iMentor is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for potential iMentor Interactive (iMi) member organizations. Through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, iMentor has received funding to provide financial support to organizations that may not otherwise be able to afford iMi’s user fees. The purpose of the grant is to help improve graduation rates through mentoring by providing technical assistance to small and medium-sized nonprofit organizations serving high-school students. Grant recipients will receive up to $6,000 in funding for iMi user fees (approximately 200 mentor/mentee users) for one (1) year, with the potential for grants to be renewed for up to three (3) years.
This RFP represents iMentor’s ongoing commitment to providing organizations with the tools they need to run effective mentoring programs and to continue efforts to close the youth mentoring gap in this country.
GRANT AWARD
Grant recipients will be eligible to receive:
- User fees for up to 200 mentor/mentee program participants, valued at up to $6,000
Grant recipients will be responsible for:
- $1,500 organization contribution (start-up costs)
iMentor will be accepting proposals from February 1, 2009 – April 30, 2009. You can download the iMi OJJDP RFP and cover page by clicking on the following links:
For information about the demonstration schedule, please visit iMi On the Move!
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would like more informtaion.
I am interesting in receiving more information on your program on behalf of the Substance Abuse Prevention Services (SAPS), a local substance abuse prevention agency that partners with the Albion Public Schools located in Albion, Michigan.
Information can be sent to me at the above e-mail address.
Thanks.
Terry Langston, Prevention Consultant
This seems very interesting. Please forward more detailed information.
My name is Veronica McMillian. I am the Founder of a community based non-profit called Let’s Talk Inc. We currently have a Boys to Men mentoring program for boys 12-18. We partner with the local library to deliver the program. We have about 16 boys and 17 African American male mentors. We are a small non-profit that provides educational training, violence prevention, job training, and African American father role models for the boys. I would like to know how your program would benefit a program such as ours with small numbers and limited resources?
On behalf of Comfort House, LLC, I am interested in the application process for this grant. Comfort House is a residental, theraputic group home in Washington, DC. We look forward too hearing from you!
Our university has received a federal grant to mentor children of prisoners. In that we are a university that operates on a budget of over 2 million dollars non of that money goes toward assisting with our mentoring project. Can we apply for this funding. We could greatly benefit from iMentor Interactive.
We would like to know if the $1,500 organization contribution start-up costs is cash or in-kind. Your rresponse is appreciated.
Is there an extension on a applying for the mentoring grant. ?
We are a non-profit organization that service students grades K-12 in Kansas and Missouri. 2009-10 is our organizations 5th year anniversary. I just recieved the e-mail. Is there an extension for the mentoring grant. We could use the funding for this years project.
Thanks
Jonnelle Winters-Youth Coordinator
Unfortunately, we are unable to grant any extensions for this RFP cycle. However, we will be posting a similar opportunity again next year, and I would encourage you to check back on this blog often for more funding possibilities.