FY2028 Community-Based Juvenile Services Aid [CBA] Grant
FY2028 Community-Based Juvenile Services Aid [CBA] Grant supports Nebraska counties and tribes in providing local youth services to prevent juvenile justice involvement and reduce detention.
Funder: Nebraska Crime Commission
Due Dates: December 22, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. CST (Full application)
Funding Amounts: $5,498,000 available; applicant requests capped at predetermined allocations; July 1, 2027–June 30, 2028
Summary: Supports Nebraska counties and tribes providing community-based services to divert youth from juvenile justice involvement and reduce detention.
Key Information: Funding requests must directly align with an approved comprehensive juvenile services community plan.
Description
The Nebraska Crime Commission administers Community-Based Juvenile Services Aid under Nebraska’s Juvenile Services Act. The program supports locally planned services that prevent unlawful behavior and minimize the depth and duration of young people’s juvenile justice involvement. Priorities are diversion, reducing detention and secure confinement, and helping youth transition from out-of-home placements.
Eligible work includes local planning and coordination, screening and evaluation, diversion, detention alternatives, family support, treatment, truancy prevention and intervention, transportation, and commission-approved pilots. Funding also supports evidence-based personnel and contracted services, preexisting programs aligned with evidence-based or best practices, and other services benefiting justice-involved juveniles and families. A one-time conversion of an existing detention facility or other structure into an alternative to detention is also eligible.
