OJJDP FY25 Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals

Youth Sports Program Initiative is a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) that funds mentoring programs serving youth through national, multistate, and collaborative organizational structures. The program offers three eligibility categories: national organizations with active chapters in at least 45 states, multistate organizations with established programs in at least 5 states, and collaboratives of three to five mentoring organizations each serving independent locations. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, local governments, and tribal organizations. National award recipients are required to subaward 90 percent of funding to chapters in at least 38 states. This is a discretionary grant with no cost-sharing requirement.