OJP 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.
This solicitation provides funding for applicant organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth impacted by opioids and other drug misuse.
Agency: Department of JusticeOffice: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Estimated Funding: $16,250,000
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:Full Announcement
Additional Information of Eligibility:Category 1: Mentoring Strategies for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Drug Misuse (Project Sites) The following entities are eligible to apply: Other Eligible organizations are those that have been in existence for at least 3 years at the time of application, and have been directly delivering a structured mentoring program model.
The applicant must partner with a substance use treatment organization.
However, the primary applicant must directly implement the mentoring program.
This program is not intended for a substance use treatment organization to provide mentoring services.
Applicants are expected to submit an attachment labeled "Mentoring organizational history" that demonstrates the timeframe that the organization has been in operation and providing mentoring services and details the mentoring services provided by the organization.
This can include a statement on agency letterhead attesting to the start date of providing mentoring services.
Links to organizational websites and/or press releases supporting this timeframe are encouraged to be included in the letter.
Category 2: Statewide and Regional Mentoring Strategies for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Drug Misuse The following entities are eligible to apply: National organizations (defined as organizations that have active affiliates or subawardees in at least 45 states) States Federally recognized tribal governments Organizations having statewide reach that provide mentoring services Other For purposes of this solicitation, OJJDP has defined an "active affiliates or subawardees" as a local branch of an organization or a local affiliated organization.
All such relationships must be formalized in a contract or other written agreement between the parties involved, and must pre-date this solicitation.
Relationships formed for purposes of eligibility for this solicitation do not constitute an active affiliate or subawardee.
For purposes of this solicitation, "state" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Eligible applicants must provide mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger at the time of admission to the program.
Full Opportunity Web Address:https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/fy2022/O-OJJDP-2022-171235Contact: Agency Email Description: Email
Agency Email: Date Posted: 2022-04-06
Application Due Date: Archive Date: 2022-08-11