OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use
Funds implementation and delivery of mentoring services for youth impacted by opioids or other substance use for eligible local government, national, and statewide mentoring organizations.
⚑ Eligibility is limited to units of local government, national organizations, and organizations with statewide reach that provide mentoring services; public universities are not listed as eligible applicants. · This is a service-delivery mentoring program, not a research grant. · Mentoring may be one-on-one, group, peer, or hybrid in-person/virtual.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use program. This opportunity supports the implementation and delivery of high-quality mentoring services for youth who are currently using or dependent on substances, as well as youth at risk of substance use or who have close family members experiencing substance use or dependency. Mentoring services may include one-on-one, group, or peer mentoring—or a combination of these approaches or hybrid (traditional in-person combined with virtual mentoring).
Eligibility
Units of local government; National organizations; Organizations having statewide reach that provide mentoring services
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention <OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov>
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