This $1,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to support Project Avary, a non-profit organization in the San Francisco Bay Area. The funding will allow Project Avary to expand its evidence-based Avary Way mentoring model to serve an additional 300 children with incarcerated parents in communities on the outer edges of the Bay Area. Project Avary's programs provide 10 years of mentoring, leadership development, and trauma-informed support services to youth ages 8-18, drawing from a pool of over 350 mentors who are themselves alumni of the program. The organization aims to break generational cycles of incarceration by helping participants build self-confidence, resilience, and healthy relationships, with over 94% of alumni avoiding involvement in the criminal justice system.