Program information

Popular name

Mentoring

Assistance listing number

16.726

Agency

Department of Justice

Sub-agency

Office of Justice Programs

Categories & sub-categories

  • Community Development - Planning and Research
  • Community Development - Recreation
  • Community Development - Technical Assistance and Services
  • Education - Resource Development and Support - Elementary, Secondary Education
  • Education - Vocational Development

Assistance types

  • Project Grants

Eligible applicants

  • Native American Organizations (includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations)
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
  • State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Individual/Family
  • Minority group
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)

Awards & recipients

View this program's awards and recipients at USASpending.gov

Assistance listing

View this program's assistance listing at SAM.gov

Grant opportunities

View this program's available grant opportunities at Grants.gov

Program objective

To improve outcomes for at-risk and high-risk youth, and reduce negative outcomes (including juvenile delinquency, substance use, and gang participation) through the provision of mentoring services. The performance measures associated with this objective are: PM1: Number of individuals served PM 2: Percentage of eligible individuals who abstained from or reduced substance misuse

Program obligations, by FY (2022 - 2024)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov or USASpending.gov.

“SAM.gov actual” displays actual obligations for the fiscal year, as reported by the agency to SAM.gov after the fiscal year concludes.

“SAM.gov estimate” displays estimated obligations for the fiscal year, as reported by the agency to SAM.gov before the fiscal year concludes.

“USAspending.gov obligations” displays the total obligations submitted by the agency to USAspending, linked to the assistance listing through its assistance listing number. USAspending.gov is the official source of Federal spending information, displaying actual obligations made by agencies as they are committed. Annual obligations reported to SAM.gov may be inconsistent with annual obligations reported to USASpending.gov. More information can be found on the “About the data” page.

Please note that SAM.gov does not provide agencies with detailed guidance on how to report loan, loan guarentee, or insurance obligations. These figures may not be comparable arocess programs or consistent with USASpending.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the “About the data” page.

Authorizing statutes

  • Pub. L. No. 117-328, 136 Stat. 4459, 4538.