Project Grant 15PJDP21GG03590MENT

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to The Dream Program, Inc. The award will support the organization's "Village Mentoring" initiative, which provides one-on-one and team-based mentoring services to youth ages 6-17 in high-poverty, underserved communities across 56 affordable housing sites in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The project...

The Dream Program, Inc., doing business as Dream, received a $470,850 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund 94.021 federal grant program. The grant aims to increase Dream's capacity to recruit, manage, support and retain 400 e-mentors to serve 5,000 students per year across nine schools in California with high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch benefits. Key...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to The Dream Program, Inc. The grant will fund a two-tiered, cross-age, peer-to-peer mentoring model to expand mentoring services and reach vulnerable youth, especially in rural areas of Vermont. The program will provide one-on-one and group mentoring services to 423 youth ages 6-17 in high-poverty, underserved...

DREAMS Program – Cooperative Agreement Summary Bee Busy Learning Academy Inc., a Houston-based minority-owned nonprofit, received a $749,999 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086). Awarded on September 30, 2025, this five-year award funds the DREAMS (Decisions, Responsibility, Empowerment, Accountability, Motivation, Success)...

This $6,295,723 Project Grant awarded on August 15, 2023 from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) under the AmeriCorps State and National program (CFDA 94.006) will fund The Dream Program, Inc.'s 2023-2024 AmeriCorps National Direct program. The award will support The Dream Program in recruiting, training, and managing AmeriCorps members who will serve as youth mentors, mentor coordinators, volunteer managers, and enrichment program providers to help close the opportunity...

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...

The Uhuru Foundation was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to provide mentoring services to youth involved in the juvenile justice system in Charlottesville City and Albemarle County, Virginia. The expected outcome is reduced future involvement in the juvenile justice system. Uhuru plans to serve 100 youth over the 3-year project period. They will recruit...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) will enable Be A Mentor, Inc. to expand its mentoring services for at-risk and high-risk youth in rural California. The program, titled "Mentors for California Rural Youth," will establish a collaboration between Be A Mentor, the California Police Activities League (sole sub-recipient), and the...

The Idea Village, Inc. was awarded a $278,343 Project Grant from the Delta Regional Authority to implement a Mentorship Program for High Potential Tech Enabled BIPOC. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2022 under the Delta Regional Authority's Delta Area Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA #90.201) and will be completed by September 15, 2024. The Mentorship Program will provide assistance to underserved areas in New Orleans, Louisiana by equipping individuals from Black,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $1,000,000 Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) grant to The Tampa Bay Academy of Hope, Inc., a non-profit organization in Florida. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, will fund the "Fostering Aspirations: Mentor Engagement (FAME)" initiative. FAME aims to improve academic performance, reduce school dropout rates, and minimize juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, and gang...