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U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Federal program · program number 16.540 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · also called “Title II, Part B Formula Grants”

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Closed for this year
1 grant, next round estimated
Type of help
Formula grant (amounts set by a formula), project grant, training
Typical award
Allocation of formula grants to States and territories are based on relative populations under the age of 18. Amounts awarded for discretionary technical assistance, training, and research grants vary depending on...

How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.

Closed for this year

This year's round is over. GrantMe estimated the next round from last year's dates.

What it pays for

Goal: Juvenile justice system improvements. Support state and local efforts to plan, establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate policies and projects, directly or through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, for the development of more effective education, training, research, prevention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation, compliance with the core requirements and overall juvenile justice system improvement efforts. Improve effectiveness of juvenile delinquency programming. (1) Provide funding to states to assist them in planning, establishing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects for the development of more effective juvenile delinquency programming (i.e., education, training, research, prevention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation); (2) facilitate state compliance with the core requirements under the JJDP Act (34 USC 11131(a)(11), (12), (13),and (15); (3) provide and support training and technical assistance to benefit the Formula Grants Program; and (4) support research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the Formula Grants Program.

How applications are judged

In each year's official notice: Title II Juvenile Justice Federal Formula Grants

Match

None required (federal program listing).

Who in Tennessee has won this program

2 awards to Tennessee groups since 2024. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
State of TennesseeNashville$761K spent that year2025
Oasis Center, Inc.Nashville, Davidson County$24K spent that year2025

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 14 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan ChattanoogaChattanooga, Hamilton CountyTN Commission on Children$80K spent that year2023
Bridging the G-A-P Behavioral Seminars, and WorkshopsBrentwoodKentucky Department of Juvenile Justice$50K2025
Madison County, TennesseeJackson, Madison CountyTennessee Commission on Children and Youth$49K spent that year2025
Family and Children's ServiceNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Commission on Children and Youth$48K spent that year2025
Carter County, TennesseeElizabethton, Carter CountyTennessee Commission on Children and Youth$35K spent that year2025
Madison County, TennesseeJackson, Madison CountyState Commission on Children & Youth$35K spent that year2024
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee ValleyKnoxville, Knox CountyU.S. Department of Justice$35K spent that year2023
City of Elizabethton, TennesseeElizabethton, Carter CountyNational Recreation and Park Association$24K spent that year2023
Coffee County, TennesseeManchester, Coffee CountyTennessee Commission on Children and Youth$22K spent that year2024
Franklin County, TennesseeWinchester, Franklin CountyTennessee Commission on Children and Youth$20K spent that year2024
Loudon County, TennesseeLoudon, Loudon CountyTennessee Commission on Children and Youth$18K spent that year2025
Obion County, TennesseeUnion CityTennessee Commission on Children and Youth$4,500 spent that year2023

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

Official program listing (SAM.gov) Program website