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OJJDP FY 16 Mentoring for Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Domestic Sex Trafficking Initiative
This program supports efforts of eligible applicant organizations to develop or enhance their mentoring capacity, facilitate outreach efforts, and increase the availability of direct services for child victims (17 years old or younger) of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) and domestic sex trafficking
(DST).
Under this initiative, OJJDP expects successful applicants to join current and previously funded grantees and to work with OJJDPÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs training and technical assistance provider to develop or enhance mentoring service models and mentor training based on best practices to focus on the needs of girls and boys, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth who are at risk or are victims of CSE/DST; develop or update strategies to recruit and maintain mentors to serve this target population; begin or enhance efforts to identify and enroll girls and boys, including LGBTQ youth, who are in need of services; and provide needed services to these youth.
(DST).
Under this initiative, OJJDP expects successful applicants to join current and previously funded grantees and to work with OJJDPÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs training and technical assistance provider to develop or enhance mentoring service models and mentor training based on best practices to focus on the needs of girls and boys, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth who are at risk or are victims of CSE/DST; develop or update strategies to recruit and maintain mentors to serve this target population; begin or enhance efforts to identify and enroll girls and boys, including LGBTQ youth, who are in need of services; and provide needed services to these youth.
Who's Eligible
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
This program supports the development or enhancement of mentoring programs and increases the availability of direct services for child victims (17 years old or younger) of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic sex trafficking.
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).
Eligible applicants must initiate mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger.
Recipient organizations, including for-profit organizations, must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.
OJJDP welcomes applications that involve two or more eligible entities; however, one eligible entity must be the lead applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients.
The lead applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire project.
OJJDP will consider only one application per lead applicant; however, subrecipients may be part of multiple proposals.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2016/MentoringCSEDST.pdf
Contact:
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays. For assistance with any othe
Agency Email Description:
Agency Email:
grants@ncjrs.gov
Date Posted:
2015-12-30
Application Due Date:
2016-03-07
Archive Date:
2016-03-27
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