Closed · O-OJJDP-2021-92004 · CFDA 16.812 · Discretionary

OJJDP FY 2021 Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $750K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 15, 2021
Close date
13
Expected awards

The verdict

OJJDP FY 2021 Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention that offered Up to $750,000 across 13 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 638 other opportunities from Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention.

up to $750K
award range
Closed
application status
13
expected awards
16.812
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

OJJDP FY 2021 Second Chance Act Youth Offende… is closed (last close June 15, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 16.812 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention still indexes 638 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 15, 2021

Posted Apr 30 Closes Jun 15

Est. Total Funding

$9,750,000

Expected Awards

13

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

This program furthers the Department's mission by reducing the number of crimes committed by people under community supervision while promoting the fair administration of justice and advancing public safety. The Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program encourages collaboration between state agencies, local government, and community- and faith-based organizations to address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for moderate to high-risk juvenile offenders returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities. This solicitation has two categories—Category 1: Youth Offender Reentry Program and Category 2: Community-Based Youth Reentry Program.

Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors

OJJDP FY 2021 Second Chance Act Youth Offende… combines government/tribal and nonprofit applicant types (9 doors). The listing is a civic funding corridor spanning public and nonprofit operators. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Inside Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 08
Public / Indian housing authorities
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 16.812

Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative

U.S. Department of Justice

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Agency Contact

For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF- LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support webpage, or email at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or at 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov or JustGrants technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the Office of Justice Programs Response Center (Response Center) at grants@ncjrs.gov within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET on the solicitation close date. General information on applying for OJJDP awards can be found at https://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/funding.html. A solicitation webinar was previously held on January 14, 2021. This call provided a detailed overview of the solicitation and allow an opportunity for interested applicants to ask questions. A video recording of the webinar is available at https://youtu.be/Sv7hpKa5VD0. grants@ncjrs.gov

What to do next

OJJDP FY 2021 Second Chance Act Youth Offende… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 16.812 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention lists 638 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants