OJJDP FY 17 Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems Program | OJJDP 2017 11001

Opportunity Information: Apply for OJJDP 2017 11001

The OJJDP FY 17 Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems (YSBP) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), focused on helping communities respond effectively to youth who have exhibited problematic sexual behaviors. The program is designed to support agencies that can bring together a comprehensive, multidisciplinary team to provide both intervention and supervision for the youth, while also ensuring treatment and support services are available for the child victim(s) and their families. The core idea is to improve outcomes and safety by coordinating mental health services, supervision strategies, and family supports in a structured community-based approach rather than relying solely on more punitive or fragmented responses.

A central requirement of the program is that participating youth must receive a mental health evaluation to determine whether they are appropriate for community-based treatment and intervention. The solicitation also emphasizes serving a specific target population: youth with sexual behavior problems who generally do not have a prior history of court involvement for sexual offenses. In practice, that means the program is aimed at earlier intervention, before patterns deepen and before youth become more entrenched in the justice system. Award recipients are expected to serve not only the youth, but also the parents or caregivers of both the youth and the child victims, reflecting an understanding that family engagement and trauma-informed supports are often essential to effective treatment, safety planning, and long-term behavior change.

The solicitation is organized into two distinct funding categories. Category 1 funds direct service program sites, with support anticipated for up to three sites. These Category 1 awardees are responsible for developing and implementing a full community-based program over a 24-month project period. Their work is expected to be multidisciplinary and collaborative, typically involving juvenile justice partners, behavioral health providers, victim service providers, child advocacy resources, schools where appropriate, and other community stakeholders. The aim is to build a coordinated local response that can manage risk, deliver evidence-informed interventions, and address the needs of victims and families in a consistent and well-supervised way.

Category 2 funds a single organization to deliver support, training, and technical assistance (often called TTA) to the Category 1 program sites. The purpose of Category 2 is to design, develop, and provide structured training and ongoing technical assistance that helps the sites implement community-based management strategies effectively. This includes guiding sites as they build partnerships, set up policies and protocols, deliver interventions with fidelity, and learn from one another through a collaborative learning process. OJJDP makes it clear that Category 1 sites are expected to work closely with the TTA provider and to include community partners in the learning and improvement activities that the provider establishes, reinforcing that the program is not just about funding services, but also about strengthening local systems and practice quality.

From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity is a grant under the law, justice, and legal services activity category (CFDA 16.543). The funding opportunity number is OJJDP 2017 11001, created May 15, 2017, with an original closing date of June 29, 2017. The listed award ceiling is $300,000, and the solicitation anticipated three awards (which aligns with the plan to fund up to three program sites under Category 1, though the solicitation also describes a separate Category 2 award for TTA). Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and local governments; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and other entities as described in the solicitation’s eligibility clarification.

Overall, the YSBP Program is structured to combine direct community-based intervention capacity with centralized training and technical assistance so that participating sites can deliver coordinated, developmentally appropriate responses for youth with sexual behavior problems while also providing meaningful, trauma-informed support to child victims and families. The emphasis on multidisciplinary coordination, mental health assessment for treatment suitability, early-stage intervention, and shared learning across sites reflects OJJDP’s goal of improving community practice while enhancing safety and outcomes for everyone impacted.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 17 Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.543.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 15, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 29, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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