• OJJDP Bulletin Reports on Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence

  The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published "Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey." (PDF: 881K)

  Understanding the nature and extent of children's exposure to violence is essential to mitigating its effects. To this end, OJJDP, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sponsored the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence, whose findings are reported in this bulletin, the first in a series.

  The survey, the first to measure children's exposure to violence in homes, schools, and communities across all age groups, found that more than 60 percent of the children surveyed were exposed to violence within the past year, either directly or indirectly (e.g., as a witness to a violent act; by learning of a violent act against a family member, neighbor, or close friend; or from a threat against their home or school).

• Tools for Promoting Educational Success and Reducing Delinquency (PDF: 1.6Mb) is great tool kit for communities who want to support their neighborhood schools in improving their attendance rates and educational rates.
• The National Youth Gang center has listed a treasure trove of Publications for any organization seeing strategies for youth violence. To view the publications, please visit http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Publications.

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

The purpose of this program is to support projects aimed at children and young adults from underserved communities throughout the United States. Ultimately, projects should help young people (ages 9-24) become independent, productive adults. Program objectives are as follows:

• Improving educational skills, achievement, and attainment
• Preparing young people for the world of work
• Offering guidance that will help young people avoid high-risk behaviors

Eligible applicants are youth-serving 501(c)(3) organizations. Organizations should be financially secure and have a budget of more than $1 million. To begin the application process, applicants must complete the survey found online at www.emcf.org/portfolio/youthorganizationsurvey.htm. Qualified organizations will be invited to continue the application process.

Charles Mott Foundation

The purpose of this program is to support efforts that promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society. Successful projects will develop and implement innovative approaches aimed at solving pressing community problems. Projects should also be replicable, have the potential to generate long-term support, and promote public policy development.

Funding will be distributed among the following categories:

• Civil society
• Environment
• Flint area projects (Michigan)
• Pathways out of poverty

Please visit www.mott.org/about/appprocedures.aspx for further details.

Weed and Seed Funding

The Weed and Seed strategy aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and gang activity. The Weed and Seed strategy is a community-based, comprehensive multiagency approach. Four elements make up the two-pronged Weed and Seed Strategy: Law Enforcement; Community Policing; Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment; and Neighborhood Restoration. Limited discretionary grant resources are available annually for communities selected as Weed and Seed Communities subject to Congressional funding and level of grantee performance.

Draft Application materials www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo/funding/appl_kit.html must be sent to the applicant's local U.S. Attorney by Tuesday, November 10, 2009, via e-mail. (For contact information regarding U.S. Attorney Offices/Districts, please visit www.usdoj.gov/usao/offices.)

The due date for applying for funding under this solicitation is Tuesday, December 1, 2009, by 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Applications must be submitted via electronic submission through GMS at grants.ojp.usdoj.gov.