accountable, gender-sensitive, effective, and responsive institutions. For sustainability, RLG will work closely with the National Institution of Local Government (NILG) to incorporate successful training interventions in their curriculum (more will be explored in the LG Assessment for sustainability). Under this IR, the activity will support policy advocacy by LEGIs to encourage the national government to adopt legal and policy reforms to expand roles, authorities, and resource allocations for local governments so that they can improve service delivery by the cognizant offices. RLG will make efforts to promote e-governance practices within the LEGI and also to make them instrumental for overall e-governance practices at the community level. Through this IR, USAID intends to work with relevant local government actors to refine and institutionalize participatory practices in annual planning and budgeting for their areas. Intermediate Result-2: Improved civil society, community-based organization, and citizen participation in local decision-making and in monitoring public service delivery, including those contracted out to the private sector: This IR will work on citizen participation in local decision-making by developing Citizens Forums, including training and technical assistance to enhance the forums ability to play an effective and active role in public management oversight. The training will include immediate and ongoing opportunities over an extended period of time for participants to practice and apply their new knowledge, skills, and tools to their participation in local governance, with accompanying coaching by the RLG activity. The LG Assessment will explore existing Citizen Forums at the community level and recommend if those can be included in the RLG activity. Through the existing forums or new forums, the activity will prepare the community to participate in the annual planning and budget session and at the same time strengthen their advocacy capacity for better services. Illustrative interventions: Intermediate Result-3: Strengthened LEGI-private-sector-civil society organization (CSO) coordination to improve the quality of public and private services: Coordination among central government (both field administration and service delivery offices), CSOs and the LEGIs are crucial to ensure optimal governance at the local level. Recent studies[1] indicate that NGOs have crucial roles in improving local governance, especially during the post-pandemic era. Both LEGIs and CSOs/CBOs work very closely with citizens and, with support, can form a tight alliance to advocate for better services for the community. In doing so, this activity will strongly encourage civil society and LEGI to partner with the private sector for improving service delivery.

This funding opportunity provides substantial financial support to national organizations for expanding mentoring services aimed at helping at-risk youth, particularly those from underserved communities, to prevent delinquency and promote positive development.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to public prosecutors in California to strengthen their efforts in enforcing labor laws and addressing wage theft, ensuring fair treatment for workers.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations, especially faith-based groups, to improve their security measures against targeted violence and hate crimes.