OJJDP FY 2022 National Mentoring Resource Center | O OJJDP 2022 171221

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The OJJDP FY 2022 National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) grant opportunity is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Its central purpose is to fund one national entity to continue operating the National Mentoring Resource Center, a key piece of federal infrastructure designed to strengthen and scale effective youth mentoring across the country. The NMRC is positioned as a capacity-building hub, meaning the emphasis is not simply on running a local mentoring program, but on helping many mentoring organizations improve how they design, deliver, evaluate, and expand mentoring services in ways that are evidence-informed and effective.

The opportunity is rooted in OJP priorities that include advancing civil rights and racial equity, increasing access to justice, supporting crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, strengthening community safety, protecting the public from emerging threats, and building trust between law enforcement and communities. Within that broader framework, OJJDP highlights mentoring as a prevention and intervention strategy aimed at reducing youth delinquency and addressing youth victimization. In practical terms, the funded NMRC operator is expected to serve the field by providing guidance, tools, and other forms of support that help mentoring organizations implement high-quality practices at scale, which can include translating research into practice, promoting standards and continuous improvement, and supporting the adoption of approaches shown to work for different youth populations and community contexts.

Administratively, the funding opportunity is listed as "OJJDP FY 2022 National Mentoring Resource Center" with funding opportunity number O-OJJDP-2022-171221, under CFDA 16.726. The instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that DOJ expects substantial involvement from the federal agency during the project period compared to a standard grant. The solicitation was created on March 24, 2022, with an original closing date of May 9, 2022. The award ceiling is $2,650,000, and OJJDP anticipated making a single award, which reflects the national, centralized nature of the Resource Center function.

Eligibility is broad and includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and other eligible entities as clarified in the solicitation's additional eligibility text. The activity category is Law, Justice, and Legal Services, consistent with OJJDP's juvenile justice prevention mission and the cross-cutting goals of supporting youth, preventing involvement in delinquency, and responding to victimization through stronger community-based mentoring systems.

• 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 2022 National Mentoring Resource Center" 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 Mar 24, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 09, 2022. (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 $2,650,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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