Title II Formula Grant Program
Forecasted
Title II Formula Grant Program supports Massachusetts agencies, local governments, and nonprofits with prevention, youth intervention, and system improvement projects to reduce juvenile justice involvement.
Funder: Office of Grants and Research
Due Dates (Anticipated): July 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Federal Title II formula grant funding through OJJDP
Summary: Supports Massachusetts juvenile delinquency prevention, youth intervention, and juvenile justice system improvement projects.
Key Information: Eligible applicants are state agencies, units of local government, and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations.
Description
The Title II Formula Grant Program supports efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency, improve outcomes for young people, and strengthen Massachusetts’s juvenile justice system. The Office of Grants and Research (OGR) administers the program using funding awarded by the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Projects should offer a high probability of improving the system, preventing at-risk youth from entering it, or providing positive guidance to system-involved youth to reduce further involvement.
OGR prioritizes pre-existing, promising, or evidence-based juvenile justice programs and activities. The broader federal program supports juvenile justice education, training, research, prevention, diversion, treatment, rehabilitation, and system improvement. Massachusetts’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (JJAC) helps direct funding and coordinate juvenile justice and delinquency prevention efforts across the Commonwealth.
