Brunswick County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council
Request for Proposals FY 2026-2027
$242,486
Anticipated Annual Allocation
20%
Required Local Match Rate
December 30, 2025
Date Advertised
The Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) has studied the risk factors and needs of Juvenile Court involved youth in this
county and hereby publishes this Request for Proposals. The JCPC anticipates funds from the NC Dept. of Public Safety
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the amount stated above to fund the program types specified below. Such
programs will serve delinquent and at-risk youth for the state fiscal year 2026-2027 beginning on, or after, July 1, 2026. The
use of these funds in this county requires a local match in the amount specified above. The county can approve programs for
1-year funding awards, dependent on county approval and programs meeting all requirements.
Based on identified needed programs and possible gaps in the service continuum, the following checked program
types will be considered for funding:
Mentoring Services
Restitution/Community Service
Services Addressing Problem
Sexual Behavior
Parent/Family Skill Building
Teen Court – including
Group Home
Sentencing and Responsive Circles
Interpersonal Skill Building
Psychological Assessments
Temporary Shelter Care
Vocational Skills
Family Counseling
Runaway Shelter Care
Experiential Skills
Home Based Family Counseling
Specialized Foster Care
Tutoring/Academic Enhancement
Mediation/Conflict Resolution –
including Truancy Mediation,
Victim-Youth and Family Group
Conferencing, Responsive Circles
Individual/Group/Mixed
Counseling
Substance Abuse Counseling
Temporary Foster Care
Juvenile Structured Day
Proposed program services should target the following risk factors for delinquency or repeat delinquency:
School behavior, negative peer association, parental supervision, alcohol/drug abuse, aggression
Proposed services should address the following concerns as reported in the Youth Assessment Screening
Instrument (YASI) for adjudicated youth: Mental health needs, academic function, conflict in the home, parenting skills,
alcohol and substance use/abuse, school behavior problems, violence, aggression, peers
Applicants are being sought that are able to address items below:
1. Program services compatible with research that are shown to be effective with juvenile offenders.
2. Program services are outcome-based.
3. The program has an evaluation component.
4. Program services detect gang participation and divert individuals from gang participation.
5. Awareness of and sensitivity to Racial Ethnic Disparity that exists in the County.
6. Programs are encouraged to provide effective programming that includes restorative justice practices.
Only local public agencies, 501c3 non-profit corporations and local housing authorities will be considered for
funding.
In order to apply for FY 2026-2027 JCPC funding, you must complete and submit your application online
by accessing NC ALLIES. Please read and follow all instructions at: https://cp.ncdjjdp.org/CP
Additional self-help videos on the NC ALLIES webpage are available by clinking on the HELP tab.
Private non-profits are also required to submit, by uploading in NC ALLIES, the following:
1) No Over Due Tax form, 2) DPS Conflict of Interest Statement,
3) Agency Conflict of Interest Policy, and 4) Proof of 501(c)(3) status. (#1 & #2 are available at the above link.)
JCPC Chairperson / or Designee, Rich Ohmer
Telephone # 910-253-2040
For further information or other technical assistance about applying for JCPC funds in this county or about the program
application workshop, contact: Kelly Cribb, DPS Area Consultant at 984-867-6847.
The deadline for receiving the application: February 20, 2026.
