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Title V Grant Program
Juvenile Justice

The Title V program is designed to provide opportunities for delinquency prevention and early intervention programs for communities based on a prevention strategy designed to reduce identified risk factors while strengthening protective factors. Statutory authority for this program rests in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended in 1992.

Applications are considered for Title V funds to support communities that have formulated a community-wide strategy to address the prevention of status offenses or delinquency. A community is required to have a prevention strategy based on assessment of risk factors that contribute to status offenses or delinquent behavior in children/youth in the community.

Goals and objectives include:

• Reduce the number of delinquent youth.
• Encourage and support interagency coordination of services for meeting the needs of at-risk children and youth.
• Promote non-delinquent behavior and provide opportunities for children and youth to build their self-esteem.
• Provide activities for reversing peer pressure.
• Prevent youth from dropping out of school by providing alternative school settings for those youth exhibiting behavior problems.
• Obtain parental/caretaker commitment to the program by establishing a parent/caretaker component as a part of the programming efforts.
• Provide crisis intervention services for children and youth exposed to family violence.
• Provide youth advocacy services or court-appointed advocates for youth involved in the court system.
• Provide direct services to victims of child sexual assault and physical abuse and neglect and promote activities for prevention/awareness.
• Develop school safety programs, such as conflict resolution and gun/weapon control to decrease the incidence of school violence.

Title V Eligible Applicants: State and local units of government.

Allowable costs include:

• Personnel expenses for direct services
• Contractual services (limited)
• Travel/training expenses
• Audit costs (2% of award)
• Program materials, supplies, etc.

Funding is provided through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Total funds available under this project for fiscal year 2001 are approximately $215,000.

Grant Cycle: Request for proposals are mailed in January and application kits are mailed in February. The grant cycle begins July 1 and ends June 30 each year.

Please contact Kimberly Mason, (304) 558-8814, extension 284 for more information.

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