33543 - 2025 Youth and Law Enforcement Grant (YLEG)
Funding Opportunity Details

Youth and Law Enforcement Grant

Final Application Deadline: Oct 11, 2024 4:00 PM

Description

• Missouri Department of Public Safety

  Office of the Director

  SFY 2025 Youth and Law Enforcement Grant (YLEG)

  Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

  Grant Issued By:

  Missouri Department of Public Safety

  Funding Opportunity Title:

  SFY 2025 Youth and Law Enforcement Grant (YLEG)

  Introduction:

  The purpose of the Youth and Law Enforcement Grant (YLEG) is to provide funding for a program that focuses on building relationships and crime prevention programming between youth and law enforcement. This program must be located in a city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county.

  Project Requirements:

  Programs must provide youth engagement services with law enforcement as part of a long-term strategy to help sustain positive relationships between youth and the law enforcement community. The program must be evidence-based, and the purpose must meet at least one of the following:

  1. Reduce violence and criminal activity
  2. Assist youth in developing positive relationships with the law enforcement community
  3. Proactively promote public trust by initiating positive nonenforcement activities to engage communities
  4. Work with law enforcement agencies to reduce overly aggressive crime fighting strategies
  5. Provide life skill development for youth through the program

  Funding Allocation:

  SFY 2025 YLEG funds, in the amount of $727,500.00, were appropriated through Missouri House Bill 8 Section 8.005.

  Period of Performance: 8 months

  Projected Period of Performance Start Date: October 1, 2024

  Projected Period of Performance End Date: May 31, 2025

  Funding Instrument: Grant – General Revenue Fund 0101

  Eligible Applicants:

  Eligible applicant must be registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) corporation (non-profit agency) that will provide the program services to Missouri residents within a city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county.

  Ineligible Applicants:

  Ineligible applicants include for-profit, governmental, and nonprofit organizations that are not registered with the United States IRS as a 501(c)(3) corporation or is unable to provide services to the residents of Missouri within a city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county.

  Eligible Funding Areas:

  YLEG funds may be awarded for any of the following budget categories as deemed necessary to operate the proposed project effectively and efficiently within the eligible area:

  1. Personnel, Personnel Benefits
  2. Personnel Overtime, & Personnel Overtime Benefits
  3. Travel/Training
  4. Equipment

  Equipment is tangible, nonexpendable personal property having a useful life of more than one year and a per-unit acquisition cost of $5,000.00 or more.

  5. Supplies/Operations

  Supplies are all other items of tangible personal property that are not equipment.

  6. Contractual

  Costs directly associated with the project and its activities that are secured on a contractual nature.

  Ineligible Activities and Cost Items:

  Ineligible activities and cost items include, but are not limited to the following:

  q Bonuses or Commissions

  q Construction/Renovation Projects

  q Daily Subsistence (meals) within Official Domicile

  q Entertainment Expenses & Bar Charges

  q Finance Fees for delinquent payments

  q First Class Travel

  q Indirect Costs

  q Less-than-lethal Weapons

  q Lobbying or Fundraising

  q Military-Type Equipment

  q Office Lease/Purchase

  q Pre-Paid Fuel/Phone Cards

  q Vehicles (Lease or Purchase)

  q Weapons and Ammunition

  Application and Submission Information:

  1. Key Dates and Times

  a. Application Start Date: August 27, 2024

  b. Application Submission Deadline: September 25, 2024, 4:00 pm CST

  ** Extension October 11, 2024, 4:00 CST **

  2. Agreeing to Terms and Conditions of the Award

  By submitting an application, applicants agree to comply with the requirements of this NOFO and the Articles of Agreement of the award, should they receive an award.

  Applications will only be accepted through the Missouri Department of Public Safety (DPS) online WebGrants System: https://dpsgrants.dps.mo.gov

  A PowerPoint with instructions on how to apply through the WebGrants System will be available in WebGrants and on the Missouri Department of Public Safety Website at: https://dpsgrants.dps.mo.gov

  As part of the SFY 2025 YLEG application, each eligible applicant must complete all application forms and provide all required documents:

  1. Contact Information Form

  Applicants will be required to provide the contact information for the agency’s Authorized Official, Fiscal Officer, Project Director, and an additional contact (if necessary).

  2. Project Form

  Applicants will be required to describe their project including a timeline for the project to be completed. Specific deliverables and milestones will need to be provided including how data will be collected to show the project outcomes.

  3. Budget

  Applicants will be required to provide a detailed budget including justification for each expected expenditure.

  4. Attachments

  1. Mission Statement
  2. Proof of agencies 501(c) (3) corporation status *Required*
  3. Other Supporting Documentation
  4. Other Supporting Documentation
  5. Other Supporting Documentation

  Contact Information:

  Maggie Glick

  DPS Grants Specialist

  (573) 526-3510

  Maggie.Glick@dps.mo.gov

  Michelle Branson
  DPS Grants Program Supervisor
  (573) 526-9014
  Michelle.Branson@dps.mo.gov

  Joni McCarter
  DPS Grants Program Manager
  (573) 526-9020
  Joni.McCarter@dps.mo.gov

   

   

   

   

   

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