OJJDP FY 2021 Invited to Apply - Training and Technical Assistance - National Gang Center | O OJJDP 2021 42001

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This grant opportunity is a continuation funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), titled "OJJDP FY 2021 Invited to Apply - Training and Technical Assistance - National Gang Center." It is tied to the National Gang Center and is structured as an "invited to apply" opportunity, meaning it is not broadly competitive in the usual sense and is intended for a specific recipient or a very limited set of eligible recipients identified by OJJDP through an invitation process. The program’s core purpose is to support training and technical assistance activities connected to the National Gang Center, which generally involves helping jurisdictions and practitioners improve their capacity to prevent and respond to gang-related issues affecting youth and communities.

The award is issued as a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant. That typically signals a more hands-on relationship between the federal agency and the recipient, where OJJDP is expected to have substantial involvement in the planning, direction, coordination, or oversight of the work. In practical terms, the recipient would usually carry out national-level or multi-jurisdictional training and technical assistance efforts, while coordinating closely with OJJDP on deliverables, timelines, content, and performance expectations. The funding instrument choice often aligns with projects that require ongoing collaboration, federal input on product development, or coordination across multiple stakeholders.

The total funding amount for this opportunity has an award ceiling of $1,000,000, with an expectation of making a single award. The funding opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2021-42001. The activity category is Law, Justice, and Legal Services, and the associated CFDA number is 16.123 (a designation used to classify federal assistance programs). Because it is a continuation opportunity, it commonly indicates ongoing support for an existing project or previously funded work that OJJDP intends to extend, rather than funding a brand-new effort open to many new applicants.

Eligibility is listed as "Others," with a note directing applicants to consult the solicitation’s additional eligibility language for clarification. With invited opportunities, eligibility often functions differently than open solicitations, since the agency is usually reaching out to a particular organization (for example, an established technical assistance provider, a research or practitioner organization, or another entity already performing the National Gang Center support role). The announcement itself does not spell out the detailed program requirements and instead directs readers to the OJP Invitation Letter for program-specific information, which would typically contain the scope of work, required deliverables, reporting expectations, budget constraints, and any special conditions tied to the continuation award.

Key administrative details include a creation date of June 24, 2021, and an original closing date of July 1, 2021, reflecting a short turnaround that is common for invited or continuation actions. The statutory authority for awards under this solicitation is the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, 1257), which provides the legal basis for DOJ to issue and fund this cooperative agreement.

• 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 2021 Invited to Apply - Training and Technical Assistance - National Gang Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.123.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 24, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 01, 2021. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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