Juvenile justice

In collaboration with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), NIJ seeks proposals to conduct an evaluation of OVC's Vision 21: Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth State Demonstration Project. The OVC Vision 21 Systems of Care Demonstration Project will fund two State-level demonstration sites that will bring a broad network of relevant systems and professionals together to establish a comprehensive and coordinated...

NIJ is seeking multidisciplinary research and evaluation proposals related to childhood exposure to violence. In particular, NIJ seeks proposals that address polyvictimization, resilience, or justice system responses to children identified as being exposed to violence. For the purposes of this solicitation, “Children Exposed to Violence (CEV)” encompasses a broad area that includes children as both direct victims and as bystanders or observers of various forms...

The Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2014, provides funds for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to undertake a research-focused initiative, the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative, to increase the safety of schools nationwide. Under this Initiative, NIJ is seeking high-quality proposals from the nation’s best minds to research the root causes of school violence, develop technologies and strategies for increasing school safety, and provide pilot...