OJJDP's Demonstration Programs Division Grants were established to provide grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance to organizations identified in the Conference Report to accompany the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117) -- H.R. Conf. Rep. No. 111-366.
Through The Center for the Advancement of Mentoring (TCAM), Education Development Center, Inc. and Dare Mighty Things propose to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to up to 10 Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) mentoring grantees, as well as the 2010 Multi-State, Strategic Enhancement, and Second Chance Act mentoring grantees funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The goal of this supplement is to build the competency, performance, and capacity of OJJDP-funded community and SS/HS mentoring grantees (and, more generally, that of other mentoring programs) through TTA. The program's objective is to enhance the capacity of mentoring programs to: integrate evidence-based and best practices; develop/expand community collaborations; create mentor recruitment, training and retention strategies; ensure financial and institutional sustainability of programs; foster national/state/local alliances; and reduce negative behaviors, juvenile delinquency, and gang prevention of mentees. Primary activities are to provide TTA to grantees; provide cross-site TTA; develop and deliver materials/resources; build alliances; and monitor TTA performance. They will report on all mandated GPRA measures, which also serve as short- and long-term outcome measures. Progress toward the goal and objective will be measured using a Web-based data tracking system, an annual grantee assessment, and Webinar feedback surveys. NCA/NCF
