OJJDP FY24 National Mentoring Programs | O OJJDP 2024 172019

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OJJDP 2024 172019

The OJJDP FY24 National Mentoring Programs grant is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), designed to strengthen and scale mentoring services for children and youth who are at risk or at high risk of juvenile delinquency, victimization, or involvement with the juvenile justice system. The core purpose is to invest in organizations that can deliver mentoring at a broad national scale, using their existing infrastructure to expand access, improve quality, and reach young people facing elevated risk factors.

This solicitation is specifically aimed at national mentoring organizations, defined here as organizations that maintain active affiliates or subawardees in at least 45 states. In practice, that definition signals that OJJDP is looking for applicants with a large, established footprint and the capacity to manage and support a wide network of local sites. The grant’s structure suggests an emphasis on coordinated national leadership paired with on-the-ground service delivery through affiliates, chapters, or partner organizations, so that mentoring services can be implemented consistently while still being adapted to local community needs.

Administratively, the opportunity is offered as a grant under the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category, and it is listed under CFDA number 16.726. The opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2024-172019. The eligible applicant category is listed as “Others,” which typically indicates eligibility extends beyond a narrow set of government entities and may include nonprofit or similar organizations that meet the national-organization requirement described in the solicitation. The funding opportunity was created on March 11, 2024, and the original application closing date was April 29, 2024.

In terms of scale, the award ceiling is $30,000,000, with OJJDP expecting to make about 4 awards. That combination points to relatively large, competitive awards intended to support major national efforts rather than many small local projects. Overall, this grant opportunity is focused on supporting robust, widely distributed mentoring programs that can demonstrate the reach, operational capacity, and infrastructure needed to improve outcomes for vulnerable youth and reduce pathways into delinquency and system involvement.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 National Mentoring Programs" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.726.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-29. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $30,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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