Through this award, the mississippi attorney generals office willcontinue to lead the mississippi internet crimes against children task force, as IT has done since 2007

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded the Mississippi Attorney General's Office a cooperative agreement of $416,214 on October 1, 2025, under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543) to continue leading the Mississippi Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The award funds prevention, investigation, and prosecution of child sexual abuse in Mississippi through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Jackson, Mississippi.

The task force has operated since 2007 and addresses a rising volume of cybertips reporting child sexual abuse material and online child exploitation. Project activities maintain and strengthen alliances with federal, state, and local partners to combat technology-facilitated crimes against children. Expected outcomes include shared investigations among affiliates; creation of multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency partnerships for forensic analysis of electronic media in child sexual abuse and online crime cases; prosecutions in state and federal courts; and public, law enforcement, and judicial education on electronic child crimes awareness, prevention, and safety under Internet Crimes Against Children standards.

The purpose is to work diligently to prevent, investigate, and prosecute child sexual abuse in the state of mississippi. The states population has held steady around 3 million, as shown in the 2010 and 2020 census numbers, but the task force sees a yearly increase in cybertips of child sexual abuse material and other child exploitation. The mississippi internet crimes against children task forces project activities are designed to maintain and strengthen alliances with federal, state, and local partners to fight the rise in technology-facilitated crimes against children. Expected outcomes include investigations shared among affiliates; creation of additional multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency partnerships to forensically analyze electronic media in cases of the sexual abuse of children and online crimes; prosecutions in state and federal courts; and education of the public, law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges on electronic child crimes awareness prevention and safety under internet crimes against children standards.