2.  State and Local Subgrant Awards

The Community Prevention Grants Program award process begins with Federal allocations to the States. Up to 5 percent of a State's allocation can be used to cover the costs of administering and evaluating Community Prevention Grants Program subgrants and to support SAG activities related to the program. No less than 95 percent of the money can be used to competitively award subgrants to units of local government. In Fiscal Year 1999, only two States (South Dakota and Wyoming) and one Territory (U.S. Virgin Islands) did not participate in the Title V Community Prevention Grants Program.5 In Fiscal Year 1999, State award levels varied from a minimum of $100,000 to a maximum of $5,249,000. Each territory received $33,000, except the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which received $677,000 based on its juvenile population. Exhibit 8 displays the allocation of Title V funds from Fiscal Year 1994 through 1998 (combined), and Fiscal Year 1999.

Exhibit 8
  1. These States/Territories did not apply for FY 94 funding.
  2. These States/Territories did not apply for FY 95, FY 96, or FY 97 funding.
  3. These States/Territories did not apply for FY 98 or FY 99 funding.
  4. FY 98 funds held.

The sizable increase of funds appropriated for the Community Prevention Grants Program in Fiscal Year 1999 presented an opportunity for States to enhance their current Title V award process. In fact, to date, eighteen States and Washington, D.C. have awarded (or plan to award) more subgrants than in previous years; six States have awarded (or plan to award) the same number of subgrants from past years, but at higher levels of funding; and eighteen States and Puerto Rico have awarded (or plan to award) more subgrants and at higher levels of funding than in previous years. Four States have not yet determined how they will allocate the increased award. Two States and three territories did not receive higher levels of funding with Fiscal Year 1999 funding. These States and territories remain eligible for only the minimum award due to their juvenile population.

Using Fiscal Year 1999 funds, as of December 31, 1999, a total of 218 subgrants have been awarded, ranging from $1,500 to $500,000. Subgrantees reflect a diverse group of communities nationwide—such as Tucson, Arizona; Dawson County, Georgia; Lenoir County, North Carolina; Deschutes County, Oregon; and, Spartanburg, South Carolina—both urban and rural, small and large. With Fiscal Year 1999 funds, States have awarded 108 "new" subgrants (those who had not received a subgrant in previous years) and 110 "continuation" subgrants (those who previously had received a subgrant and in Fiscal Year 1999 would receive a second or third year of funding). An additional 96 communities received Title V funding for the first time in Fiscal Year 1999, but with funds from previous years. Twenty-nine States have awarded some or all of their Fiscal Year 1999 funds. Twenty-four States have not yet awarded their Fiscal Year 1999 funds. Of the States that still have money to award, 19 have indicated that they plan to award Title V funds to at least an additional 41 new and 109 continuation communities. Other States were unable at the time of this report to anticipate the number of new or continuation subgrants they would award. Given this, it is expected that once all participating States and territories have awarded their Fiscal Year 1999 allocation, the total number of Community Prevention Grant Programs participants, funded with Fiscal Year 1999 funds, will exceed 360 communities. The number of new and continuation subgrants awarded by States with Fiscal Year 1999 funds, as well as the average amount of these awards and the number of subgrant awards pending, are shown in Exhibit 9.

Exhibit 9

  1. Information in the table refers to State subgrant award activity using FY 99 funds. Other States have not yet made subgrant awards using FY 99 funds.
  2. “Number of New Subgrants Awarded” refers to the number of subgrantees that received a Title V subgrant for the first time with FY 99 funds (as distinguished from those that received continuation funding following initial awards with FY 94, FY 95, FY 96, FY 97, or FY 98 program funds).
  3. “Number of Pending New Subgrants” indicates the number of additional subgrant awards for new Title V subgrantees that are “pending” but not yet final (i.e., the States have selected the subgrantees but the award paperwork and/or announcements have not been completed).
  4. “Number of Continued Subgrants” refers to the number of awards with FY 99 funds made to communities with prior years’funding.
  5. “Number of Pending Continuation Subgrants” indicates the number of additional subgrant awards for Title V subgrantees that are “pending” but not yet final (i.e., the subgrantees have received funding from prior years however, the continuation award paperwork and/or announcements by the States have not been completed).

In some situations, States have awarded more than one subgrant to a single unit of local government (ULG). In past reports, multiple awards were excluded from total award counts. Each ULG was counted only once regardless of the number of awards granted. Because multiple awards have become more commonplace, totals that exclude them under-represent the extent of the Community Prevention Grants Program nationwide. In this report, therefore, total numbers include multiple awards.6 Exhibit 10 presents the total number of communities with subgrants awarded since Fiscal Year 1994 for each participating State (a total of 885).


Exhibit 10

As new subgrantees begin preliminary implementa-tion, others have already received a full 36 months of Federal Title V support. As of this year—the sixth year—the Community Prevention Grants Program has funded 273 communities for at least 36 months, with an average award of approximately $187,000. No longer receiving Title V funds, many of these communities have secured additional resources and continue to implement, and in some cases expand, their initial Title V Initiative.


5 The State of Wyoming and the U.S. Virgin Islands have never participated in the Community Prevention Grants Program. The State of South Dakota participated in the Program in 1994 and 1995.

6 Multiple subgrants generally fall into 3 categories: (1) Multiple subgrants are awarded to the same ULG but address different neighborhoods or communities within the ULG boundaries, each of which meets the Community Prevention Grants Program eligibility requirements (i.e., have a PPB, conduct a risk assessment, provide a match); (2) Multiple subgrants are awarded to the same ULG to support different projects with the same community (e.g., one grant supports a mentoring program while the second supports home visitation activities); and (3) Multiple subgrants are awarded to the same ULG to extend, and sometimes expand, the same Title V activities in the same community beyond the 36 month limit. Although category 3 is not in line with the Community Prevention Grants Program funding guidelines that state "States will award grants to units of local government in annual increments covering not more than 12 months each, with overall project periods of 12 to 36 months" (Federal Register, August 1, 1994, Volume 59, Number 146), OJJDP State Relations Assistance Division staff continue to work closely with State Juvenile Justice Specialists to ensure compliance with the funding guidelines.



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