Title V Community Prevention Grants Program

Training Materials for Title V Community Trainees

Information for Juvenile Justice Specialists and Title V Coordinators
       

What is the Title V Program?

Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974 established the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, better known as the Community Prevention Grants Program. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) administers Title V funding which is dedicated to delinquency prevention efforts initiated by a community based planning process focused on reducing risks and enhancing protective factors to prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system. It is the only Federal funding source solely dedicated to delinquency prevention.

The Title V Program encourages communities to perform multidisciplinary assessments of the risks and resources specific to their communities and then develop community-wide, collaborative plans to prevent delinquency.

Because careful, systematic, strategic planning increases the efficacy of prevention efforts and reduces service duplication, Title V requires the formation of a multi-disciplinary community Prevention Policy Board (PPB). There also is a 50-percent matching funds requirement by either the recipient unit of local government or by the State that encourages communities to collaborate and to secure additional resources to sustain their long-term delinquency prevention efforts.

Who Can Apply for Title V Funding?

OJJDP allocates funds to qualifying States based on the number of juveniles below the age of criminal responsibility. Units of local government (city, county, township or other political subdivision) can apply to their States. States award Title V funds to qualified units of local government through a competitive process. Each awarded program may be funded in 12-month increments for up to three years.

How To Apply for Title V Funding

The program is implemented in two phases: (1) pre-award planning and (2) implementation.
To be eligible to apply for a subgrant from the State, a unit of local government must:

• Receive State Advisory Group certification of compliance with the JJDP Act core requirements;



• Convene or designate a local Prevention Policy Board of 15 to 21 members;



• Submit a 3-year, comprehensive community delinquency prevention plan; and



• Provide a 50% match for the award (cash or in-kind), if the match is not provided by the State.



• Applications for Title V funds must be submitted to each State’s designated agency.