This is a Modification to the Mentoring Children of Prisoners Announcement, HHS-2007-ACF-ACYF-CV-0029, published to the ACF Grant Opportunities webpage on April 3, 2007. The application procedures are hereby modified.

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 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.

Modification to the published announcement:

Please delete the following under Section II. Award Information:

Please replace the deleted language under Section II. Award Information with the following:

Please change the following under Section V. Application Review Information, EVALUATION CRITERIA, under the criteria entitled, “BUDGET AND BUDGET JUSTIFICATION,” #5, so that it includes  #6, as follows:

5. The extent to which the application justifies that the Federal share of the project cost is equal to or less than an expected cost of $1,000 Federal per child served based on the number of new matches proposed. (5 points)


Please note:  Five points will be awarded for successfully meeting this sub-criteria.  No points will be awarded if the expected cost per child served exceeds $1,000.  This calculation is made by dividing the total number of Federal funds over the 36-month project period by the total number of new matches to be made over the 36-month project.  For example, a program with a project cost of $200,000 in Years One and Two (and $300,000 in Year Three) will have a consistent Federal share of $150,000 for three years ($150,000 X 3 = 450,000).  To meet this criterion, the applicant must propose to create a minimum of 450 new matches over the 36-month project period.  The number of matches each year is not assumed to be equal (as there may be start up factors to consider).  Therefore, this information needs to be clearly and consistently stated in the application.  Any matches maintained beyond their initial timeframe, as referenced in Item #2 under Results and Benefits Expected criteria, are not considered to be new matches and are not included in this formula.

Please add the following under Section VIII. Other Information:

All information in this notice of correction is accurate and replaces information specified in the April 3, 2007 Program Announcement.

ANNOUNCEMENT AVAILABILITY:

To access this Program Announcement please go to the ACF Grant Opportunities webpage at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/index.html or to http://www.Grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Courtney Workman
Phone:  866-796-1591
Email:  FYSB@dixongroup.com