All applications are due by 8 p.m., Eastern Time, on Monday, June 28, 2010.
The purpose of this program is to assist localities in responding to child sexual victimization by youth between the ages of 10-14, exhibiting sexual behavior problems, placing a specific emphasis on interfamilial and/or co-residential child victims and offenders. For the purposes of this solicitation, children with sexual behavior problems are children aged 12 and under who demonstrate developmentally inappropriate or aggressive sexual behavior. Adolescents with sexual behavior problems are youth aged 13 and over with problematic sexual behaviors that are potentially harmful to the youth. Examples of these types of behaviors include, but are not limited to: sexual contact between children who do not know each other well; sexual contact between children of different ages, size, and developmental level (usually a five year age difference or greater); sexual contact that is aggressive or coerced; and sexual contact that caused harm to the child or others, such as physical harm or contact that causes another child to be highly upset and/or fearful. This program seeks to support evidence-based treatment and community supervision for youth with sexual behavior problems, and treatment services to victims and families of these youth.
Over the past decade, OJJDP has supported a number of projects geared toward advancing knowledge and practice regarding assessment and treatment of juvenile sex offending. Major challenges in this area continue to exist, particularly with regards to community-based interventions. The two-fold purpose of the OJJDP FY10 Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems Program is to provide support to localities in the development and implementation of community-based treatment programs for youth aged 10-14 with sexual behavior problems, who have exhibited inappropriate sexual behaviors against another child and for their victims. The program will specifically address interfamilial and/or co-residential sexual misconduct for youth aged 10-14, and provide adjunctive support services to child victims and families who have experienced victimization. Applicants should propose comprehensive intervention strategies that are evidence-based for serving both the child victim and the youth with sexual behavior problems, as well as their families/guardians. Applicants under Part A must have a functioning multi-disciplinary team that utilizes a comprehensive, holistic approach to treating both the child victim as well as the youth with sexual behavior problems and demonstrate a history of working with interfamilial child abuse cases. At a minimum, multi-disciplinary teams should consist of the following members: social services staff, juvenile court staff, mental health personnel, victim advocate personnel, law enforcement and community-support providers. This team should serve as the case-staffing entity used to determine service provision for the child victim, family, and the youth with sexual behavior problems.
In addition, under Part B of this solicitation, this program seeks to identify an organization to provide guidance, support, and technical assistance to the awarded sites in working towards the successful implementation of a community-based Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems Program.
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Solicitation can be found here: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2010/YSBPP.pdf
Name: Will Bronson
Department: Program Manager
Email: willie.bronson@usdoj.gov
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