Project Grant H79SP021100

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to LUK Crisis Center, Inc. in Fitchburg, MA. Over the 3-year project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, LUK Crisis Center will implement the LUK Mentoring program to match 150 youth ages 6-17 in Worcester County, MA with volunteer mentors. The program will provide site-based mentoring for one school year or...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) provides $1,857,500 to expand mentoring services and social-emotional learning (SEL) delivery in five Connecticut communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic. The Governor's Partnership To Protect Connecticut's Workforce, Inc. (dba Governors Prevention Partnership) is partnering with Big Brothers Big...

The Lummi Indian Business Council, a federally recognized tribal government, has been awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund a three-year initiative by the Lummi Tribal Court and Lummi Behavioral Health to implement a Mental Health Court for tribal citizens experiencing mental health issues or co-occurring mental health...

The Lower Sioux Community Council will expand its Wawokiya Coming-of-Age Mentoring Project through a $500,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731). The Lower Sioux Community Council aims to prevent juvenile delinquency and justice system involvement among 250 Lower Sioux youth ages 9-17 by increasing awareness, access, and participation in culturally grounded prevention services and...

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 Lummi Indian Business Council was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP). The grant will support the Lummi Tribe of Lummi Reservation in increasing access to care and reducing barriers for those suffering from addiction and mental health issues from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Key deliverables include enhancing...

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...

This three-year, $900,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will support Los Angeles Team Mentoring Inc.'s expansion of its mentoring programs in California under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (JMP; CFDA 16.726). LATM will recruit and train 864 mentors to provide in-person and virtual mentoring to 3,204 at-risk middle school youth across the Los Angeles and San Diego Unified School Districts. The...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 awarded the Lummi Indian Business Council a $700,000 cooperative agreement under the Geographic Programs - Puget Sound Protection and Restoration: Tribal Implementation Assistance Program (CFDA 66.121) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. This award funds the Lummi Nation's continued participation in the Puget Sound Partnership's governance and recovery initiatives, with staff...

The Hudson Partnership Care Management Organization (CMO) will receive $340,000 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will support enhancement of the CMO's mentoring program for at-risk youth in five Jersey City schools from March 15, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specialized mentors will work with school personnel to identify youth exhibiting behaviors that could lead to...