The federal Project Grant award of $749,268.00 to A New Day Inc., doing business as New Day Youth and Family Services, was provided by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) program. The funding supports the "KALEIDOSCOPE" project, which targets young people ages 16-24 experiencing homelessness, disconnection, and marginalization in Albuquerque, NM - a high-risk population for opioid and substance...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Keiki 'O Ka 'Aina Preschool, Inc., a non-profit Native Hawaiian organization located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 3-year grant, titled "Supporting Keiki of Incarcerated Parents Hawaii," will fund a family-strengthening project designed to develop and sustain intentional mentoring relationships for 12 to 225...
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 New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families has received a $614,595 Formula Grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.735 - PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation) to support a broad range of youth services and system improvements across the state of New Mexico. The key products and services to be delivered through this 4-year grant include: Provision of mental health and substance abuse treatment services, with a focus on...
The Face to Face Enrichment Center will receive $900,000 through a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726). The Center will provide mentoring and mental health services to at least 120 at-risk and justice-involved youth ages 10-17 annually in Southeast Louisiana. Specifically, the Community Organizations and Programs that Empower Youth...
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Storycatchers Theatre a $100,000 Project Grant to support staff salaries and participant stipends for an in-person and virtual post-release performing arts jobs program for court-involved youth. This award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, and builds capacity and infrastructure within the arts...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS) to provide a mentoring program called "Youth Averted from Delinquency (YAD)" to 90 juvenile justice system-engaged youth ages 10-17 in Kerr County, Texas over three years. The YAD program aims to improve outcomes for this population through evidence-based group mentoring,...
This $963,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will fund a comprehensive initiative by Beit T'shuvah to reduce crime through substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment. Key components include: Subsidizing treatment costs to increase capacity for recovery services targeting justice-involved clients, with the goal of reducing recidivism. Expanding the Partners in...
This $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) supports Eluna's Camp Mariposa initiative. Camp Mariposa provides targeted mentoring services to 350 youth ages 9-13 who are at high risk for opioid use and juvenile justice system involvement due to having a family member with a substance use disorder. The program utilizes a group mentoring model, offering free overnight camps six...
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,491,709 project grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Eluna, a non-profit organization, to provide targeted mentoring services to youth ages 9-17 at high risk for developing substance use disorders and becoming involved in the juvenile justice system. The grant funding supports Eluna's Camp Mariposa program, which utilizes a group mentoring model to serve youth in rural...