Deadline: 24-Jun-2024
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for Multistate Mentoring Programs Initiative.
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to fund 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.
Solicitation Goals and Objectives
- Goals
- The program’s goal is to improve outcomes (such as improved academic performance and reduced school dropout rates) for at-risk and high-risk youth, and reduce negative outcomes (including delinquency, substance misuse, and gang participation) through youth mentoring.
- Objectives
- An applicant should address each objective listed below in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables, and Timeline web-based form. OJJDP has identified the following specific program objectives:
- Increase or expand reach to the number of at-risk or high-risk youth receiving mentoring services.
- 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.
- An applicant should address each objective listed below in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables, and Timeline web-based form. OJJDP has identified the following specific program objectives:
Priority Areas
- In order to further OJP’s mission, OJP will provide priority consideration when making award decisions to the following:
- Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
- To receive this consideration, the applicant must describe how the proposed project(s) will address identified inequities and contribute to greater access to services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization. Project activities under this consideration may include, but are not limited to, the following: improving victim services, justice responses, prevention initiatives, reentry services, and other parts of an organization’s or community’s efforts to advance public safety.
- Applicants that demonstrate that their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they (or at least one proposed subrecipient that will receive at least 40 percent of the requested award funding, as demonstrated in the Budget web-based form) are a population-specific organization that serves communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
- For purposes of this solicitation, population-specific organizations are nonprofit, nongovernmental, or Tribal organizations that primarily serve members of a specific underserved population and have demonstrated experience and expertise providing targeted services to members of that specific underserved population.
- To receive this additional priority consideration, applicants must describe how being a population-specific organization (or funding the population-specific subrecipient organization(s)) will enhance their ability to implement the proposed project(s) and should also specify which historically underserved populations are intended or expected to be served or have their needs addressed under the proposed project(s).
- Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
Funding Information
- Anticipated total amount to be awarded under this solicitation: $24,000,000
- Anticipated maximum dollar amount per award:
- Category 1: $1,000,000
- Category 2: $1,000,000 to $4,000,000
- Category 3: $2,000,000 to $4,000,000
- Period of performance duration (months): 36 months
- Period of performance start date: 10/1/2024
- Anticipated number of awards: 15
- Category 1: 5
- Category 2: 5
- Category 3: 5
Eligibility Criteria
- Category 1: Mentoring Organizations (1 state)
- As part of the funded program, the primary applicant must either propose to expand the existing mentoring program to one additional state OR one additional jurisdiction within the state where they are already providing mentoring services.
- The primary applicant must be the headquarters office of the mentoring organization or the headquarters office for the proposed mentoring curriculum to be implemented. The primary applicant may deliver services through affiliate or partner subawards; however, the proposed subawards must implement the same mentoring program (i.e., “program x”) or established curriculum as the primary applicant.
- Applicants that are members/affiliates/subgrantees of larger mentoring organizations will be considered ineligible if the standalone mentoring model/programming proposed is being implemented through the headquarters of the larger mentoring organization. Applicants are expected to include information that delineates ownership/proprietorship of such program/curriculum that has been implemented for at least 3 years as well as provide a statement indicating that the headquarters office of the larger mentoring membership organization is not implementing such model/program/curriculum.
- Category 2: Mentoring Organizations (2 to 10 states)
- The primary applicant must be the headquarters office of the mentoring organization or the headquarters office for the proposed mentoring curriculum to be implemented. The primary applicant may deliver services through affiliate or partner subawards; however, the proposed subawards must implement the same mentoring program (i.e., “program x”) or established curriculum as the primary applicant.
- Applicants that are members/affiliates/subgrantees of larger mentoring organizations will be considered ineligible if the standalone mentoring model/curriculum proposed is being implemented through the headquarters of the larger mentoring organization. Applicants are expected to include information that delineates ownership/proprietorship of such program/curriculum that has been implemented for at least 3 years as well as provide a statement indicating that the headquarters office of the larger mentoring membership organization is not implementing such model/program/curriculum.
- For the purposes of this category, a primary applicant that forms a partnership with one or more organizations that are delivering different mentoring program models for the purposes of meeting the multistate requirement is not eligible to apply.
- Category 3: Mentoring Organizations (11 to 44 states)
- All eligible applicants must provide mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger at the time of admission to the program. Applicants can only apply for one category. If an applicant applies for multiple categories, all applications will be denied.
- The primary applicant must be the headquarters office of the mentoring organization or the headquarters office for the proposed mentoring curriculum to be implemented. The primary applicant may deliver services through affiliate or partner subawards; however, the proposed subawards must implement the same mentoring program (i.e., “program x”) or established curriculum as the primary applicant.
- Applicants that are members/affiliates/subgrantees of larger mentoring organizations will be considered ineligible if the standalone mentoring model/programming proposed is being implemented through the headquarters of the larger mentoring membership organization. Applicants are expected to include information that delineates ownership/proprietorship of such program/curriculum that has been implemented for at least 3 years as well as provide a statement indicating that the headquarters office of the larger mentoring membership organization is not implementing such model/program/curriculum.
- For the purposes of this category, a primary applicant that forms a partnership with one or more organizations that are delivering different mentoring program models for the purposes of meeting the multistate requirement is not eligible to apply.
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