OJJDP FY24 Mentoring for Children of Incarcerated Parents | O OJJDP 2024 172108

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OJJDP 2024 172108

The OJJDP FY24 Mentoring for Children of Incarcerated Parents opportunity is a discretionary federal grant offered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It is designed to fund organizations that provide mentoring services specifically tailored to children of incarcerated parents (often referred to as the COIP population). The core purpose is to support the implementation and delivery of mentoring that responds to the unique challenges these young people can face when a parent is in jail or prison, with funding aimed at helping mentoring providers build or strengthen programs focused on this population.

This solicitation is listed under Funding Opportunity Number O-OJJDP-2024-172108 and falls within the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category. The assistance listing (CFDA) number is 16.726, which aligns with OJJDP's youth-focused public safety and prevention mission. The grant mechanism is a standard grant award (as opposed to a cooperative agreement or contract), meaning recipients are responsible for carrying out the proposed project while meeting federal grant requirements and performance expectations.

Eligible applicants include nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), independent school districts, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments. In practice, this means both community-based mentoring organizations and certain public or tribal entities with the capacity to deliver structured mentoring services can apply, as long as their programming is specifically oriented to serving children impacted by parental incarceration.

The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $400,000 per award, and OJJDP expects to make approximately 4 awards under this solicitation. The original application deadline was June 10, 2024, and the opportunity was created on April 24, 2024. Overall, the funding is intended to expand access to consistent, supportive mentoring relationships for COIP, helping mentoring organizations deliver services that are responsive to the needs of youth navigating the social, emotional, and practical impacts associated with having an incarcerated parent.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Mentoring for Children of Incarcerated Parents" 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 2024-04-24.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-10. (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 $400,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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