Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)'s Request for Applications

Funding Announcement and Guidelines (.pdf)

The application must be electronically submitted in the PCCD Egrants System.

Agencies eligible for participation: Non-profit organizations in Pennsylvania are eligible to apply for funding. Nonprofit organizations may apply jointly with a unit of local government, but shall not be required to do so. Direct awards cannot be made to government entities.

Contact Person: Due to the highly competitive nature of these grants, PCCD staff will not answer questions about how an applicant should respond to any section of the application.  PCCD staff may only field questions to clarify the funding announcement.  Questions must be sent by email to Wendy Poston at wposton@pa.gov.  In order for all applicants to benefit from this process, answers will be available to all parties who register to receive them through this email service.  Applicants may register any time after April 18, 2013 by providing an email address to Ms. Poston at the link above.  Registration will remain open until May 17, 2013, and questions will not be accepted after 4:00 p.m. on this date.  Answers will be sent regularly by email to registered individuals through close of business on May 20, 2013.

The Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) County Technical Assistance and Leadership Funds (CTALF) provide funding to county offices of education to plan, develop, and implement capacity building, technical assistance and training, evaluation, program improvement services, and coordination activities for TUPE activities for local educational agencies.

WHO CAN APPLY: Only county offices of education are eligible to apply for this funding. In order to be eligible to apply, the applicant agency must have been certified by the California Department of Education (CDE) as having met the tobacco-free school district criteria on or before July 1, 2012.

HOW TO APPLY: Click here to request application, http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r8/tupectalf13rfa.asp

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For questions about the program, contact John Lagomarsino at 916-323-1540 or email jlagomarsino@cde.ca.gov. For questions about the fiscals aspects, contact Rachael Gutierrz at 916-319-0196 or email rgutierr@cde.ca.gov. For questions about the division, contact the Coordinated Student Support & Adult Education Department at 916-319-0914 or fax 916-319-0218.

The purpose of this funding is to support sustainable, multi-sectorial collective impact efforts that promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. Specifically, state health departments will be funded to:

1) Coordinate and manage existing and new partnerships with other child maltreatment prevention organizations and non-traditional partners to promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children; 
2) Work with partners to identify strategies across sectors that promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments; 
3) Identify, coordinate, monitor and report on the strategies implemented by multi-sector partners; 
4) Coordinate improvement processes (e.g., continuous quality improvement) for multi-sector partners to refine strategies that support safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments; and 
5) Establish state-level impact of these efforts. 

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Eligibility: State health departments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau). A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state health department, a legal, binding agreement from the state government as documentation of the status is required.

Amount: $155,000 - $200,000

Click here to apply for grant.