[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 48 (Friday, March 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 13016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5908]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

[OJP (OJJDP)-1263]


Announcement of the Juvenile Mentoring Program Discretionary 
Competitive Assistance Program

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is 
announcing the availability of a program announcement soliciting 
applications for the Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP).

DATES: Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m., ET, on Tuesday, May 
23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All application packages should be mailed or delivered to 
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, c/o Juvenile 
Justice Resource Center, 2277 Research Boulevard, Mail Stop 2K, 
Rockville, MD 20850; 301'519'5535. The application should be submitted 
on 8\1/2\-by 11-inch paper, double-spaced on one side of the paper in a 
standard 12-point font with each page numbered sequentially. Interested 
applicants can obtain a copy of the program announcement and the OJJDP 
Application Kit from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse by calling 800-
638-8736 or sending a request via Fax-on-Demand (800-638-8736) or e-
mail (askncjrs.org). The program announcement and Application Kit are 
also available at OJJDP's Web site at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/grants/current.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Travis A. Cain or Susan Brunson, 
Program Managers, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention, 202-307-5914. [This is not a toll-free number.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is authorized under Part G of 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended 
(Pub. L. 93-415; 42 U.S.C. 5667e et seq.). The JUMP program provides 
funding for one-to-one mentoring projects for youth at risk of 
educational failure, dropping out of school, or involvement in 
delinquent activities, including gangs and substance abuse. The JUMP 
program strategy is to fund collaborative efforts between local 
educational agencies and public/private nonprofit organizations or 
tribal nations to support development of effective mentoring programs 
for at-risk youth. Applicants should target at-risk youth in high crime 
areas where 60 percent or more of youth in the participating school are 
approved to receive Chapter I funds (Free and Reduced Lunch Program) 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and where a 
considerable number of youth are truant or drop out of school each 
year. OJJDP encourages applications from both new programs and those 
programs with proven track records that want to expand their mentoring 
activities in accordance with this solicitation's program goals and 
objectives. National organizations are not eligible to compete for 
funding available through this effort. Awards of up to $210,000 for 3-
year budget and project periods will be available.

    Dated: March 7, 2000.
John J. Wilson,
Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-5908 Filed 3-9-00; 8:45 am]
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