OJJDP FY 20 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) supports a wide range of mentoring initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing juvenile delinquency. This multi-category solicitation provides funding for applicant organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth. There are five categories under which organizations can apply.

Category 1 (OJJDP-2020-17633): National Mentoring Programs: national organizations, defined as organizations that have active chapters or subawardees in at least 45 states. Category 2 (OJJDP-2020-17634): Multistate Mentoring Programs: multistate organizations, defined as organizations that have operated an established mentoring program for at least 3 years and have active chapters or subawardees in at least 5 states but fewer than 45 states. Category 3 (OJJDP-2020-17636): Mentoring Programs for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System: nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations and faith-based organizations) that at the time of application have operated a mentoring program for at least 1 year. Category 4 (OJJDP-2020-17637): Mentoring Strategies for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Drug Addiction (Project Sites): nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations and faith-based organizations) that at the time of application have operated a mentoring program for at least 1 year. Category 5 (OJJDP-2020-17638): Statewide and Regional Mentoring Initiative for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Drug Addiction: national organizations (as defined in Category 1), states and territories, federally recognized tribal governments, and organizations having statewide reach providing mentoring services.

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center (Response Center) at grants@ncjrs.gov within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How To Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800–851–3420 or TTY: 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET on the solicitation close date. General information on applying for OJJDP awards can be found at https://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/funding.html. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted at https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/media/document/ojjdp-2020-16930-faqs.pdf. A solicitation webinar will be held on March 4, 2020 at 2 p.m. ET. This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the solicitation and allow an opportunity for interested applicants to ask questions. Preregistration is required for all participants. Register here: http://ojjdptta.adobeconnect.com/evsqwntldvwj/event/registration.html. After the webinar, you will find the webinar recording uploaded here: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/library/multimedia/list. grants@ncjrs.gov