Block Grant 2019GJFX0003

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) provides $500,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso, Inc. to deliver targeted mentoring services and enhance protective factors for youth involved in the juvenile justice system in El Paso County, Texas. The three-year initiative, starting in January 2025, will deploy five cohorts and incorporate evidence-based...

This $599,997 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program will fund a 4-year initiative led by the San Diego State University Foundation and San Diego Youth Services. The project aims to address intersectional mental health disparities among housing-insecure youth, particularly those who are Black, Latino, and have limited English proficiency. The key products...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) provides $1,857,500 to expand mentoring services and social-emotional learning (SEL) delivery in five Connecticut communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic. The Governor's Partnership To Protect Connecticut's Workforce, Inc. (dba Governors Prevention Partnership) is partnering with Big Brothers Big...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $999,749 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Los Angeles Team Mentoring, Inc. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will enable the organization to expand its existing mentoring services to serve 2,790 at-risk middle school youth in underserved rural areas of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Fresno County, California. The project will recruit and train 322...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Constructing Circles Of Peace, a non-profit organization in Nogales, Arizona. The funding will support the "Southern Arizona Coalitions Partnerships for Success" project, which aims to reduce the onset and progression of youth substance use and the prevalence...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso, Inc. to implement the "Transforming Youth Mentoring Approaches for Opioid and Substance Misuse" program. The grant aims to enhance the organization's capacity to provide high-quality mentoring services to youth at risk of or currently experiencing opioid and other...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) provides $1,000,000 over 36 months to Self Awareness And Recovery (SAR), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to improve outcomes for at-risk and high-risk youth in Los Angeles County through the provision of mentoring services. The key objectives are to: 1) increase the number of at-risk or high-risk youth receiving...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS) to provide a mentoring program called "Youth Averted from Delinquency (YAD)" to 90 juvenile justice system-engaged youth ages 10-17 in Kerr County, Texas over three years. The YAD program aims to improve outcomes for this population through evidence-based group mentoring,...

This three-year, $900,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will support Los Angeles Team Mentoring Inc.'s expansion of its mentoring programs in California under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (JMP; CFDA 16.726). LATM will recruit and train 864 mentors to provide in-person and virtual mentoring to 3,204 at-risk middle school youth across the Los Angeles and San Diego Unified School Districts. The...

The Youth Mentoring Connection (YMC) will provide mentoring and positive youth development activities for 300 underserved youth in Los Angeles, California through a $681,818 grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Specifically, YMC will implement its Mentoring Making Resiliency Real program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The program will connect at-risk youth ages 13-17 with caring adult mentors...