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Awards: List of Funded Projects

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OJJDP's grant awards support state and community efforts to develop effective prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system. Find details for funding awards from OJJDP below.

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Awards Listing

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Awardee Name: Friends of the Children

Number of Awards: 8
Total Amount Awarded: $13,620,000

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Preventing System Involvement project OJJDP FY24 Multistate Mentoring Programs Initiative FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN NATIONAL OR 15PJDP-24-GG-03833-MENT $1,120,000 Open
2023 Adolescent Education Support Strategies and Caregiver Partnership project OJJDP FY 2023 Multistate Mentoring Programs Initiative FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN NATIONAL OR 15PJDP-23-GG-05296-MENT $2,000,000 Open
2022 Advancing Wellbeing and Healing through Professional Mentoring, with a focus on Native Communities OJJDP FY 2022 Multistate Mentoring Programs Initiative FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN NATIONAL OR 15PJDP-22-GG-03830-MENT $2,000,000 Open
2021 Friends of the Children Bullying Prevention and Mentor Supervision Project OJJDP FY 2021 Multistate Mentoring Programs Initiative FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN NATIONAL OR 15PJDP-21-GG-03588-MENT $2,000,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Friends of the Children Two Gen Approach to Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Project OJJDP FY 19 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN NATIONAL OR 2019-JU-FX-0011 $2,000,000 Closed
2018 Friends of the Children Prevention Project OJJDP FY 18 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN NATIONAL OR 2018-JU-FX-0014 $2,000,000 Closed
2016 Salaried, Professional Mentoring for High Risk Youth Category 1: National Mentoring Friends of the Children OR 2016-JU-FX-0026 $2,000,000 Open
2015 Salaried, Professional Mentors for Foster Youth OJJDP FY 15 Mentoring for Youth: Underserved Populations: Category 1: Youth with disabilities Friends of the Children OR 2015-JU-FX-0005 $500,000 Closed