Projects Funded
In 1995, OJJDP announced the availability of combined fiscal year (FY) 1994 and 1995 JUMP funds and competitively awarded 41 grants of up to $180,000 each for a 3-year period (cohort I) to implement mentoring projects. Another 52 agencies and organizations (cohort II) were awarded JUMP funds of up to $190,000 with combined FY 1996 and 1997 funds, for a total of 93 JUMP projects. In June 1999, OJJDP announced the award of up to $210,000 to 71 additional agencies (cohort III), bringing the total number of JUMP projects to 164 in 41 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (see figure 1).
