Deadline: 18-May-23
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding to implement and deliver mentoring services to youth populations that are involved in the juvenile justice system.
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by supporting mentoring programs to reduce juvenile delinquency, truancy, drug abuse, victimization, and other problem and high-risk behaviors.
Goals
- The program’s goal is to improve outcomes (such as improved academic performance and reduced school dropout rates) for youth involved in the juvenile justice system, and to reduce negative outcomes (including continued involvement in the juvenile justice system, substance use, and gang participation) through mentoring.
Objectives
OJJDP has identified the following specific program objectives:
- Increase access to mentoring services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
- Increase or maintain the number of screened and well-trained mentors, with an emphasis on ensuring the mentors selected reflect the youth they serve.
- Develop and implement program design enhancements that align with research and evidence on effective mentoring approaches.
Priority Areas
- The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
- Priority Considerations Supporting Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
- Priority Consideration for Communities Most Impacted by Youth Incarceration
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligible Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the 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
- To be eligible, applicants must at the time of application:
- Have operated an established mentoring program for at least one 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). The applicant must partner with a juvenile justice agency. However, the primary applicant must directly implement the mentoring program. This program is not intended for a juvenile justice agency to provide mentoring services.
- Understanding that the completion of a fully executed MOU may take longer than the application period, a draft MOU may be submitted that includes the names and titles of all parties that will be signing the document. An award condition will be added if an award is made that will require the signed document before funds will be made available.
- For the purposes of this solicitation, “youth in the juvenile justice system” refers to those youth younger than age 18 at the point of arrest or referral, who have been arrested or referred for intake to a public agency (state, Tribal, city, or county) legally responsible for handling juvenile crime, delinquency, and youth in need of guidance, treatment, or rehabilitation due to problematic behavior (i.e., truancy, running away, ungovernable, etc.). This may also include youth who are between the ages of 18 and 21 – and were arrested or referred prior to age 18 – but who remain under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system. This does not include those youth who are currently placed in a juvenile correctional facility and/or those youth who have recently reentered their communities upon release from a juvenile correctional facility.
For more information, visit DOJ.