Mentoring
Reducing Violence and Changing Lives Through Community Intervention
The Bronx-Osborne Gun Avoidance and Prevention Project in New York City is reducing gun violence by giving young people facing first-time charges for loaded-gun possession a second chance with expert mentoring and job-based skills.
Change Matters Community Based Violence Intervention & Prevention Initiative
15PBJA-22-GG-04753-CVIP
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2022
$1,444,850
The Importance of Positive Social Support During Reentry From Prison: Examining the Role of Volunteer Mentoring
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
FY21 Project Safe Neighborhoods - Western District of NC
15PBJA-21-GG-03039-GUNP
Declined
Funding First Awarded
2021
$181,002
Strengthening of the Medical Examiner System in Virginia
15PBJA-21-GG-02944-SLFO
Declined
Funding First Awarded
2021
$132,454
FY2020 John A. Ketcher Youth Shelter Expansion to Enhance Victim Services
2020-S4-BX-0010
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$1,000,000
Justice Systems and Alcohol and Substance Abuse
2020-AC-BX-0024
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$742,865
Applications Being Accepted for the Evidence-based Treatment in Custody Jail-based Mentor Site Program
On behalf of BJA, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research has released the COSSAP Evidence-based Treatment in Custody Jail-based Mentor Site Program application.
COSSAP Overdose Fatality Review Mentor Site Selection Application Available
On behalf of BJA, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research has released the COSSAP Overdose Fatality Review Mentor Site Selection application.
National Mentoring Summit
Event Dates
–
Location
Renaissance Washington
Washington, DC
Publication Offers Considerations for Incorporating Mentoring into Adult Reentry Programs
With support from BJA, the National Reentry Resource Center has released Mentoring as a Component of Reentry: Practical Considerations from the Field. This resource offers five broad, field-based considerations for incorporating mentoring into reentry programming for an adult population.
Expanding Access to Probation Services in Coconino County
The BJA-supported Coconino Online Probation Education (COPE) program supports clients living in outlying areas of Coconino County, Arizona. COPE includes a virtual mentoring initiative, providing clients with a support system they may otherwise be lacking.
Probation officers work to help people break free from a cycle of crime by matching the right supervision and service to the right person at the right time. But breaking...
Adult Drug Court Planning Initiative
2019-MU-BX-K004
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$5,800,000
BJA COAP Training and Technical Assistance
2019-AR-BX-K052
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,999,775
Peer-driven Approach to Address Opioid Use Disorder
2019-AR-BX-K024
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,200,000
Adult Drug Court Planning Initiative
2019-MU-BX-K004
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,450,000
Strengthening the Medical Examiner System in Virginia
2019-DU-BX-0034
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$100,000
FY 2019 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program - Improvement of Hawaii's Forensic Capabilities
2019-CD-BX-0026
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$272,275
Promising Practices Guidelines for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
Date Published
November 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program: The Peer Recovery Support Services Mentoring Initiative
Date Published
April 2019
Series
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding,
Factsheet
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program Newsletter, Second Edition 2019
Date Published
March 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Newsletter,
News and Announcement,
Instructional Material
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Rhode Island Reentry Collaborative
2018-CY-BX-0010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$1,000,000
Freedom Life Reentry Intensive Program
2018-CY-BX-0026
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$500,000