Cooperative Agreement U01CE003409

This $399,700 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) supports a research study to evaluate the equivalence of in-person and virtual delivery of the Safe Touches child sexual abuse prevention program. The study will assess concept learning acquisition and retention among elementary school students, as well as factors impacting program adoption and...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award U01CE003658, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136), provides $349,991.00 to Prevent Child Abuse America to evaluate the effects of state policy strategies on preventing multiple forms of violence against children. The 3-year project, which began on September 30, 2024 and will be...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award R01CE003658 was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136). The $349,991 award, spanning September 2024 to September 2027, will support Prevent Child Abuse America in evaluating the effects of state-level policy strategies on preventing multiple forms of violence against children. As a...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, through the Keep Young Athletes Safe (CFDA 16.840) grant program, awarded a $2,186,369 project grant to the United States Center for SafeSport. This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will support the Center's comprehensive strategy to prevent sexual, emotional, and physical abuse in youth athletic programs. Key deliverables include: Expanding education and training offerings to reach beyond national governing bodies (NGBs)...

The $525,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543) aims to reduce youth sexual reoffending and ensure victim treatment in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The grant supports the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention (AIP), a non-profit organization, in enhancing the existing multidisciplinary team to: (1) expand AIP's problematic sexual behavior treatment team...

This Project Grant awarded by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Research and Evaluation (R & E) Program (CFDA 16.026) provides $496,834 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop and pilot test a prevention approach tailored for sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) and their caregivers. The project aims to address disparities in adolescent relationship abuse among SGDY. The team will collaboratively co-design an intervention informed by theories...

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...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) to S.A.F.E. Place, a non-profit domestic shelter in Battle Creek, Michigan. The 36-month grant will enable S.A.F.E. Place to enhance and expand existing youth prevention programs addressing domestic violence, dating...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $825,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Children Exposed to Violence (CEV) program to SBCS Corporation, a non-profit organization based in Chula Vista, California. The three-year project, starting October 1, 2024, will address childhood exposure to domestic violence by implementing a trauma-informed, evidence-based, two-generation model of care for families residing at the Casa Segura...

The Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $116,925 cooperative agreement to Social Current Inc. under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to conduct an implementation study and evaluation. The study will summarize work by five demonstration sites using a public health approach to reduce childhood fatalities from neglect. It will seek to understand how the demonstration sites' collaborative strategies and national technical assistance can...