OJJDP FY 2022 Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Drug Misuse

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.

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.

For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF)-424 and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov Customer Support, or support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and Federal holidays. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only), or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. The OJP Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., eastern time Monday-Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the solicitation closing date. General information on applying for OJJDP awards can be found at https://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/funding.html. For information related to unforeseen technical issues beyond the control of the applicant impacting submission, see "How to Apply" section, Experiencing Unforeseen Technical Issues. A solicitation webinar will be held on May 5, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This call 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 by clicking on this link and following the instructions. Due to the limited time, OJJDP encourages participants to review the solicitation and submit any questions they may have in advance and no later than April 29, 2022. Submit your questions to grants@ncjrs.gov with the subject as "Questions for OJJDP FY 2022 Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Drug Misuse Webinar." grants@ncjrs.gov