This multi-category solicitation supports youth mentoring services (1:1, group or peer) provided by National and Multi-State mentoring organizations; and mentoring for specific populations.
The specific category titles are:
National Mentoring, Multi-State Mentoring, and Supportive Mentoring
Services for Youth on Probation.
Agency: Department of JusticeOffice: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Estimated Funding: $63,000,000
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
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Additional Information of Eligibility:Category 1National Mentoring Programs.
Eligible applicants are limited to national organizations, defined as organizations that have active chapters or subawardees in at least 45 states.
Applicants must include a list of active chapters or subawardees and the states where they are located as an attachment to their application.
For the purposes of this solicitation, 2 or more independent organizations that form a collaborative to meet the 45-state requirement do not satisfy OJJDPs definition of a national organization.
The organizations national headquarters must submit the application.
OJJDP encourages applicants to minimize their administrative costs in an effort to subaward at least 90 percent of this award to active chapters or subrecipients, located in at least 38 states, while at the same time allowing for effective subrecipient oversight.
Category 2Multistate Mentoring Programs.
Eligible applicants are limited to multistate organizations, defined as organizations that have operated an established mentoring program for at least 3 years and have active chapters or subawardees in at least 5 states but fewer than 45 states.
Applicants must include a list of active chapters or subawardees and the states where they are located as an attachment to their application.
For the purposes of this solicitation, two or more independent organizations that form a collaborative to meet the five-state requirement do not satisfy OJJDP's definition of a multistate organization.
The organizations headquarters must submit the application.
Category 3Mentoring Programs for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System.
Eligible applicants are limited to private organizations (nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations, including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations).
Joint applications from two or more eligible applicants are welcome; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as coapplicants.
To be eligible in Category 3, applicants must at the time of application: Have operated an established mentoring program for at least 1 year.
Have a demonstrated partnership (via a memorandum of understanding) with a public agency legally responsible for handling juvenile crime and delinquency in a state, tribe, city, or county (hereafter referred to as juvenile justice agency).
Category 4Mentoring Strategies for Youth Impacted by Opioids (Project Sites).
Eligible applicants are limited to private organizations (nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations, including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations).
Joint applications from two or more eligible applicants are welcome; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as coapplicants.
To be eligible in Category 4, applicants must at the time of application: Have operated an established mentoring program for at least 1 year.
Have a demonstrated partnership (via a memorandum of understanding) with a public or private substance abuse treatment agency.
Category 5Statewide and Regional Mentoring Initiative for Youth Impacted by Opioids.
Eligible applicants are limited to national organizations (as defined in Category 1), states (including territories), and federally recognized tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Eligible applicants must provide mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger at the time of admission to the program.
An organization that applies for funding in Category 1 may also be eligible to apply for Category 5, but is ineligible to apply for funds in Categori
Full Opportunity Web Address:https://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2018/MentOpps.pdfContact: Agency Email Description: Email
Agency Email: Date Posted: 2018-05-15
Application Due Date: Archive Date: 2009-01-30