Block Grant 90CV0295

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana, Inc. (VOASEL) to operate the Mentoring Children of Promise program in the Greater New Orleans area. The funding will support VOASEL's efforts to provide one-on-one and group mentoring services to children with incarcerated parents, a population disproportionately impacted by...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726), awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to Keiki 'O Ka 'Aina Preschool, Inc., a non-profit Native Hawaiian organization located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The grant will fund the "Supporting Keiki of Incarcerated Parents Hawaii" project, which aims to develop and sustain intentional mentoring relationships for 12 to 225 children of incarcerated parents in Hawaii. The project will...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $400,000 three-year Project Grant to the Be-A-Friend Program, Inc. (BAF-BBBS), a non-profit organization in Buffalo, New York. The grant, under CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program, will fund the "Strengthening Community: Collaborative Mentorship for Children & Families Impacted by Incarceration" project. This initiative aims to provide one-to-one mentoring services to 75...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, to implement the Brownsville Mentorship (B[ME]) program in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The goal of the 3-year program is to improve outcomes for youth involved in the juvenile justice system by increasing access to evidence-based mentoring services, training a diverse pool of credible messengers...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $694,937 Project Grant under the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CFDA 16.831) program to Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC). The funding will support CPNYC's "Voices from Afar: Strengthening Connections between Children and Incarcerated Parents" program. Key activities include strengthening relationships with correctional facilities, facilitating trauma-informed trainings for...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Give Something Back, a New Jersey non-profit organization. The grant will fund the implementation of the OJJDP FY24 Mentoring for Children of Incarcerated Parents Program over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027. Through this award, Give Something Back will provide transformative group and one-on-one...

The Face to Face Enrichment Center will receive $900,000 through a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726). The Center will provide mentoring and mental health services to at least 120 at-risk and justice-involved youth ages 10-17 annually in Southeast Louisiana. Specifically, the Community Organizations and Programs that Empower Youth...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 three-year Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Kid Power, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization. The grant will fund a comprehensive youth mentoring and enrichment program targeting at-risk youth in grades 3-12 in Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. The program will implement a multi-phase mentoring model, including...

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...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $650,000 three-year Project Grant (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) to Rogers County Volunteers for Youth, Inc. (doing business as Pal) to implement the Still They Rise (STR) mentoring program. The STR program will expand and enhance Pal's 25-year-old mentoring services in Rogers County, Oklahoma, with a focus on at-risk youth affected by substance misuse, truancy, low-income...