This funding opportunity seeks to support mentoring organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth who are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement.
This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement. Mentoring services can be one-on-one, group, peer, or a combination of these types. Applicants must initiate mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger at the time of admission to the program. Mentors must be an adult (age 18 or older), or in cases where peer mentoring models are being implemented, an older peer and under adult supervision.
- Category 1: Mentoring Organizations (1 state)
- Category 2: Mentoring Organizations (2 to 10 states)
- Category 3: Mentoring Organizations (11 to 44 states)
Eligibility
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- Educational Organizations
- Independent school districts
- Public- and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private Institutions of higher education
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Other
- Units of local government
- Native American
On February 7, 2025, at 2 p.m. ET, OJJDP will hold a webinar to provide a detailed overview of this notice of funding opportunity and allow interested applicants to ask questions. Register to participate.