The south dakota division of criminal investigation, as the grantee for the south dakota internet crimes against children task force, will use the FY2025 internet crimes against children task force…

The Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded the South Dakota Attorney General's Office a Cooperative Agreement for $395,326 on October 1, 2025, under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543). The award funds the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force through September 30, 2026.

The funding supports dedicated personnel for the task force, recruitment of additional affiliate agencies, training for task force members on technology-facilitated crimes against children, hardware and software for investigating such crimes, and mental health wellness services for task force members. The effort targets the identification, apprehension, and prosecution of child sexual predators, with the ultimate beneficiaries being children identified and unidentified as victims of internet exploitation. The Attorney General's Office operates the task force through the Division of Criminal Investigation. Performance will be measured through monthly and semi-annual reports and other performance objectives required by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Place of performance is Pierre, South Dakota.

The south dakota division of criminal investigation, as the grantee for the south dakota internet crimes against children task force, will use the FY2025 internet crimes against children task force program grant funding to address personnel needs by adding additional affiliate agencies, to provide training to task force members that support the protection of children from exploitation via technology, to provide technology (hardware/software) that supports the investigation of technology facilitated crimes against children, and to provide mental health wellness to task force members. This focus will be directed at the continuation of dedicated personnel to support the effort. The funding will support training and technology that enhances existing efforts in the identification, apprehension, and prosecution of child sexual predators. The targeted population benefiting from this effort are children, both identified and unidentified, who are victims of internet exploitation. Progress will be measured through monthly and semi-annual reports and other performance objectives as required by the office of justice programs, office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.