Project Grant 90CV0611

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 Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $400,000 Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) grant to Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana, Inc. The grant will fund the organization's "Mentoring Children of Promise" program, which provides one-on-one, group, and peer mentoring services to at-risk and high-risk youth in the greater New Orleans area. The program aims to improve outcomes for children with incarcerated parents...

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 $400,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to the Be-A-Friend Program, Inc. (BAF-BBBS) located in Buffalo, New York. The three-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will fund the "Strengthening Community: Collaborative Mentorship for Children & Families Impacted by Incarceration" project. This initiative aims to provide transformative,...

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 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 $694,937 Project Grant under the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CFDA 16.831) program to Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC). The funding will support CPNYC's "Voices from Afar: Strengthening Connections between Children and Incarcerated Parents" program. Key activities include strengthening relationships with correctional facilities, facilitating trauma-informed trainings for...

The Uhuru Foundation was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to provide mentoring services to youth involved in the juvenile justice system in Charlottesville City and Albemarle County, Virginia. The expected outcome is reduced future involvement in the juvenile justice system. Uhuru plans to serve 100 youth over the 3-year project period. They will recruit...

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...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to Youthbuild USA, Inc. under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726). The grant will enable Youthbuild USA to scale its peer mentoring model to address the impacts of violence exposure among at-risk youth ages 9-15, while maintaining mentoring services for opportunity youth ages 16-17 in 38 U.S. states. Specifically, Youthbuild USA will: 1) Expand peer mentoring by...