The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a 3-year, $1,120,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to the Friends of the Children National organization. The grant will fund the provision of 12 hours per month of individualized, professional mentoring services to 1,932 high-risk youth ages 4-17 across at least 19 states. The goal is to improve outcomes for youth at risk of delinquency, violence, substance abuse, school failure, and...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) provides $2,000,000 to The Dream Program, Inc. to enhance and expand their innovative two-tiered, cross-age, peer-to-peer mentoring model across 30 schools and neighborhoods in Vermont. The project aims to open new pools of mentors, especially in rural areas, and reach the most vulnerable youth ages 6-17 in...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) aims to deliver targeted mentoring services and enhance protective factors for youth involved in the juvenile justice system in El Paso County, Texas. The three-year initiative, running from October 2024 to September 2027, will implement a "Mentoring Ecosystem" that includes both site-based group mentoring in a...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a 3-year, $999,749 Project Grant to Los Angeles Team Mentoring, Inc. under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726). The funding will enable the organization to expand its existing mentoring programming to serve 2,790 at-risk middle school youth in underserved areas of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Fresno County, California. The project will recruit and train 322 mentors to provide both...
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Corporation a $11,000,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to implement the "Building Relationships to Reduce Barriers for Underserved Communities Through Expanded Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring Initiative." This initiative aims to connect 9,000 at-risk youth across the U.S. to high-quality mentors, leading to long-term positive outcomes. Key...
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 $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 $2,000,000 Project Grant to Utah State University to administer the Utah 4-H Mentoring Program. The program aims to support youth and families impacted by opioid and substance abuse by providing one-on-one and group mentoring in an afterschool setting. The project will directly serve approximately 350 youth annually from 4th to 8th grade, with the goal of reducing delinquent behaviors and...
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) Project Grant to Kid Power, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization. Over the 3-year grant period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, Kid Power will implement a comprehensive youth mentoring and enrichment program to address the academic, social, and emotional challenges facing at-risk youth in Washington, D.C. and...
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. to grow and enhance its innovative "Village Mentoring" model. This model combines one-on-one and team mentoring to build protective factors for youth ages 6-17 in high-poverty, underserved neighborhoods across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The 3-year project, set to run from...