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16.836: Indigent Defense

Overview

Program Number
16.836
Status
Inactive
Last Modified
Aug. 9, 2022
Date Posted
Aug. 9, 2022
Objective
This program supports states and localities in developing and implementing strategies to ensure that youth involved with the juvenile justice system have fair and equal access to quality legal representation; ensure that offenders involved with the juvenile justice system have resources that address the collateral consequences of justice system involvement; and/or provide training for the juvenile indigent defense bar, including public defenders and court-appointed counsel working on behalf of juvenile indigent defendants. The objective of this program is to enhance the capacity to deliver high-quality, fair, and comprehensive legal services to youth who have come into contact with the juvenile justice system- by . (1) developing and implementing specialized training for staff and stakeholders involved with assisting juvenile offenders within the juvenile justice system; (2) improving juvenile courts’ data collection and reporting capacity, specifically relating to youth and their legal representation, and access to services pre- and post-adjudication; (3) analyzing the juvenile defense delivery system(s) with respect to juvenile offenders’ access to services by identifying critical program, practice, and policy needs and gaps; areas for improvement; and aspects that are working and may be replicable and/or scalable across jurisdictions; and (4) addressing an identified need or gap within the applicant’s juvenile justice system related to providing juvenile offenders with plenary access to high-quality juvenile defense services.
Type of Assistance
B - Project Grants (Discretionary)
Applicant Eligibility
Applicants are limited to states (including territories and the District of Columbia), federally recognized tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).
Beneficiary Eligibility
The beneficiary of these funds would be juvenile delinquents and youth.
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Grant Awards

Indigent Defense direct grants

Grant Opportunities

Indigent Defense grant and assistance application opportunities