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Current Solicitation

Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program (Due Date: 6/19/2006). The purpose of this program is to support original, rigorous, scientific research and evaluation studies to inform the disciplines of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention and child maltreatment prevention and intervention. public agencies (including state agencies, units of local government, public universities and colleges, and tribal governments) and private organizations (including secular and faith-based nonprofit organizations) may apply.

Recent Solicitations

OJJDP is in the process of reviewing applications for the following recently-closed solicitations.

Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Discretionary Program: Initiative To Reduce Underage Drinking. This program seeks to reduce the availability of alcoholic beverages to and the consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons who are serving in the United States Air Force and are under the age of 21.

Field-Initiated Demonstration Program. The purpose of this program is to foster innovations and advancements in juvenile justice related practice at the local, state, and tribal government levels as part of OJJDP's overall effort to support programs that enhance juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.

Mentoring Initiative for System Involved Youth. This program will support the development and enhancement of mentoring programs for youth involved in the juvenile justice system, reentry, and foster care. The initiative seeks to promote collaboration among community organizations and agencies committed to supporting mentoring services for such system-involved youth.

Evaluation of Mentoring Initiative for System Involved Youth. This evaluation will assess the four mentoring sites receiving awards under OJJDP's Mentoring Initiative for System Involved Youth (see above). Tasks will include conducting a formal literature review that details previous research on mentoring with disadvantaged youth and conducting process and outcome evaluations of demonstration programs in four mentoring sites.

Training and Technical Assistance Program for Mentoring Initiative for System Involved Youth. This program will provide training and technical assistance for OJJDP's Mentoring Initiative for System Involved Youth (see above). Tasks will include providing training and technical assistance to four mentoring sites, facilitating the development and use of research-driven training and technical assistance materials by these demonstration sites, fostering the use of effective program design elements, and assisting in identifying, implementing, and sustaining community partnerships.