Grant Central Winter 2015 by Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Grant Central IMPORTANT NEWS:

WHAT’S NEW WITH OJP FY 2014?

Winter 2015

volume 7 • issue 3

IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS DATE

ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

01/01/2015 - 01/31/2015 January is National Mentoring Month!

Plan an Event to Recognize Mentors at Your Club! For more information, click here

01/13/2015 - 12/31/2015 OJP FY 2014 National Mentoring Programs Grant Cycle 01/16/2015 Issuance of OJP 2014 LOAs for Clubs selected to receive OJP 2014 grant funding. 01/27/2015 OJP 2014 Grant Activation and Financial Reporting Webinar (10:00 AM & 2:00 PM EST)

Grant Cycle is

Jan. 13, 2015 – Dec. 31, 2015 As reported in the Fall 2014 issue of Grant Central, BGCA has been awarded $25,000,000 in OJP National Mentoring Programs funding for the FY 2014 fiscal year. In accordance with funder guidelines, the OJP FY 2014 National Mentoring Programs (NMP) grant cycle will be adjusted this year; this new grant cycle will likely remain the standard OJP NMP grant cycle in coming fiscal years. The OJP FY 2014 grant cycle will be Jan. 13, 2015 – Dec. 31, 2015. Clubs receiving OJP NMP grants will not be eligible this year to request and receive reimbursement for OJP NMP expenditures prior to Jan. 13, 2015.

01/28/2015 OJP 2014 Program and Performance Measures Reporting Webinar (10:00 AM & 2:00 PM EST) 01/28/2015 - 01/30/2015 2015 National Mentoring Summit Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C. 03/26/2015 OJP 2014 Program and Performance Measures Reporting Webinar (10:00 AM & 2:00 PM EST) 04/03/2015 OJP 2013 National Mentoring Program Reports: Program and Performance Measures Reports for activity from Jan. 13, 2015 – Mar. 30, 2015 are due. Additional Information Federal Grants Administration Learning Opportunities:

Information about Federal Grants administration webinars, trainings, compliance requirements, resources, and other special notices are regularly updated on the Federal Grants page of BGCA.net.

Mentoring Youth At-Risk Also new for OJP FY 2014 is the Mentoring Youth At-Risk programmatic emphasis, which includes: youth at-risk, high-risk youth, and youth residing in high-risk environments and distressed areas. To assist Clubs in identifying and aligning appropriate mentoring programs and services, OJP FY 2014 grantees will be provided with a Mentee Risk Profile template. This tool is intended to help Club staff and mentors: 1. note the individual and/or environmental risk factors that are faced by a mentee; 2. determine which prevention programs would provide the best support to the mentee given the individual and/or environmental risk factors; 3. determine whether any additional mentor training and/or support systems may be needed to provide the best support to the mentee, given the individual and/or environmental risk factors. A Mentee Risk Profile must be filled out for each mentee. The Mentee Risk Profile Tool can be accessed here.

OJP FY 2014 Letters of Agreement Letters of Agreement (LOAs) were emailed Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, to Clubs recommended to receive funding. Please contact your BGCA Federal Grants Specialist or Director of Organizational Development (DOD) with questions or input regarding OJP FY 2014 grants.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE INAUGURAL 2014 KIWANIS CLUB IMPACT AWARD RECIPIENTS! When it comes to supporting children, Kiwanis International and Boys & Girls Clubs of America have enjoyed long and successful histories of serving those youth most in need. For the past eight years, leaders of the two organizations have collaborated to support Kiwanis Club and Boys & Girls Club partnerships at the local community level, with the stated objective being simply to improve the lives of children. To that end, BGCA and Kiwanis International have developed and mobilized a National Mentor Recruitment Collaboration intended to support the mentoring needs of all children, with an emphasis on addressing the mentoring needs of Boys & Girls Club members nationwide, while simultaneously reducing the existing mentor gap for minority males in the US. To promote and appropriately recognize the impact of successful local Kiwanis Club/ Boys & Girls Club collaborative best practices, this past year BGCA invited Boys & Girls Clubs to submit nominations for the Kiwanis Club Impact Award program. Each year, BGCA will present this prestigious national award in recognition of extraordinary Kiwanis Club support of local Boys & Girls Clubs. BGCA would like to congratulate the five Kiwanis Club recipients of the inaugural award.

Kiwanis Clubs Recognized Kiwanis Club of Martin County (Fla.) The University City Kiwanis Club (N.C.) Kiwanis Club of Rock Hill, S.C. Kiwanis Club of Orlando Kiwanis Club of Robeson (N.C.)

Name of Nominating Boys & Girls Club Boys & Girls Club of Martin County Boys & Girls Clubs of Pitt County Boys & Girls Clubs of York County Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Boys & Girls Club of Lumberton/ Robeson County The 2014 Kiwanis Club Impact Awards will be presented at the Florida and Carolinas Kiwanis Club Mid-Winter Conferences this February.

Club Spotlight:

A MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND THE RIO RANCHO KIWANIS CLUB

The Mayor of Rio Rancho (center) participated in the “Sunday is Funday” event, sponsored by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico and the Rio Rancho Kiwanis Club.

BGCA defines a mentor as, “A caring individual who, along with parents or guardians, provides young people with emotional support, counsel, friendship, reinforcement and a constructive example in a structured environment.” The long-standing collaboration between the Rio Rancho Kiwanis Club and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico has opened the door for Kiwanis Club members to serve as mentors to Club kids. The Kiwanis mentors provide homework assistance and coordinate a back-to-school clothes shopping spree for kids in financial need. Kiwanis members also assist with a scholarship fund that provides financial support to families for participation in Club programming. Establishing a strong relationship with their Kiwanis Club has helped the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico expand services to youth in the Rio Rancho Community.

The Rio Rancho Kiwanis Club has volunteered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico’s Rio Rancho branch for over 25 years,” said Tim Sheahan, CPO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico. “The Kiwanis Club has helped build a KaBOOM! playground onsite with our Club members, read to Club members, and helped with the annual spring cleaning of the Club property. They hold their meetings at the Boys & Girls Club every other week and have invited some of our teenagers to their meetings to listen to guest speakers. In fact, it was through their tremendous support that this Club became a reality back in 1990.” To learn more about BGCA National Mentor Recruitment Collaborations, please click here.

MENTORING AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS IN ACTION: PLEASE SHARE YOUR BEST PRACTICES WITH BGCA!

REQUIRED MENTORING AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ONLINE TRAINING FOR ALL OJP FY 2014 NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS GRANT RECIPIENTS

BGCA’s Federal Grants Department continues to seek Mentoring Best Practices from grant recipients. We’d like to share “the best of the best” and hear more about how Mentoring Programs implemented through BGCA federal pass-through funding have positively impacted our Clubs and communities. The goal is to share success stories and best practices throughout the Movement. Please complete the Best Practices Form and submit your best practices today!

Interested in seeing your Club featured in the next issue of Grant Central? Are you doing great things with OJP federal grant funding received through BGCA? If so, please tell us about it! We may include your success story as a feature on BGCA.net or in an upcoming edition of Grant Central. Please visit the Federal Grants page on BGCA.net for details or email Marie Gordon at mgordon@bgca.org.

The Mentoring at Boys & Girls Clubs distance learning course is required for all OJP FY 2014 grant recipients. An informative, interactive 50-minute online resource accessed through the Boys & Girls Clubs Leadership University School of Youth Development, Mentoring at Boys & Girls Clubs will assist Clubs in effectively creating a mentoring program model and provides a comprehensive overview of the six steps to implementing a mentoring program. The appropriate professional responsible for administering the mentoring programs at each OJP-funded Club site is required to complete the Mentoring at Boys & Girls Clubs distance learning course and to record participation in the quarterly online grant program reports submitted to BGCA. To learn more about how to access this course click here.

This project was supported by Federal Award Number 2014-JUFX-0018 administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) through Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA). Points of view or opinions contained within this document do not necessarily represent the official position, or policies, of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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