GrantSmall businesses not listed as eligible
OJJDP FY 2026 Multistate Mentoring Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Award ceiling
$4,000,000
Award floor
$1,000,000
Program funding
$27,200,000
- Opportunity #
- O-OJJDP-2026-172745
- Agency
- Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
- ALN (CFDA)
- 16.726
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Sep 21, 2026
- Closes
- Oct 29, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •County governments
- •Private institutions of higher education
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- •State governments
- •City or township governments
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Special district governments
- •Independent school districts
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- •Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Other units of local government
Synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Multistate Mentoring Programs. This opportunity supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and going into the juvenile justice system. Mentoring services can be one-on-one, group, peer, or a combination of these types.
Contact
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov