15PJDP22GK01200JIDX

Under the National Youth Defense Training and Technical Assistance Award, the Gault Center (formerly National Juvenile Defender Center) will ensure that youth defenders have access to high quality, specialized legal training, practice tools, resources, publications, communities of practice, and leadership development opportunities. Support state and local grantees to implement effective, system-level enhancements that sustainably improve youth defense service delivery. Identify and respond to youth defense gaps, needs, and emerging issues at the local, state, regional, and national levels.

To meet the objectives of this project, the Gault Center will continue to use and expand upon its wealth of resources and expertise to improve the delivery of high-quality, specialized legal defense for youth. Address youth defenders' training needs. Facilitate networking and develop communities of practice across the youth defense field. Provide tools and resources to improve defense delivery systems, advance best practices, and enhance procedural justice. Maintain a national clearinghouse of youth defense resources. Provide intensive training and technical assistance to OJJDP's state and local grantees.

By assigning staff to liaison with each grantee, working with each grantee to develop a written training and technical assistance plan, and engaging with each grantee throughout the duration of the grant period.

The Gault Center

THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO IMPLEMENT ENHANCEMENTS THAT IMPROVE JUVENILE INDIGENT DEFENSE. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE TO ENSURE THAT YOUTH INVOLVED WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT ADDRESS THE COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT. THIS SOLICITATION HAS TWO CATEGORIES: CATEGORY 1 WILL SUPPORT GRANTS TO STATES TO IMPROVE JUVENILE DEFENSE DELIVERY FOCUSING ON SPECIALIZED TRAINING, DATA AND PERFORMANCE CAPACITY BUILDING, IMPLEMENTING A HOLISTIC VERTICAL DEFENSE MODEL, AND ADDRESSING OTHER JURISDICTION-SPECIFIC GAPS AND NEEDS. CATEGORY 2 WILL SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TTA) TO STATE GRANTEES, REGIONAL DEFENDER RESOURCE CENTERS, STATE AND LOCAL DEFENDER OFFICES, AND INDIVIDUAL (PUBLIC AND APPOINTED) JUVENILE DEFENDERS. THE TTA PROVIDER WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND PUBLICATIONS FOR THE FIELD, RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO IDENTIFIED GAPS/NEEDS AND EMERGING ISSUES AT THE STATE, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

16.836 - Indigent Defense

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) [DOJ - OJP]

Washington, District Of Columbia 20036 United States

Single Zip Code

OJJDP FY 2022 Enhancing Juvenile Indigent Defense (O-OJJDP-2022-171236)

Termination This cooperative agreement was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 292% from $900,000 to $3,530,000.