Information for DCJS Grantees
DCJS Grant Award Notices sent to grantees include the name and contact information of the DCJS Public Safety Grants Representative assigned to the grant, as well as the grant unit supervisor. These contacts are invaluable to you as a grantee when developing your grant contract. Should grantees need further assistance or additional information from DCJS about your grant, please contact the DCJS Office of Program Development and Funding GMS Help Desk at (518) 457-9787 or dcjsfunding@dcjs.ny.gov. Please be sure to include the name of the grant program and the contract number, when possible, in the subject line of the email. Thank you.
Guidance to DCJS grantees in evaluating how to respond to requests from federal immigration authorities while protecting the rights of their clients and staff as of February 14, 2025
Guidance for DCJS grantees regarding grant contract language change as of April 1, 2025
Guidance for DCJS grantees regarding electronic vouchering as of April 1, 2022
Current Funding Opportunities
SNUG Street Outreach and SNUG Social Work Program in the City of Syracuse
Non-for-profit organizations, may apply for up to $1,820,189,000 through New York State’s SNUG Street Outreach and SNUG Social Work Program grant application. This funding will be used to create a SNUG Street Outreach within the city of Syracuse.
The SNUG Street Outreach program is an evidence-based, violence reduction initiative that treats gun violence as a disease by identifying its causes and interrupting its transmission. There are currently fourteen DCJS SNUG Programs across New York State. At each SNUG site, outreach teams of “credible messengers” – individuals who are hired from communities in which they work and have backgrounds similar to those with whom they aim to connect – mentor the highest risk youth with an emphasis on conflict mediation and violence prevention.
The SNUG Social Work program provides social workers to the DCJS SNUG programs, allowing them to address trauma experienced by program participants and staff and improve access to services for survivors and victims of crime for participants and their families. SNUG Street Outreach sites utilize grant funding to hire social workers trained to best address the ways in which prolonged exposure to violence affects youth served by the program, their communities, and SNUG staff.
Questions for the request for applications must be submitted to dcjsfunding@dcjs.ny.gov by Friday, August 1, 2025. Responses to those questions will be posted on or about Friday, August 15, 2025.
The deadline for applications is noon on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
SNUG Street Outreach and SNUG Social Work Program in the City of Syracuse RFA
Syracuse SNUG Bidders’ Conference Slides
Transformative Youth Justice Hubs
Nonprofit community-based organizations, local municipal education agencies, or institutes of higher education may apply for up to $4 million through New York State’s Transformative Youth Justice Hubs grant application. This funding will be used to create a Transformative Youth Justice Hub within the applicant’s local community. The Hub will be a cross-sector collaborative led by a fiscal/coordinating partner with the goal of driving youth justice systems change and a focus on prevention, equity and youth well-being. The fiscal/coordinating partner will be a central “backbone” organization that will coordinate efforts to manage and align activities of the Hub. Applications will be accepted for up to $1 million per fiscal/coordinating partner to become a Transformative Youth Justice Hub.
Questions for the request for applications must be submitted to dcjsfunding@dcjs.ny.gov by Friday, June 13, 2025. Responses to those questions will be posted on or about Friday, June 20, 2025.
The deadline for applications is noon on Wednesday July 30, 2025.