Department of Justice (OJJDP) Grant for Enhanced Mentoring Programs

Eligible applicants must submit a collaborative application for a coordinated implementation of a single program design in three to five separate mentoring program sites located within the same regional area. One applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.

OJJDP may elect to make awards in future fiscal years for applications submitted under this solicitation, dependent on the merit of the applications and the availability of appropriations.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Identify the primary program goal as implementing systematic teaching or advocacy functions into the mentor’s role via enhancing the (1) mentor-mentee matching process, (2) initial and ongoing training, and (3) ongoing mentor support (see Program-Specific Information, page 4).

Agree to, actively participate in, and comply with all requirements under a multi-site, multi-year evaluation of this demonstration program (see Program-Specific Information below.)

• Submit a collaborative application demonstrating a coordinated implementation of a single program design in 3-5 separate established and qualified mentoring program sites located within the same regional area. An established youth mentoring program site is defined as one in which the following characteristics have been in place for at least 3 years at the time of application and to which the enhancements will be applied: (1) has provided mentoring services to a particular target population that will continue under the enhancement; (2) has operated in a particular geographic region that will continue under the enhancement; and (3) has used a mentoring model (i.e., one-on-one, group, etc.) that will continue under the enhancement. (Note: The focus of this solicitation is on enhancing regional mentoring efforts through collaborations of three-five program sites. It is not focused on national or large scale implementation.) One applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.

• Successful applicants must serve 75-100 new/additional youth per site under this program. The target age group for this solicitation is 12-14 years old; however, applicants may include youth as young as 11 and as old as 15 at the time of the initial mentoring match. The mentoring relationship can continue until the youth’s 18th birthday.

Eligible applicants must submit a collaborative application for a coordinated implementation of a single program design in three to five separate mentoring program sites located within the same regional area. One applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.

OJJDP may elect to make awards in future fiscal years for applications submitted under this solicitation, dependent on the merit of the applications and the availability of appropriations.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Identify the primary program goal as implementing systematic teaching or advocacy functions into the mentor’s role via enhancing the (1) mentor-mentee matching process, (2) initial and ongoing training, and (3) ongoing mentor support (see Program-Specific Information, page 4).

Agree to, actively participate in, and comply with all requirements under a multi-site, multi-year evaluation of this demonstration program (see Program-Specific Information below.)

• Submit a collaborative application demonstrating a coordinated implementation of a single program design in 3-5 separate established and qualified mentoring program sites located within the same regional area. An established youth mentoring program site is defined as one in which the following characteristics have been in place for at least 3 years at the time of application and to which the enhancements will be applied: (1) has provided mentoring services to a particular target population that will continue under the enhancement; (2) has operated in a particular geographic region that will continue under the enhancement; and (3) has used a mentoring model (i.e., one-on-one, group, etc.) that will continue under the enhancement. (Note: The focus of this solicitation is on enhancing regional mentoring efforts through collaborations of three-five program sites. It is not focused on national or large scale implementation.) One applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.

• Successful applicants must serve 75-100 new/additional youth per site under this program. The target age group for this solicitation is 12-14 years old; however, applicants may include youth as young as 11 and as old as 15 at the time of the initial mentoring match. The mentoring relationship can continue until the youth’s 18th birthday.