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This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund Auburn University at Montgomery to implement and assess a multi-tiered mentoring model within introductory undergraduate biology courses from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The $598,786 award will support the development of instructional supports and incentives for faculty to redesign courses incorporating multi-tiered mentoring involving upper division student leaders and paid alumni mentors....

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc. to implement a middle school group mentoring program in the Woodland Hills and Clairton School Districts. This grant is funded under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects...

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...

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 Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $250,000 project grant to the Big Sister Association, a non-profit organization, to fund a 6-month student mentoring and enrichment program in Boston from July to December 2023. The program aims to improve literacy and reduce juvenile delinquency among youth in high-need communities through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy, Promise Neighborhoods, and Full-Service Community Schools initiatives. Big Sister...

The 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 LUK Crisis Center, Inc. in Fitchburg, MA. Over the 3-year project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, LUK Crisis Center will implement the LUK Mentoring program to match 150 youth ages 6-17 in Worcester County, MA with volunteer mentors. The program will provide site-based mentoring for one school year or...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Kid Power, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization. The 3-year grant will fund a comprehensive youth mentoring and enrichment program to address the academic, social, and emotional challenges facing at-risk youth in Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. The program will provide school-based...

The Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning at Framingham State University will implement a team mentorship and project-based learning program for local high school students under a $202,094 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America program. The program will task participants with creating campaigns in the form of exhibits, videos, and presentations to increase awareness of environmental challenges. This will help participants...

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 Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to the Dreamcatcher Initiative Inc. in Fitchburg, MA. The grant will fund the Dreamcatcher Initiative's mentoring programs, which aim to provide 300 at-risk and high-risk youth with one-on-one and group mentoring services over the 3-year grant period. The goal is to improve academic performance, reduce school dropout...