OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OJJDP-2026-172744
- 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 $1,200,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- For Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Points of contact
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- OJP Response Center ojp.responsecenter@usdoj.gov (800) 851-3420
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is soliciting applications for a single cooperative agreement of up to $1,200,000 to provide training and technical assistance strengthening multidisciplinary responses to missing and exploited children cases, with applications due October 29, 2026.
Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, for-profit organizations, and small businesses. No cost share or matching funds are required.
The award supports a 12-month performance period beginning January 1, 2027. The program builds capacity of state, Tribal, and local agencies—including prosecutors, law enforcement, child protection personnel, and medical providers—to investigate and prosecute missing and exploited children cases and strengthen coordinated multidisciplinary responses.
Recipients must deliver nine core training modules covering sextortion offenses, child abuse investigations, community action planning, child sex trafficking response, evidence handling and presentation, and disclosure procedures. Additional deliverables include performance reports demonstrating progress toward program goals. The successful applicant must coordinate with the current training provider to ensure continuity of services.
Unallowable activities include violations of federal immigration law and federal civil rights laws, and provision of legal services to removable aliens, except for specified exceptions including protection orders and authorized immigration-related legal services.
The funding opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2026-172744, issued under the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74). Applications require two-step submission: SF-424 form in Grants.gov by October 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET, followed by complete application in JustGrants by November 5, 2026 at 8:59 p.m. ET.
The opportunity falls under CFDA 16.543, Missing Children's Assistance.
Synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance program. This opportunity will build the capacity of state, Tribal, and local agencies to effectively investigate and prosecute cases of missing and exploited children. The program provides assistance to multidisciplinary teams of prosecutors, state and local law enforcement, child protection personnel, medical providers, and other child-serving professionals to strengthen multidisciplinary responses to cases of missing and exploited children and improve the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| PKG00294192.pdf |
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