Cooperative Agreement 2020MCFXK035

The Chicago Children's Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC) and its multidisciplinary team will implement a collaborative treatment model to provide trauma-informed and victim-centered services to help children and families heal from sexual abuse and serious maltreatment. Funded through a $425,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543), ChicagoCAC...

This $425,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will support Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in developing a pre-trial diversion program for youth with problematic sexual behaviors. Through this three-year award under the Missing Children's Assistance program, Mission Kids will train four therapists in cognitive behavioral therapy for problematic sexual behaviors and establish a...

The Joseph J. Peters Institute (JJPI) has been awarded a $450,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Missing Children's Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 16.543). The funding will enable JJPI to address problematic sexual behavior among youth in Philadelphia through the following means: Expanding access to evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Problem Sexual Behavior...

This $525,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.543 - Missing Children's Assistance) will enable the Cleveland Cuyahoga County Child Advocacy Center, doing business as Canopy Child Advocacy Center, to expand interventions and treatment for youth ages 7-17 with problematic or illegal sexual behavior, as well as provide treatment and support services for child victims and their non-offending caregivers in...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded $475,000 to Youth Outreach Services under a three-year Cooperative Agreement from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The award supports the Missing Children's Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 16.543), which aims to ensure equivalent access to drug court programs and examine related program data. Specifically, Youth Outreach Services will implement effective interventions...

The University of Alabama was awarded a $525,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.543 - Missing Children's Assistance) to provide community-based treatment services for youth with problematic sexual behaviors in four Alabama counties. The funding will enable the university's Youth Services Institute (YSI) to deliver teletherapy services, train local professionals, and engage a youth and caregiver advisory board to...

Children's Hospital Los Angeles received a $769,500 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded on March 15, 2026, with a completion date of March 14, 2029. This award supports the development and evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Autistic Youth (CBT-DAY), an autism-adapted clinical intervention designed to address the significantly elevated rates of depression and suicidal ideation...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $470,351 to the University of Southern California (USC) to explore barriers and facilitators of school officials' participation in Child Death Review (CDR) meetings to address adolescent suicide mortality. The key objectives of this 2-year award are to: 1) explore facilitators and barriers to...

The Community Collective for Youth and Family Resilience and Violence Prevention (CCYFR) project will deliver evidence-based interventions and programs to help families impacted by violence in Boulder and Broomfield counties, Colorado. Funded by a $900,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818), the University of Colorado will lead a...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Educational Service District 112 (ESD 112) to implement an innovative school-based mental health treatment and case coordination services project in Clark County, Washington. The 3-year project will fund 3 full-time school-based therapists to provide behavioral health therapy services and case coordination to support up to 100 high-risk students in the...