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 enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth impacted by opioids and other substance misuse.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/04/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
Applicants must describe how their proposed project/program will integrate and sustain meaningful youth and family partnerships into their project plan and budget. Depending on the nature of an applicant’s proposed project, youth and family partnership could consist of one or more of the following:
- Individual-level partnership in case planning and direct service delivery (before, during, and after contact with youth-serving systems).
- Agency-level partnership (e.g., in policy, practice, and program development, implementation, and evaluation; staffing; advisory bodies; budget development).
- System-level partnership (e.g., in strategic planning activities, system improvement initiatives, advocacy strategies, reform efforts).
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth impacted by opioids and other drug misuse.
The following provides additional details for the two categories under this solicitation:
- Category 1: Mentoring Strategies for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Misuse (Project Sites).
- Category 2: Statewide and Regional Mentoring Strategies for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Misuse.
Goals
The program’s goal is to improve outcomes (such as improved academic performance and reduced school dropout rates) for youth impacted by opioids and other substance misuse through mentoring.
Objectives
OJJDP has identified the following program objectives:
- Expand the capacity of existing mentoring programs to provide high-quality services to youth that reduce substance misuse, delinquency, or other problem behaviors.
- Promote the development of innovative approaches to mentoring youth impacted by opioids and other substance misuse.
Funding Information
Category 1: Project Sites
- Dollar Amount for Award: $650,000.00
- Performance Duration (Months): 36
Category2: Statewide and Regional
- Dollar Amount for Award: $2,000,000.00
- Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
For Category 1, the applicant must partner with a substance use treatment agency. However, the primary applicant must directly implement the mentoring program. This program is not intended for a substance use treatment agency 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.
For Category 2, the applicant must partner with a substance use treatment agency. However, the primary applicant must directly implement the mentoring program. This program is not intended for a substance use treatment agency to provide mentoring services.
- Applicants having statewide or regional reach are expected to demonstrate in the “Mentoring organizational capacity” attachment that the organization supports or operates mentoring programs on a statewide or regional basis. This can include a statement on agency letterhead attesting to supporting or operating mentoring programs in multiple jurisdictions across the state. Links to organizational websites and/or press releases supporting this capacity are encouraged to be included in the letter. For the purposes of this solicitation, OJJDP has defined “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 the purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Notice regarding law enforcement agencies: State, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2023 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
