Fighting Underage Drinking

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More than $20 million has been awarded to states nationwide to help combat underage drinking, according a news release from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The federal grant money supports law enforcement, public education and other alliances that deal with young people and is being awarded through a program called Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws. Every territory and state, as well as the District of Columbia, has received $356,400 to go toward activities that hold adults accountable when they provide alcohol to minors. Here's the full news release from the OJP.

Child mentoring grant

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This from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service:
HHS Announces Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS') Administration for Children and Families is accepting applications for its Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program. The program supports the creation and maintenance of one-on-one mentoring relationships between children of incarcerated parents and caring, supportive adults, through a network of public and private community entities, in areas with substantial numbers of children of incarcerated parents. The application deadline is July 30, 2010. See grant RFP here.