Mentoring Children of Prisoners

Mentoring Children of Prisoners

Department of Health & Human Services

Program Office: Family and Youth Services Bureau

Funding Opportunity Title: Mentoring Children of Prisoners

Announcement Type: Initial

Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-CV-0022

CFDA Number: 93.616

Due Date for Applications: 06/19/2009

Executive Summary:

The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Administration on Children, Youth and Families' (ACYF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting applications for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. This program supports the creation and maintenance of one-on-one mentoring relationships between children of incarcerated parents and caring, supportive adult volunteer mentors. The intent of this program is to support the establishment or expansion and operation of mentoring programs, using a network of public and private community entities, in areas with substantial numbers of children of incarcerated parents. The MCP program is designed to be a community-based mentoring program in which children and youth ages four up to age 18, are appropriately matched with an adult mentor, who has been screened and trained, for a one-on-one (one mentor/one youth), friendship-oriented (non curriculum-based) mentoring relationship.

www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-CV-0022.html