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Youth mentoring

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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DOJ OJP)

Mentoring Programs41 measures

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

RequiredoutputFY2026Q1

Tier 1: Collect today

A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

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
No target rule stated
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How many matches closed during this reporting period?

RequiredoutputFY2026Q5

Tier 1: Collect today

A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

Closed means the match came to a formal ending, representing the concluding process of a specific pairing between one youth and one or more mentors.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

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

RequiredoutputFY2026Q7

Implementation question, answered from program records

A yes/no question about your own program. You answer it from program records, so there is no data to collect.

The program plan outlines how grant activities will be managed to achieve award goals and benefits for program participants. It is part of the proposal narrative.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

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

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q13

Tier 2: Add one free instrument

Asks for a reported change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition.

Instruments for mental health and well-being

12 more on the instruments page.

Mental and emotional health refers to life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, adaptive coping with stress, hopeful future expectations, self-esteem, or sense of meaning and purpose.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

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

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q14

Tier 2: Add one free instrument

Asks for a reported change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition.

Instruments for mental health and well-being, youth development

19 more on the instruments page.

Social and emotional skills refer to self-control, social competence, problem-solving ability, skills for setting and pursuing goals, perseverance, self-advocacy, or career exploration.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

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

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q15

Tier 2: Add one free instrument

Asks for a reported change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition.

Instruments for youth development

5 more on the instruments page.

Health and prosocial behaviors refer to healthy eating, physical activity, treatment adherence, prosocial behavior, and civic engagement.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved interpersonal relationships?

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q16

Tier 2: Add one free instrument

Asks for a reported change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition.

Instruments for youth development

5 more on the instruments page.

Interpersonal relationships refer to parent-child relationship, very important non-parent adult, student-teacher relationship, peer relationships and feelings of loneliness, and community connectedness.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced improved academics?

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q17

Tier 1: Collect todayTier 3: Needs a partner

A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records. The outcome sits in a record another agency holds. You hold the participant list and count it.

You count your own participants; the school or district record confirms the outcome.

Partner routes for school records

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

Academics refer to academic performance, growth mindset for intelligence, academic self-efficacy, school or job training engagement, school or job training connectedness, or grades.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

Of the unique youth involved in matches that closed during this reporting period, how many experienced fewer occurrences of problem behaviors?

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q18

Tier 2: Add one free instrument

Asks for a reported change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition.

Instruments for youth development

5 more on the instruments page.

Problem behaviors refer to aggression, school misbehavior, substance use, truancy, school attendance, school discipline, delinquent behavior, and juvenile offending.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

Does the program have subgrantees?

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q2

Implementation question, answered from program records

A yes/no question about your own program. You answer it from program records, so there is no data to collect.

Subgrantees are organizations that receive a subaward from a primary grantee to carry out a portion of the approved federal grant program.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

What services are supported, in whole or in part, by OJJDP’s mentoring program grant funds? Select all that apply.

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q4

Narrative response

A prompt for a description, a selection or a short answer.

Answer options: o One-on-one mentoring o Group mentoring o Combined o Hybrid Combined refers to the mentee receiving both group and 1:1 mentoring. Hybrid means that the mentee is matched 1:1 to a mentor and mentoring is delivered only in a group setting.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

Does the program offer peer mentoring?

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q5

Implementation question, answered from program records

A yes/no question about your own program. You answer it from program records, so there is no data to collect.

Peer mentoring is a model where an older, trained youth or young adult mentors a younger peer, offering guidance, support, and a positive relationship to foster the younger person's development in areas such as academic success, social skills, and confidence.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

How will the mentoring matches engage according to the program model?

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q6

Narrative response

A prompt for a description, a selection or a short answer.

Answer options: o In-person o E-mentoring o Both In-person mentoring is when the mentor and the youth mentee meet face-to-face,. E-mentoring, or electronic mentoring, uses technology like email, apps, and video calls to connect mentors and mentees

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

What is the primary focus of the program? Please select all that apply.

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q7

Narrative response

A prompt for a description, a selection or a short answer.

Answer options: o General o Sports o STEM o Arts o Community service o Academics o Gang prevention o Youth with disabilities o College readiness o Career readiness o Substance misuse/impact o Juvenile justice o Other, specify: ____

Target
No target rule stated
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Which of the following best describes the program’s location(s)? Select all that apply.

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q8

Narrative response

A prompt for a description, a selection or a short answer.

Answer options: o Community-based o School-based o Site-based Community-based refers to structured programs that pair non- parental adult volunteers and young people from the same community to provide support, guidance, and positive role modeling. School-based mentoring pairs a student with a consistent adult mentor within the school environment. Site-based mentoring refers to a structured mentorship model, where a…

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

What is the target population of the program?

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q9

Narrative response

A prompt for a description, a selection or a short answer.

Answer options: o Female o Male o Juvenile justice involvement o Victimization/exploitation o Substance misuse/impact o Rural o Youth with parent in military o Youth with incarcerated parent o General youth population o Other, specify: ____ Target population refers to the subset of youth for whom the program is primarily designed and whom the program envisions participating in the program’s services.

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

What outcomes are anticipated for mentoring program participants? Select all that apply.

RequiredoutcomeFY2026Q21

Narrative response

A prompt for a description, a selection or a short answer.

Answer options: o Improved academics o Improved healthy and prosocial behaviors o Improved interpersonal relationships o Improved mental and emotional health o Improved social-emotional skills o Fewer occurrences of problem behaviors Mental and emotional health refers to life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, adaptive coping with stress, hopeful future expectations, self-esteem, or sense of meaning and purpose. So…

Target
No target rule stated
Source document

How grantees did

Results are attainment: actual divided by the promised value, for rows where the source gives both. Medians mix every measure a program reports; the measure pages split them.

Comprehensive Mentoring

Grantee-level resultsJuvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, program monitoring reports
1grantee
4measures
4periods
5results
103%median of target (53% to 125%)
60%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 5 with a target printed beside the result.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, Inc. · FY2019

    Percent of Pinellas County children who are matched for at least seven (7) months will have no new in- school or out-of-school suspensions during the school year of program participation as measured by independent verification with Pinellas County School data.

    75% → 77% (103% of target) · %

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
GranteePeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, Inc.FY2019Percent of Pinellas County children who are matched for at least seven (7) months will have no new in- school or out-of-school suspensions during the school year of program participation as measured by independent verification with Pinellas County School data.75%77%%103%document

Mentoring Children of Prisoners

Program-level summary, not granteesOMB PART assessments (ExpectMore.gov archive)
5measures
3periods
11results
95%median of target (75% to 112%)
45%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 11 with a target printed beside the result. These are agency-reported program figures, not individual grantees.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Mentoring Children of Prisoners · 2007

    By FY 2014, increase by two percent over the previous year's result the percent of children of prisoners receiving mentoring through Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) who will be or will have been in relationships lasting at least one year.

    60.0% → 34.0% (57% of target) · %

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
Reporting entityPeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Mentoring Children of Prisoners2007By FY 2014, increase by two percent over the previous year's result the percent of children of prisoners receiving mentoring through Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) who will be or will have been in relationships lasting at least one year.60.0%34.0%%57%document

Mentoring Program

Program-level summary, not granteesOMB PART assessments (ExpectMore.gov archive)
5measures
2periods
5results
82%median of target (73% to 135%)
40%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 5 with a target printed beside the result. These are agency-reported program figures, not individual grantees.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Mentoring Program · 2007

    The percentage of mentored students who demonstrate improvement in core academic subjects as measured by grade point average after twelve months. (2005 cohort)

    49.6 → 22.0 (44% of target) · %

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
Reporting entityPeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Mentoring Program2007The percentage of mentored students who demonstrate improvement in core academic subjects as measured by grade point average after twelve months. (2005 cohort)49.622.0%44%document

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. All clauses

EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.110(c)

Paraphrase

An applicant that lacks a baseline explains how and when it will establish one.

It lets you write: State that no baseline exists yet, and say how and by when you will establish it.

Source document, 2024

NIH PAR-25-383, Section VI

Paraphrase

Future-year milestones may be renegotiated based on prior-year data.

It lets you write: List milestones for year 1 and state that later-year milestones will be renegotiated from year-1 data.

Source document, 2025