The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is accepting applications for its National Mentoring Resource Center.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/04/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This NOFO will provide continued support for the National Mentoring Resource Center to help OJJDP grantees, the mentoring field, and practitioners more broadly by providing comprehensive resources and training materials on the OJJDP National Mentoring Resource Center website and providing TTA for OJJDP grantees to support youth mentoring programs in implementing safe, quality, and effective practices.
Goals and Objectives
- Maintain and enhance OJJDP’s National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) and improve the capacity of mentoring organizations to develop, implement, and expand effective mentoring practices across the nation.
- Objective 1: Maintain and enhance an interactive, practitioner-friendly comprehensive online repository of resources on the NMRC website, including, but not limited to the following core functions.
- Objective 2: Raise awareness and continue the development of mentoring best practices.
- Objective 3: Provide TTA for mentoring organizations and communities interested in developing mentoring programs.
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $2,600,000
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $2,600,000
- Anticipated Period of Performance: 12 months
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Educational Organizations
- Public– and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For-Profit Organizations
- Organizations other than small businesses
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
