OJJDP FY 2026 Invited to Apply - Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Training, Technical Assistance, and Subgrants Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OJJDP-2026-172764
- Agency
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $12,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Calvin Cannon calvin.c.cannon@usdoj.gov (202) 856-8334
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention seeks applicants for the FY 2026 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Training, Technical Assistance, and Subgrants Program with an SF-424 due date of September 30, 2026. This opportunity is limited to the National CASA Association as the sole eligible applicant and funds one cooperative agreement.
The award amount is up to $10,000,000 over an 18-month period beginning October 1, 2026. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies. The cooperative agreement obligates the recipient to distribute a minimum of 80 percent of federal funds as subgrants to state and local CASA programs, with the remainder supporting national-level training, technical assistance, membership accreditation, and network coordination.
The program supports activities designed to ensure abused and neglected children in dependency court proceedings have access to court-appointed special advocates. Key activities include volunteer recruitment and retention strategies emphasizing family preservation and reunification outcomes, development of enhanced service models, revision of program accreditation standards, and capacity-building support to the existing network of 941 state and local CASA programs across 49 states and the District of Columbia, which currently engage approximately 88,000 active volunteers serving roughly 227,500 children annually.
The application requires two-step submission: SF-424 completion in Grants.gov by September 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET, followed by full application submission in JustGrants by October 8, 2026 at 8:59 p.m. ET. Required components include a proposal narrative (maximum 20 pages), detailed budget, project abstract, resumes and position descriptions for key personnel, logic model, and memoranda of understanding with partners.
The Assistance Listing number is 16.756.
Synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Training, Technical Assistance, and Subgrants Program - Invited to Apply. This opportunity seeks to fund one organization to carry out key activities designed to ensure abused and neglected children involved in dependency court proceedings have access to a court appointed special advocate (CASA).
Eligibility
National CASA Association
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| PKG00294214.pdf |
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