OJJDP FY 18 National Juvenile Court Data Archive | OJJDP 2018 13560

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The OJJDP FY 18 National Juvenile Court Data Archive grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number OJJDP 2018 13560) is a discretionary grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, under CFDA 16.540 in the Law, Justice, and Legal Services category. The project centers on sustaining and strengthening the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, which is described as the nation’s primary source of detailed, case-level information on how juvenile courts process delinquency and status offense matters. In practical terms, the work supported by this award is meant to ensure that reliable juvenile court case processing data are collected, maintained over time, and made accessible so that the field has an authoritative basis for understanding what is happening in juvenile courts across the country.

A key purpose of the award is to support the ongoing collection and management of automated juvenile court datasets and to ensure those data can be used to produce annual, national estimates of juvenile court case processing. This emphasizes not only storing information, but also turning it into consistent, recurring statistical products that help track the volume and characteristics of cases, outcomes, and trends over time. Because juvenile justice policies and practices vary widely across states and local jurisdictions, the archive’s role is to provide a standardized, research-ready foundation that allows comparisons across jurisdictions and supports both national and subnational analysis.

The opportunity also highlights access and usability for researchers and policymakers as a central objective. By making automated juvenile court datasets available, the archive enables users to study a wide range of juvenile justice issues, including changes in court referrals and petitions, decision points in case processing, and outcomes for delinquency and status offense cases. The archive is positioned as a tool for monitoring long-term trends, spotting shifts that may signal emerging issues, and supporting evidence-based decision-making. In other words, the project is not just about data storage; it is about maintaining an infrastructure that helps the juvenile justice system understand itself, evaluate reforms, and respond to new patterns as they appear.

Funding for this opportunity had an award ceiling of $1,300,000, with an expectation of a single award. The solicitation was created on March 16, 2018, with an original closing date of May 16, 2018. Eligibility was broad and included state, county, and city or township governments; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other applicants as permitted by the additional eligibility guidance in the full announcement. This wide eligibility reflects the specialized nature of the work, which can be housed in universities, research organizations, or other entities with the technical capacity to manage large-scale administrative datasets, maintain documentation, and support public or restricted data access consistent with applicable privacy and confidentiality requirements.

Overall, the grant is aimed at ensuring continuity and quality in a nationally significant juvenile court data resource. By supporting the ongoing collection, maintenance, accessibility, and annual estimation activities tied to juvenile court case processing, OJJDP is funding an infrastructure project that underpins research, policy analysis, and trend monitoring in juvenile justice, with a particular focus on delinquency and status offense cases.

• 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 18 National Juvenile Court Data Archive" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.540.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 16, 2018. (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 $1,300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 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), 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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