JUVENILE JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAMS

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JUVENILE JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAMS

• GRANT WRITING GUIDE

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COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION
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BUDGET

• Proposed expenditures are reasonable
• Explains each expenditure in detail in the budget
  narrative on page 5
• Match is required only for Title V and JAIBG
  programs

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

• Clearly defined
• Based upon facts, statistics, a needs assessment
• Data includes the most current available
• Data is specific to the area served

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NEEDS ASSESSMENT

• Outlines how needs were determined
• Lists sources of data and information

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• What does the project plan to do?
• Includes specific details
• Includes evaluation plans
• Makes clear to the reader that the project has
  been well thought out
• Indicates why the projects chances of success
  are good

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OBJECTIVES

• What, specifically, will the project accomplish?
• Are OUTCOME oriented
• Must include quantitative measurements
• Some may also be qualitative

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MEASURING YOUR RESULTS

• Percentage increases or decreases
• Numerical increases or decreases
• Surveys administered at the beginning and end of
  the project that measure participants changes in
  attitudes and/or increases in knowledge
• Academic improvement can be measured by letter
  grades, standardized test scores, promotions to
  next grade level

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PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Tell the reader how each objective will be
  measured
• Tell who will gather the data, from what sources,
  and how often
• There must be one performance indicator to match
  each objective

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PROJECT CONTINUATION POTENTIAL

• How will the project pursue independence from the
  grant funding source?
• Funding is available for a maximum of three years

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SERVICE DELIVERY AREA

• How many juveniles will be served?
• In what geographical area?
• Demographic characteristics?
• Type of offender / potential offender
• Schools / school districts
• Ages

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PROJECT ABSTRACT

• A summary of the proposal for those who will not
  see the application itself
• In a short, concise paragraph,
• WHO is involved?
• WHAT is the purpose?
• HOW many and what type(s) of juveniles?
• WHERE will the project be implemented?

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OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• All continuation applications must include a
  progress report and/or detailed data, information
  on project accomplishments
• Formula grant applications - private, non-profit
  applicants must attach a letter from a local unit
  of government denying funding
• Submit an unbound original and four copies of the
  application

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APPLICATION REVIEW AND EVALUATION PROCESS

• JJ staff and Governors Juvenile Justice Advisory
  Council (GJJAC) Grants Committee score the
  applications
• JJ staff review for compliance with state and
  federal programmatic and financial guidelines
• The entire GJJAC reviews the resulting
  recommendations

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APPLICATION REVIEW AND EVALUATION PROCESS,
continued

• The Public Safety Coordinating Council reviews
  and approves GJJAC recommendations
• Grant award letters are forwarded to the
  Governors Office for signature

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APPLICATION REVIEW CHECK LIST

• To avoid common mistakes, ask the following
  questions before submitting your application...

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1. Have you indicated the program area you are
applying for on page 1 in the upper right corner?
(Priority areas will be given greater
consideration.)
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2. Do the budget figures on pages 1-5 add up
correctly?Is match included, if required?3.
Are all sections of the application completed?
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4. Have you included the evaluation component,
if required? 5. Are the objectives
quantifiable?6. Is there a corresponding
performance indicator for each objective?
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7. Do the data in the Needs Assessment and
Problem Statement include the most current
available? Are they specific to the target
area?
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8. Does the original copy of the application
have three different original signatures on the
last two pages of the application?
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9. For Formula grants, if the applicant is a
private, non-profit, have you applied for and
been denied funding from a unit of general local
government (UGLG)?Have you attached a letter
from a UGLG to this effect?
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10. If you are applying for continuation
funding, have you documented the results of your
project to date?
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General Reminders

• The three-year funding limit is measured in
  consecutive years
• Continuation applications will not be funded for
  an amount greater than the previous years award

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OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• All continuation applications must include a
  progress report and/or detailed data, information
  on project accomplishments
• Formula grant applications - private, non-profit
  applicants must attach a letter from a local unit
  of government denying funding
• Submit an unbound original and four copies of the
  application

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Technical Assistance from JJ Program Staff

• Before you submit your application, JJ program
  staff are available to review your ideas or your
  application and make suggestions for improvement

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www.nttac.org National
Technical Assistance

• Best Practices Information
• Resource Materials
• Data
• Other funding sources
• Internet links

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Foundation Giving Trends, 2000

• Giving grew by 22 from 1997-1998
• Number of grants grew by 12.8
• Largest share of dollars went to the South

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Foundation Giving Trends, 2000

• Education accounted for 24 of 1998 grant money
• Children /youth accounted for 16 of 1998 grant
  money
• ...and 18 of grants

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Connections to grant sources

• www.tgci.com
• www.agmconnect.org/links/ linkphil.html
• ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• www.fundraisers-guide.com

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COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...

• Central Carolina Community Foundation, Columbia
• The Spartanburg County Foundation
• Community Foundation of Greater Greenville
• Community Foundation of Coastal Carolina,
  Charleston