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Brief: Youth mentoring

Prepared from Grant Precedent, 2026-10-23; data as of precedent 2026-10-21, measures 2026-10-22.

Measures funders require

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DOJ OJP), Mentoring Programs

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How many unique youth were matched with one or more mentors during this reporting period?

  • Code: Q1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Unique means unduplicated. Youth should only be counted once during a reporting period, regardless of the number of matches involved. Match refers to the pairing of one youth with one or more adult or peer mentor(s). Reporting period is the specific timeframe covered by this report.
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOJ Office of Justice Programs, solicitation performance measures, https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/performance-measures/pmqd/performance-measures-mentoring-programs.pdf

How many unique youth have been matched with one or more mentors since the beginning of this award?

How many unique mentors were matched with one or more youth during this reporting period?

How many unique mentors have been matched with one or more youth since the beginning of this award?

How many matches closed during this reporting period?

How many unique youth were involved in matches that closed during this reporting period?

Did you adjust the program plan as described in your application’s proposal narrative? If yes, what adjustments did you make, and why?

Did you experience any challenges during the reporting period that impacted service delivery to program participants? If yes, how did you address the challenges, and do the challenges remain unresolved?

Did you engage with OJJDP training and technical assistance providers during this reporting period? If yes, did the providers adequately address your issue?

Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected minimum duration of participation?

Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected minimum frequency of participation?

Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected total number of hours of participation?

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved mental and emotional health?

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved social-emotional skills?

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved health and prosocial behaviors?

What you can collect, and how

Tier 1 is collected today from your own records. Tier 2 needs one free instrument. Tier 3 needs a partner under a data agreement. A measure that matches no rule has no tier.

Tier 1: Collect today from your own records

How many unique youth were matched with one or more mentors during this reporting period?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

How many unique youth have been matched with one or more mentors since the beginning of this award?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

How many unique mentors were matched with one or more youth during this reporting period?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

How many unique mentors have been matched with one or more youth since the beginning of this award?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

How many matches closed during this reporting period?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

How many unique youth were involved in matches that closed during this reporting period?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected minimum duration of participation?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected minimum frequency of participation?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected total number of hours of participation?

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

Tier 2: Add one free instrument

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved mental and emotional health?

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved social-emotional skills?

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved health and prosocial behaviors?

  • Instrument: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Public domain; 10 items, about 2-3 minutes). License: “freely available; permission not required for use.” Form: https://www.phenxtoolkit.org/toolkit_content/PDF/PX180901.pdf Also cleared in this domain: General Self-Efficacy Scale, Schwarzer/Jerusalem, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS).

Implementation question, answered from program records

Did you adjust the program plan as described in your application’s proposal narrative? If yes, what adjustments did you make, and why?

Did you experience any challenges during the reporting period that impacted service delivery to program participants? If yes, how did you address the challenges, and do the challenges remain unresolved?

Did you engage with OJJDP training and technical assistance providers during this reporting period? If yes, did the providers adequately address your issue?

What grantees achieved

1 grantee of Comprehensive Mentoring reported 5 results against targets over 4 periods; the median result was 103% of target (middle half 53% to 125%), and 60% met or exceeded the target. Source: Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, program monitoring reports, https://www.jwbpinellas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/VII-C-Program-and-Financial-Monitoring-Information.pdf.

Program-level figures, not individual grantees: Mentoring Children of Prisoners reported 11 results against targets over 3 periods; the median result was 95% of target (middle half 75% to 112%), and 45% met or exceeded the target. Source: OMB PART assessments (ExpectMore.gov archive), https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/omb/expectmore/detail/10002335.2004.html.

Program-level figures, not individual grantees: Mentoring Program reported 5 results against targets over 2 periods; the median result was 82% of target (middle half 73% to 135%), and 40% met or exceeded the target. Source: OMB PART assessments (ExpectMore.gov archive), https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/omb/expectmore/detail/10002335.2004.html.

Target-setting language with precedent

Each item comes from one funder, one program or one department; none is a government-wide rule.

No target-setting clause from Justice in the library yet; the items below are the nearest precedent.

What reviewers penalize

These ten weaknesses recur in 17 published reviewer critiques, mostly U.S. Department of Education and NIH. The count is the number of critiques that name it, not a rate, and a reviewer comment is a judgment.

Protocol skeleton

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Measures: How many unique youth were matched with one or more mentors during this reporting period?; How many unique youth have been matched with one or more mentors since the beginning of this award?; How many unique mentors were matched with one or more youth during this reporting period?; How many unique mentors have been matched with one or more youth since the beginning of this award?; How many matches closed during this reporting period?; How many unique youth were involved in matches that closed during this reporting period?; Did you adjust the program plan as described in your application’s proposal narrative? If yes, what adjustments did you make, and why?; Did you experience any challenges during the reporting period that impacted service delivery to program participants? If yes, how did you address the challenges, and do the challenges remain unresolved?; Did you engage with OJJDP training and technical assistance providers during this reporting period? If yes, did the providers adequately address your issue?; Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected minimum duration of participation?; Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected minimum frequency of participation?; Of the matches that closed during this reporting period, how many met the expected total number of hours of participation?; and 3 more listed above. Baseline: ____ months from award, using ____. Targets: set from the observed baseline at month ____, or committed now as a change of ____ percentage points from baseline.

Missing-data plan (how dropout and missing observations will be handled): ____

Comparison group or baseline (what you compare against and how the groups started): ____

Fallback if recruitment, data access or the first analysis falls short: ____

Fidelity threshold (what counts as full implementation, and how it is measured): ____

Instrument named, with its validity evidence and its rights (license) status: ____

Numeric target for each measure (a number, not a direction): ____

Analysis for each outcome (method, comparison, adjustment): ____

Data protection and data management (who holds identifiable data, where, for how long): ____

Feedback schedule (who reviews the data, how often, and what changes as a result): ____

Evaluator role and independence (who evaluates and how they are separate from delivery): ____

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