Grant Opportunity for Mentoring Programs

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announced that it is seeking applications for funding under its Strengthening Youth Mentoring through Community Partnerships Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting the development and enhancement of mentoring programs.

This solicitation invites applicants to propose initiatives that will increase local communities’ capacity to develop and implement mentoring programs and provide mentoring services, particularly to populations of at-risk youth who are underserved due to location, shortage of mentors, special physical or mental challenges, or other situations identified by the community in need of mentoring services.

Applicants are limited to state governments, units or subunits of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments. OJJDP will only accept applications that demonstrate the applicant has entered into a partnership with one or more private entities to form a “community partnership.”

Eligible community partnerships must include at a minimum: 1) a nonfederal unit or subunit of government, such as a state, county, city or township government or a federally recognized tribal government and 2) one or more private organizations, such as nonprofits, for-profits, community-, and faith-based organizations. Applications that do not demonstrate that they have met the minimum eligibility to be considered a “community partnership” will be deemed ineligible for funding.

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