The federal Project Grant award of $308,333.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.500 Cooperative Extension Service) provides funding for the Utah 4-H Mentoring program operated through Utah State University. The program will match 60-75 at-risk rural youth in grades 4-8 from Duchesne and Carbon counties with mentors who have similar lived experiences and cultural backgrounds. The key components of the program include one-on-one or group...
The University of Maine System (UMS) was awarded a $308,333 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service (CFDA 10.500) to implement the NorthStar 4-H Youth Mentorship Project. The project will serve 60 at-risk youth in grades 6-8 in Maine's Regional School Unit 71 from school years 2025 through 2027. The evidence-based mentorship program will provide group and individual mentoring by adult 4-H youth development professionals and volunteers, delivering...
This Project Grant award of $308,333 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.500 Cooperative Extension Service) will support Purdue University's 4-H Youth Development Program in delivering mentoring and career exploration services to 60-75 at-risk youth in grades 8-12 in a key rural area of Indiana over three years. The project aims to improve self-concept, educational engagement, and career readiness, with the goal of increasing...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a Project Grant under the Cooperative Extension Service (CFDA 10.500) program to West Virginia University (WVU) for $308,333 with a project period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027. The grant aims to recruit and train mentors from the WVU Teen Council, local high schools, and WVU Collegiate 4-H to work with 75 rural youth ages 10-14 in Lewis County, West Virginia. The mentors will...
This $174,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.500 Cooperative Extension Service) will support the "ResilientRoots: Empowering Youth for Climate and Environmental Justice" program. The program will be implemented by the University of California Office of the President, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) in partnership with the University of Maryland Eastern Shores. It will engage...
The National 4-H Council (N4HC) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to strengthen and expand mentoring programs for underserved youth across America from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025. The grant funds will support N4HC partnering with land-grant universities and the Cooperative Extension System to provide one-on-one and group...
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded Cornell University a $100,000 Project Grant under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields (WAMS STEM Fields) program. The grant will fund a mentoring initiative for young women and minorities to expand careers in food and agriculture in New York's North Country region from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. Under the grant, Cornell University will partner with Cornell Cooperative...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $18,165,366 Formula Grant under the Smith-Lever Extension Funding program (CFDA 10.511) to Cornell University. This grant supports Cornell Cooperative Extension's (CCE) efforts to connect Cornell University's research and expertise with communities across New York State. Through this funding, CCE works to empower individuals and families in areas such as raising children, saving energy and money,...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) will enable Be A Mentor, Inc. to expand its mentoring services for at-risk and high-risk youth in rural California. The program, titled "Mentors for California Rural Youth," will establish a collaboration between Be A Mentor, the California Police Activities League (sole sub-recipient), and the...
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County will provide technical assistance services to farmers in New York through September 2028 under a $365,838 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture. Funded by the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers program, Cornell Cooperative Extension will offer Good Agricultural Practices and Food Safety Modernization Act training, one-on-one technical assistance to farms seeking GAP audits and FSMA...