National Mentoring Resource Center

Overview

<p>Overview OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. OJJDP supports a wide range of mentoring initiatives aimed at preventing and responding to youth delinquency and victimization. Under this solicitation, the successful applicant will continue to operate the OJJDP National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) with the goal of enhancing the capacity of mentoring organizations to develop, implement, and expand effective mentoring practices across the nation.</p> <p><strong>Goals</strong></p> <p>The overall goal of this program is to operate OJJDP’s National Mentoring Resource Center and enhance the capacity of mentoring organizations to develop, implement, and expand effective mentoring practices across the nation.</p> <p><strong>Objectives </strong></p> <p><strong>The objectives are to: </strong></p> <p><strong>Maintain and enhance an interactive, practitioner-friendly comprehensive online repository of resources on the NMRC website including, but not limited to the following core functions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A “what works in mentoring” section highlighting key mentoring research and evidence-based practices and implementation resources.</li> <li>A section highlighting current issues and best practices to meet the mentoring needs of at-risk and high-risk youth populations.</li> <li>Mechanisms to facilitate cross-sharing of evidence-based information and resources across organizations involved with mentoring.</li> <li>A section highlighting OJJDP investments in mentoring, including a catalog of OJJDP grantees and any related grantee-produced materials and resources.</li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size:1em">Raise awareness of and continue the development of mentoring best practices. This can include the following activities: </span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:1em">Review research regarding the effectiveness of specific mentoring programs, as well as specific practices and resources for use in mentoring programs. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:1em">Develop information/tools highlighting evidence-based practices and programs, and performance measurement information, tools, and research in conjunction with OJJDP.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size:1em">Provide training and technical assistance for mentoring organizations and communities interested in developing mentoring programs. This includes, but is not limited to:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop and deliver web-based and in-person trainings on mentoring topics for OJJDP mentoring grantees and the broader field. This should include trainings that are specific to mentoring services for youth impacted by opioid and other substance misuse.</li> <li>Develop and deliver specific trainings for OJJDP-funded grantees.</li> <li>Support and develop smart tools that provide self-guided assistance as a precursor to receiving technical assistance.</li> <li>Deliver technical assistance in response to requests submitted through the NMRC website.</li> <li>Develop and support technical assistance plans for all OJJDP-funded mentoring grantees.</li> <li>Facilitate peer learning and collaboration among mentoring organizations.</li> <li>Work with OJJDP to hold orientation sessions for new and continuing OJJDP mentoring grantees, and respond to a variety of mentoring-related needs, requests, and projects.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Deliverables</strong> The following lists the required products, services, or activities that should be developed and delivered as a result of this program:</p> <ul> <li>Host a new grantee orientation in conjunction with OJJDP to orient funded programs with OJP grant award requirements and resources, mentoring resources, and facilitate peer learning opportunities.</li> <li>Plan and convene an annual Mentoring Research Symposium in conjunction with OJJDP.</li> <li>Continue expansion of the NMRC website to easily orient users to information on OJJDP mentoring grantees and allow peer connections across the country.</li> <li>Create, submit, and implement an overall technical assistance (TA) plan to support TA requests from both OJJDPfunded grantees and the broader field of mentoring organizations and interested communities. This plan should be assessed quarterly and revised as needed in conjunction with OJJDP to ensure the availability of TA resources throughout the entire project period. The plan should include a detailed description of how TA requests are submitted, reviewed, approved, monitored, and closed out for each recipient. The applicant will be required to submit quarterly updates to OJJDP for review.</li> <li>Develop and deliver up to 10 webinars/online trainings to OJJDP grantees and local programs on mentoring topics. The list of proposed topics must be submitted and approved by OJJDP in advance of delivery.</li> <li>Develop up to six in-person training events separate from the National Mentoring Summit on mentoring best practices. Upon award, the list of proposed trainings must be submitted and approved by OJJDP in advance of delivery, and determinations may be made to pivot some or all to virtual trainings as necessary.</li> <li>Develop and disseminate up to 24 products (i.e., pod-casts, blogs) for practitioners to share information and resources on evidence-based innovative practices. Upon award, the proposed list of products must be submitted and approved by OJJDP in advance of delivery.</li> <li>Develop four Insights for Practitioner articles (one each quarter). These articles must be submitted to and approved by OJJDP in advance.</li> </ul>