Request for Applications: DC DYRS Credible Messenger Initiative - Due 7/8/24

[LaShunda Hill]

Greetings -

The DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) (DC's juvenile justice agency) is seeking community based organizations to provide Credible Messenger services to youth who are justice system involved. Applications are due on July 8, 2024 with a service start date of October 1, 2024. Grant amounts can range from $100,000 to $500,00 for one (fiscal) year of services. You can access the application and learn more about the grant competition here. The RFA description is below. Please share widely with organizations that you think are a fit to serve DYRS youth.

Credible Messenger Initiative FY25 Request for Applications

This Request for Applications (RFA) announces the agency’s intention to invest in community- based organizations to provide the most rigorous, effective, appropriate supports and services for our youth. The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) seeks eligible entities to provide transformative mentoring and family engagement services to DYRS youth and their families. DYRS encourages applicants with unique proposal ideas for rehabilitation as we seek to innovate the breadth and extent of services provided to our youth and their families.

All proposed programs should be in alignment with the DYRS vision – to provide the nation’s best continuum of care for court-involved youth and their families through a wide range of programs that emphasize individual strengths, personal accountability, public safety, skill development, family involvement and community support. The core belief of DYRS is that helping youth transition to a productive and self-sustaining adulthood is the most effective public safety strategy. DYRS assists justice-involved youth in successful transitions to adulthood through careful case planning and care coordination, and by investing in community-based organizations to provide developmentally appropriate supports and services.

Link to application: Application Form (zoomgrants.com)

Forward together,

LaShunda S. Hill

www.LaShundaHill.com