This solicitation provides funding for applicant organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth impacted by opioids and other drug misuse.
This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth who are currently misusing or dependent on drugs (including opioids, stimulants, and other licit or illicit drugs), youth at risk for misusing drugs, and youth with family members who are currently misusing or dependent on drugs.
There are two categories under this solicitation:
- Category 1: Mentoring Strategies for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Drug Misuse (Project Sites).
- Category 2: Statewide and Regional Mentoring Strategies for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Drug Misuse.
Awards
Number of Awards: 16
Total Amount Awarded: $16,250,000
BBBSA: Mentoring Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Drug Misuse (MYIO5)
BGR-HISD Youth Mentoring Partnership
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast Opioid & Substance Use Prevention Initiative
Connections for Resilience Project
Covington Mentoring Program
Eluna's Camp Mariposa Addiction Prevention and Mentoring Program
Knoxville Area Mentoring Initiative
Lazarus Youth Community Support (LYCS) Initiative
Mentoring for Change in Central Georgia
New Haven Mentoring with NIA
Operation Restoration & Son of a Saint Partnership to Provide Mentorship Services to Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Drug Misuse
Opioid Mentoring at Boys & Girls Clubs
Park and Recreation Mentorship for Youth Affected by Opioids and Other Drug Misuse in Regions with High Opioid Mortality
Please Call Me Mister Or Miss: An After School Mentoring Program
Therapeutic Mentoring Program
Youth Mentoring Connection
Supplemental Information
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