OJJDP FY 2015 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative

Post Date

April 24th 2015

Application Due Date

June 23rd 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

OJJDP-2015-4137

CFDA Number(s)

16.726

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Eligibility Categories

Other

Category 1└National Mentoring Programs: Eligible applicants are limited to national organizations, defined as organizations that have active chapters or subawardees in at least 45 states. Applicants must include a list of active chapters or subawardees and the states where they are located as an attachment to their application. For purposes of this solicitation, 2 or more independent organizations that form a collaborative to meet the 45 state requirement do not satisfy OJJDPмs definition of a national organization. The organizationмs national headquarters must submit the application, and OJJDP requires successful applicants to subaward 90 percent of this award to active chapters or subawardees in at least 38 states. Category 2└Multistate Mentoring Programs: Eligible applicants are limited to multistate organizations, defined as organizations that have operated an established mentoring program for at least 3 years, and have active chapters or subawardees in at least 5 states but fewer than 45 states. Applicants must include a list of active chapters or subawardees and the states where they are located as an attachment to their application. For purposes of this solicitation, 2 or more independent organizations that form a collaborative to meet the 5 state requirement do not satisfy OJJDP's definition of a multistate organization. The organizationмs headquarters must submit the application. Category 3 └Collaborative Mentoring Programs: Eligible applicants must be part of a collaborative of at least three and as many as five mentoring organizations. Under the award, the organizations that form the collaborative must each provide services in at least one location that is independent of the other organizations and must all implement the same program design (see definition of the same program design on page 7). Organizations within the collaborative must ensure that no individual will receive duplicate services from more than one member of the collaborative. The collaborative may include different organizations receiving funding from the same parent organization; however, official organizational charts must reflect that the organizations operate independently and at different locations. Each organization within the collaborative must already have an established mentoring program at the time they submit an application for funding. OJJDP encourages applicants to consider partnering with those organizations _ and in such a manner _ that will best leve

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

This solicitation supports applicant organizations as they strengthen and/or expand their existing mentoring activities with active chapters or subawardees and/or other mentoring organizations. Mentoring activities include direct one-on-one, group, peer, or a combination of these types of mentoring services for at-risk and underserved youth populations. Successful applicants should implement programs that will recognize and address the factors that can lead to or serve as a catalyst for delinquency or other problem behaviors in underserved youth. Expansion of mentoring activities should create new opportunities for mentee achievement. This program is authorized pursuant to paragraph (2), under the Juvenile Justice Programs heading, in the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2015, P.L.113-235: 128 Stat. 2130, 2195.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.
  
  For assistance with any ot

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Email

• Agency Email Address:

  responsecenter@ncjrs.gov

• Location:

  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

• More Information:

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