Closed · OJJDP-2019-15004 · CFDA 16.726 · Discretionary

OJJDP FY 19 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$500K-$1.3M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 22, 2019
Close date
35
Expected awards

The verdict

OJJDP FY 19 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention that offered $500,000 -- $1,250,000 across 35 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 638 other opportunities from Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention.

$500K-$1.3M
award range
Closed
application status
35
expected awards
16.726
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

OJJDP FY 19 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth… is closed (last close April 22, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention still indexes 638 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 22, 2019

Posted Feb 20 Closes Apr 22

Est. Total Funding

$61,000,000

Expected Awards

35

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) supports a wide range of mentoring initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing juvenile delinquency. This multi-category solicitation supports youth mentoring services (1:1, group or peer) provided by National and Multi-State mentoring organizations as well as mentoring for specific populations. Specific category titles might include: National Mentoring Programs; Multi-State Mentoring Programs; Mentoring Programs for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System; Mentoring Strategies for Youth Impacted by Opioids; and Statewide and Regional Mentoring Initiative for Youth Impacted by Opioids.

Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door

The eligibility set for OJJDP FY 19 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth… includes a for-profit door among 3 printed types (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); For-profit organizations other than small businesses; Others (see official listing text)). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Inside Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center (Response Center) at grants@ncjrs.gov within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How To Apply section. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800–851–3420 or TTY: 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET on the solicitation close date. General information on applying for OJJDP awards can be found at https://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/funding.html. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted at https://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2019/FAQ/MentOpps.pdf. grants@ncjrs.gov

What to do next

OJJDP FY 19 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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