This grant funds research addressing how public health is impacted by crime and lack of non-carceral investments in safety. The grant aims to fund studies that measure the complex interplay of cultural, social, and environmental factors that shape an individual’s or population’s lived experience and their impact on health behaviors and outcomes
The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP) Justice System Reform and Reinvestment Initiative, which is administered by the Department of Justice to introduce innovative, non-carceral recidivism-reduction policies and requires the financial savings from these policies to be invested in juvenile justice prevention and intervention programs that are proven to be effective.
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program – State Solicitation Grant can be a substantial source of funding to state governments for innovative non-carceral approaches to crime reduction and survivor safety. This grant funds prevention and education programs, corrections and community corrections programs, and drug treatment programs.
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program – Local Solicitation (JAG) can be used to fund innovative, non-carceral responses for safety as well as services for those currently incarcerated. Grant money has been used for funds prevention and education programs, corrections and community corrections programs, and drug treatment programs.