Funding & Event Highlights for Youth Service Providers
Funding Opportunities
Office for Victims of Crime's Enhanced Collaboraitve Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
This opportunity supports jurisdictions in developing and expanding a multidisciplinary, collaborative task force approach to better respond to human trafficking through increased victim identification, service provision, and case investigations. This collaborative approach should include victim and social service providers; local, state, and federal law enforcement and prosecution personnel; survivors of human trafficking; and other governmental and nongovernmental partners to work together to provide services for victims of trafficking and to investigate and prosecute traffickers. ECM task forces also train law enforcement and other stakeholders on how to identify victims of human trafficking and related offenses, and conduct victim-centered investigations to prosecute traffickers. There are 3 categories for funding for this opportunity:
- Category 1: Development of New Local or Tribal Human Trafficking Task Forces
- Category 2: Expansion of Local or Tribal ECM Human Trafficking Task Forces Previously Funded by OJP
- Category 3: Enhanced Support for Statewide Task Forces (New or Previously OJP-funded)
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline October 14, 2026; JustGrants deadline October 20, 2026
AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP
This funding announcement is an opportunity for communities to apply for funding to engage adults ages 55 and older in tackling some of the community’s most pressing needs through the AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP program. AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP volunteers tutor children, help prepare simple taxes, assist victims of natural disasters, provide nutrition/food support, facilitate opioid and substance abuse education workshops, and serve in their communities in many other ways. AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP volunteers choose how, where, and how often they want to serve, with commitments ranging from a few hours to a maximum of 40 hours per week. While serving, AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP volunteers improve their own lives by staying active and civically engaged.
Deadline: October 20, 2026
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program
This opportunity supports states, units of local government, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations to deliver substance use prevention programs for youth in schools and extracurricular settings in coordination with law enforcement and community coalitions. This includes building community-based capacity and implementing a continuum of prevention strategies that address youth substance use, such as education, early intervention, mentoring, referral to treatment, and investigations in coordination with local law enforcement and community coalitions.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline October 29, 2026; JustGrants deadline November 5, 2026
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Multistate Mentoring Programs
This opportunity supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and going into the juvenile justice system. Mentoring services can be one-on-one, group, peer, or a combination of these types. Funding will support:
- Mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger at the time of admission to the program. Mentors must be an adult (age 18 or older), or in cases where peer mentoring models are being implemented, an older peer under adult supervision.
- Mentoring services to youth who demonstrate need but have not participated in mentoring services due to limited or lack of mentoring programs in their community or a shortage of trained and screened mentors, new mentoring matches, as well as existing mentoring matches through program completion.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline October 29, 2026; JustGrants deadline November 5, 2026
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
This opportunity will support states, units of local government, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, and community based organizations to provide (1) comprehensive reentry services for moderate- to high-risk youth before, during, and after release from confinement, and (2) support transitional services to assist youth to successfully reenter the community. This program supports collaborations between state agencies, local government, Tribes, and community- and faith-based organizations to address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for moderate to high-risk juvenile offenders returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities. This NOFO provides two categories of funding:
- Category 1: Improving Youth Reentry will support states, local governments, and Tribal governments in partnership with interested persons (including federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit organizations to provide comprehensive reentry services for moderate to highrisk youth before, during, and after release from confinement.
- Category 2: Strengthening Community-Based Youth Reentry Programs will support nonprofit organizations to provide transitional services to assist in the successful reintegration of youth into the community.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline November 2, 2026; JustGrants deadline November 9, 2026
ALDI Community Gift Card Program
The ALDI Community Gift Card (ACGC) program offers gifts valued between $100 and $1,000 to qualified nonprofits and schools committed to supporting after-school and out-of-school youth programs. Through this program, we collaborate with local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including schools, to benefit all children in the community. Whether your mission focuses on supporting children through education, arts, athletics, or addressing food insecurity, we encourage you to apply for support from the ALDI Community Gift Card Program.
Deadline: October 31, 2026
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
The Foundation awards grants to organizations for which a small amount of money might make a large difference. It welcomes requests for support from community-based, non-profit organizations based in the United States. The Foundation will consider requests to support museums, cultural and performing arts programs; schools and hospitals; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and programs. Awards typically range from $1,000 to $20,000. Funding requests should not exceed $20,000 or one-quarter of the organization's income averaged over the past three years. The Foundation cannot make grants to individuals.
Deadline: November 10, 2026
AmeriCorps State and National Grants
AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations that engage AmeriCorps Volunteers in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps Volunteer is a person who does community service through AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps Volunteers may receive a living allowance and other benefits. After successful completion of their service, AmeriCorps Volunteers earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans. This is a funding opportunity for institutions of higher education; local governments, school districts; nonprofit organizations; state service commissions; states and US Territories; Indian Tribes; and public health departments to apply for AmeriCorps Volunteers to strengthen communities through service.
Deadline: January 13, 2027
The Make Sense Foundation
The Make Sense Foundation supports nonprofit organizations across the United States working to improve the lives of women and children in need. Funding spans seven areas: domestic violence, human trafficking, homelessness, poverty and food security, at-risk youth, health and wellness, and education and training.
Deadline: Rolling
Free Webinars and Trainings
Bringing Generations Together
Intergenerational Housing Learning Network
October 8, 2026
How to Manage Risk and Get Ready for the Next Crisis
National Human Services Assembly
November 17, 2026
Upcoming Events
2026 Youth Justice in Action Conference
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
October 13-15, 2026
Pittsburgh, PA
2026 National Symposium on Solutions to End Youth Homelessness
Point Source Youth
October 14-15, 2026
Baltimore, MD
National Mentoring Summit
MENTOR
January 28-29, 2027
Washington, DC
National Summit on Youth Homelessness
National Network for Youth
February 25-26, 2027
Washington, DC
Generations United Global Conference
Generations United
July 21-23, 2027
Arlington, VA