Opportunity Information: Apply for OJJDP 2020 16930
The OJJDP FY 20 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It is designed to support and strengthen mentoring efforts that help prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency by providing children and youth with positive, structured relationships and supportive services. Through this solicitation, OJJDP is looking to fund organizations that can enhance existing mentoring programs or expand mentoring services to reach additional young people, especially those who may be at higher risk of delinquency or involvement in the juvenile justice system.
A key feature of this opportunity is that it is organized as a multi-category solicitation with five separate categories that applicants can choose from. While the source summary does not list the individual categories, the structure signals that OJJDP intended to support multiple mentoring approaches or target populations under one umbrella program. In practice, this kind of design typically allows applicants to align their proposals with a specific mentoring model, setting, service strategy, or youth population that fits their mission and community needs, rather than forcing all applicants into a single program design.
Funding is provided through grants under CFDA number 16.726, within the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity area. The posted award ceiling is up to $4,000,000 per award, indicating that larger-scale projects, significant expansions, or multi-site efforts could be competitive depending on the category and scope. OJJDP anticipated making about 41 awards, which suggests a moderately broad distribution of funding across the five categories and a meaningful level of competition as applicants seek to demonstrate readiness, community impact, and the ability to deliver high-quality mentoring services.
Eligibility is listed as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the full solicitation materials. This wording generally means that eligibility may extend beyond a narrow set of government entities and could include certain nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, educational institutions, or other qualified entities, subject to the specific rules and limitations laid out in the official notice. Interested applicants would need to confirm eligibility in the solicitation's eligibility section to ensure their organization type and proposed activities are allowable.
The opportunity was created on February 12, 2020, with an original application deadline of April 13, 2020. The funding opportunity number is OJJDP 2020 16930, and the title is "OJJDP FY 20 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative." Overall, the initiative reflects OJJDP's continued investment in mentoring as a prevention and intervention strategy, aiming to connect youth with consistent adult or near-peer supports and to strengthen the community-based systems that make mentoring accessible, safe, and effective.Apply for OJJDP 2020 16930
- The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 20 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative" 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 Feb 12, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 13, 2020. (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 $4,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 41 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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