Project Grant 15PJDP21GG03596MENT

This Project Grant award of $2,500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) will support the Institute for Educational Leadership's "Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP)". RAMP will enhance the delivery of high-tech, career-focused mentoring to youth with disabilities aged 17 and younger who are at risk of court involvement. The program will formalize mentoring standards, strengthen...

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $517,655 Project Grant (CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training) to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to develop and evaluate a mentorship training program focused on supporting faculty, graduate students, and research staff at institutions that serve underrepresented undergraduate students in biomedical research. This 5-year RAMP UP (Research Advising and Mentoring Professionals for Underrepresented...

The U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program awarded a $2,227,500 project grant to Appalachian State University to implement the "ON RAMP APPALACHIA" program. This initiative is a partnership between Appalachian State University, local higher education institutions, school districts, community organizations, and workforce leaders to provide a comprehensive college and career readiness program for underserved students in rural...

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 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., a Vermont-based non-profit organization. This 3-year grant will enable The Dream Program to enhance and expand its innovative two-tiered, cross-age, peer-to-peer mentoring model to reach vulnerable youth in rural Vermont communities. The program will provide one-on-one and group mentoring...

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...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $2,280,000 Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) grant to After-School All-Stars, a national non-profit organization. The grant will enable After-School All-Stars to expand and enhance its "Rising Stars" mentoring program, which provides at-risk youth in grades 5-12 with hybrid (group and one-on-one) mentoring services across 18 sites in 6 metropolitan communities. The program...

This 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 $2,200,000 to Elevate USA to reduce high school dropouts among high-risk youth in under-resourced schools. The goal is to improve the ability of high-risk middle and high school students to complete high school and prepare for a positive future. This will be achieved by providing subawards to Elevate affiliates to mentor middle and...

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 mentoring services to 2,790 at-risk middle school youth in underserved areas of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Fresno County, California. The program will recruit and train 322 mentors to provide...

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 Rogers County Volunteers For Youth, Inc. (doing business as Pal) to implement the Still They Rise (STR) mentoring program. The three-year grant will enable Pal to expand and enhance its existing 25-year-old mentoring services in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Key project activities include utilizing best practices in mentoring,...