Mentoring programs

NIJ seeks applications for rigorous youth mentoring research and independent evaluation projects that address one or both of the following two topical areas: 1) barriers/impediments for youth involved in the justice system to access mentoring services, and 2) mentoring programs that serve youth involved in the justice system.

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for rigorous youth mentoring research and evaluation projects to address one or more of the following priority areas: (1) increasing the capacity for achieving broad, population-level impacts; (2) understanding how mentoring can advance change mechanisms promoting positive youth development; (3) examining program participation long-term effects; and (4) optimizing program effectiveness through iterative cycles of development paired with rigorous...