The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) has been awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) to scale their Mentoring in Parks and Rec initiative. Through this 3-year project, NRPA will engage up to 20 local park and recreation agencies across 10 states to develop and/or expand evidence-based youth mentoring programs. The local mentoring programs will integrate...
This $681,818 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) will fund the Governor's Prevention Partnership's (GPP) New Haven Mentoring with NIA initiative. GPP will implement a three-tiered prevention approach in New Haven, Connecticut high schools to reduce opioid use among adolescents and young adults. Tier I utilizes GPP's E3 substance use prevention program to...
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Eluna, a non-profit organization, to provide targeted mentoring services to 415 youth ages 9-17 at high risk for opioid use and juvenile justice system involvement. The grant will support Eluna's Camp Mariposa program, which utilizes a group mentoring model to serve youth in both rural and urban locations. Camp Mariposa offers...
This $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) supports the National Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues Inc.'s (NAPAL) National PAL Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioids program. The three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 implements the Juvenile Mentoring Program (JMP; CFDA 16.726) to improve outcomes for at-risk and high-risk youth impacted by opioids through mentoring...
This Project Grant award of $994,004, awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), aims to engage adolescents, young adults, parents, providers, pharmacists, and people who use drugs to generate knowledge to guide future overdose prevention interventions tailored for youth. The key objectives are to: 1) explore perceptions of overdose risk, drug supply, and safety precautions among 13-17 and 18-25 year olds through focus...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) will fund the "Mentoring Youth Impacted by Opioids Phase 7 (MYIO7)" initiative implemented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA). The initiative will provide 18 months of evidence-based mentoring services to 700 youth aged 17 and younger who have been impacted by opioids and other substance misuse. Key program activities include providing tailored community-based...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $264,000 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to Innovation Research And Training, Inc. (IRT), a woman-owned small business research organization based in Durham, North Carolina. The purpose of this 3-year project, beginning September 2024, is to evaluate the "Substance of Change: Building Assets in Mentees Affected by Substance Misuse" (SOC), an interactive, multimedia, web-based,...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $748,818 Project Grant to Beginning New Outreach, Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization, to deliver an evidence-based substance abuse prevention program curriculum paired with positive youth development (PYD) services. The project will focus on youth ages 10-17 in Muscogee County, Georgia, providing the Narconon: Truth About Drugs prevention curriculum and PYD services in areas such as...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will provide $681,819 to Operation Restoration and Son of a Saint to deliver mentoring and support services to at-risk youth in New Orleans, Louisiana. The funding supports the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726), which aims to improve outcomes for at-risk youth and reduce negative outcomes like delinquency and substance abuse through mentoring....
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) is intended to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a universal overdose prevention intervention to be delivered in primary care settings. The $2,467,574 award will fund a pilot two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial at Boston Medical Center to assess the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention for providers and youth ages 13-26. The...
THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION (NRPA) SEEKS TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL PARK AND RECREATION (P & R) AGENCIES IN APPALACHIA, NEW ENGLAND, AND SELECT TARGET STATES WITH HIGH OVERDOSE MORTALITY RATES TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND DELIVER EVIDENCE-BASED MENTORING PROGRAMS THAT PREVENT, REDUCE, AND ADDRESS OPIOID AND OTHER DRUG MISUSE AMONG YOUTH AGED 17 YEARS OR YOUNGER. NRPA WILL EXPAND THE SERVICE NETWORK FOR YOUTH AFFECTED BY OPIOIDS AND OTHER DRUG MISUSE IN REGIONS WITH HIGH RATES OF OPIOID AND OTHER DRUG MORTALITY BY LEVERAGING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF P & R AGENCIES AS TRUSTED COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS THAT PROMOTE POSITIVE HEALTH AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES TO BUILD AND EXPAND EVIDENCE-BASED MENTORING PROGRAMS AND IMPLEMENT SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION STRATEGIES. IN ADDITION, NRPA WILL CENTER AND ADVANCE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) IN YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAMS BY TARGETING RACIALLY DIVERSE AND HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHILE INCREASING P & R PROFESSIONALS', MENTORING AND PROGRAM STAFFS', AND MENTORS' ABILITY TO APPLY THE CORE COMPETENCIES IN DEI IN THEIR MENTORING PROGRAMS. SPECIFICALLY, NRPA WILL PROVIDE FUNDING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ASSISTANCE (CBA) TO 10 LOCAL P & R AGENCIES, INCLUDING RURAL COMMUNITIES, TO UTILIZE NRPA'S YOUTH MENTORING FRAMEWORK TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND EVIDENCE-BASED MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS THAT CENTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS. THROUGH NRPA'S STRATEGIC REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS, NRPA WILL ENGAGE A DIVERSE COHORT OF LOCAL P & R AGENCIES, INCLUDING RURAL AGENCIES, THROUGHOUT THESE REGIONS THAT ARE RESPONDING TO DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY OPIOID AND DRUG MISUSE, INCLUDING BLACK, HISPANIC, AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE, AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR, LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS. P & R AGENCIES WILL ESTABLISH ONE-ON-ONE AND GROUP MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPLEMENT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, ACADEMIC, AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES TO REDUCE RISK OF OPIOID AND OTHER DRUG MISUSE. EACH SUBGRANTEE WILL SERVE AN AVERAGE OF 100 YOUTH, INCLUDING 25 THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING AND 75 THROUGH GROUP MENTORING. A TOTAL OF 1,000 YOUTH WILL BE SERVED THROUGH THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING 250 ONE-ON-ONE AND 750 GROUP. NRPA WILL RECRUIT AND TRAIN A MINIMUM OF 325 MENTORS.