Assistance program
Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care
$5.7 Million committed in FY2023–FY2026
- Agency
- Justice, Department of, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 16.049
- What it does
- The goal of the program is to promote positive youth outcomes and public safety for at-risk adolescents and vulnerable youth transitioning from foster care. OJJDP has identified the following specific program objectives: • Enhance and expand models of residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services for youth in foster care. Performance Measure: Number of individuals served (by population) • Increase protective factors to ensure youth transitioning from foster care have the skills they need to prevent any further victimization and/or involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems. Performance Measure: Number of individuals who experienced a victimization • Increase connections for youth transitioning from foster care with caring and concerned adults that will help to prevent further victimization and/or involvement in the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems. Performance Measure: Percentage of eligible individuals released into safe, stable housing
- Who benefits
- Ultimate beneficiaries are youth transitioning out of the foster care system.
- Who applies
- Please see the eligibility language under each OJJDP program announcement funded through this program for more details. Past and current program announcements can be found at www.ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 117-328; 34 U.S.C. § 11171 - 11172; Statute 136, p. 4459, 4538
- Program site
- https://www.ojp.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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