This program will fund agencies that utilize a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to provide intervention and supervision services for youth with sexual behavior problems and treatment services for their child victims and families.
Award recipients will target for services youth with sexual
behavior problems, their child victim(s), and parents/caregivers.
Youth participating in this program must undergo a mental health evaluation to determine if they are amenable to community-based treatment and intervention.
Targeted youth offenders should have no prior history of court involvement for sexual misconduct.
There are two categories for this solicitation:
Category 1:
Nontribal Project Sites and Category 2:
Tribal Project Sites.
This program represents a collaboration between OJJDP and OJPs Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) and is authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2014, P.L.
113-76, 128 Stat.
5, 63-6 5.