Project Grant Q184B071063

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 Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Kid Power, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization. The 3-year grant will fund a comprehensive youth mentoring and enrichment program to address the academic, social, and emotional challenges facing at-risk youth in Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. The program will provide school-based...

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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $999,749 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Los Angeles Team Mentoring, Inc. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will enable the organization to expand its existing mentoring services to serve 2,790 at-risk middle school youth in underserved rural areas of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Fresno County, California. The project will recruit and train 322...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $1,000,000 Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) grant to The Tampa Bay Academy of Hope, Inc., a non-profit organization in Florida. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, will fund the "Fostering Aspirations: Mentor Engagement (FAME)" initiative. FAME aims to improve academic performance, reduce school dropout rates, and minimize juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, and gang...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to The Dream Program, Inc. The grant will fund a two-tiered, cross-age, peer-to-peer mentoring model to expand mentoring services and reach vulnerable youth, especially in rural areas of Vermont. The program will provide one-on-one and group mentoring services to 423 youth ages 6-17 in high-poverty, underserved...

This Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funds the AARP Foundation Experience Corps program totaling $1,908,793.55 from October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2021. The award supports the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to improve outcomes for at-risk youth and reduce negative outcomes like delinquency and substance abuse through mentoring services. Under the award, AARP Foundation provides mentoring...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to The Dream Program, Inc. The award will support the organization's "Village Mentoring" initiative, which provides one-on-one and team-based mentoring services to youth ages 6-17 in high-poverty, underserved communities across 56 affordable housing sites in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The project...

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 $983,615 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), will enable Common Grace to expand mentorship opportunities for at-risk elementary and middle school students throughout Oahu, Hawaii over a 36-month period. The project will target high-need Title I schools in the Honolulu, Windward, and Leeward districts, which have higher rates of poverty, crime, and other...