OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 2012 Multi-State Mentoring Initiative
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants are limited to nonprofit and for-profit organizations, including faith-based, community-based, and tribal organizations. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Eligibility is restricted to organizations that have been in existence for at least 3 years, have subgrantee, affiliates, or chapters in at least five states, and have established a strong presence in their communities. Applicants must propose developing or implementing mentoring programming in at least five states. Eligible entities for youth mentoring grants under this solicitation also include providers of intensive youth mentoring activities associated with non-profit, long-term, residential substance abuse treatment programs focused on juveniles involved with the juvenile justice system. Special Note: National organizations are ineligible to apply. National organizations are defined as having an active program or programs with affiliates in at least 45 states.     Eligible applicants must also demonstrate that state and local officials recognize them as a viable force in addressing youth issues. In addition, applicants must demonstrate current relationships and agreements with existing youth-serving agencies, including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations, to create the necessary network to meet the individual needs of the youth constituents. Funding is intended to serve individual organizations. However, multiple public and private organizations may play a pivotal role in supporting mentoring programs and may be sub-recipients/contractors to the applicant.    Eligible applicants must provide mentoring services to at-risk or high-risk youth younger than 18 years of age.
Description: This solicitation invites eligible applicants to propose the enhancement or expansion of initiatives that will help communities develop or improve mentoring programs for at-risk or high-risk populations that are underserved due to location, shortage of mentors, special physical or mental challenges of the targeted population, or other analogous situations that the community identifies. This program is authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2012; Pub. L. 112-55, 125 Stat. 552, 617.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: E-mail
GrantorContactText: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Justice Information Center (JIC) at 1&#150;877&#150;927&#150;5657, via e-mail to JIC@telesishq.com, or by live Web chat. JIC hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.