OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 2012 Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.      Eligible applicants must submit a collaborative application for a coordinated implementation of a single program design in three to five separate mentoring program sites located within the same regional area. One applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.    OJJDP may elect to make awards in future fiscal years for applications submitted under this solicitation, dependent on the merit of the applications and the availability of appropriations.     To be eligible, applicants must:     &#149; Identify the primary program goal as implementing systematic teaching or advocacy functions into the mentor&#146;s role via enhancing the (1) mentor-mentee matching process, (2) initial and ongoing training, and (3) ongoing mentor support (see Program-Specific Information, page 4).     Agree to, actively participate in, and comply with all requirements under a multi-site, multi-year evaluation of this demonstration program (see Program-Specific Information below.)    &#149; Submit a collaborative application demonstrating a coordinated implementation of a single program design in 3-5 separate established and qualified mentoring program sites located within the same regional area. An established youth mentoring program site is defined as one in which the following characteristics have been in place for at least 3 years at the time of application and to which the enhancements will be applied: (1) has provided mentoring services to a particular target population that will continue under the enhancement; (2) has operated in a particular geographic region that will continue under the enhancement; and (3) has used a mentoring model (i.e., one-on-one, group, etc.) that will continue under the enhancement.  (Note: The focus of this solicitation is on enhancing regional mentoring efforts through collaborations of three-five program sites. It is not focused on national or large scale implementation.) One applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.    &#149; Successful applicants must serve 75-100 new/additional youth per site under this program. The target age group for this solicitation is 12-14 years old; however, applicants may include youth as young as 11 and as old as 15 at the time of the initial mentoring match. The mentoring relationship can continue until the youth&#146;s 18th birthday.
Description: This demonstration program will support collaborations of qualified, established mentoring program sites that enhance (1) the matching of youth and mentors based on needs, skills, experiences, and interests; (2) initial and ongoing training for mentors, and (3) ongoing mentor support. The program aims to improve the effectiveness of mentoring through the systematic implementation of advocacy or teaching functions into mentors&#146; roles. This program is authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-55, 125 Stat. 552,617.
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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.