OJJDP FY24 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - Invited to Apply
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OJJDP-2024-172229
- Agency
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,800,000 to $38,994,666
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
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About this opportunity
Paragraph 1:
This federal grant opportunity from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks to support the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) program. The purpose is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, find missing children, and provide technical assistance and training to victims, their families, and professionals. The grant has three categories: operating a national resource center and clearinghouse, providing operational support for the AMBER Alert program, and supporting the Children's Justice Project for unidentified human remains of children. The evaluation criteria and objectives focus on the applicant's ability to effectively deliver these critical services. The application deadline is August 29, 2024.
Paragraph 2:
Recent awards under the Missing Children's Assistance program have ranged from $400,000 to over $40 million, with most falling between $500,000 and $2 million for 1-3 year periods. The grant is structured as a cooperative agreement, and the services are intended to be delivered nationwide by non-profit organizations, universities, and law enforcement agencies.
Synopsis
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support the activities of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Program. Under Category 1, the purpose of the National Resource Center and Clearinghouse, operated by NCMEC, a nonprofit organization founded in 1984, is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; find missing children; and provide technical assistance/training to victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them. Under Category 2, OJJDP seeks to provide operational support for the National AMBER Alert Program through its AMBER Alert Secondary Distribution (AASD) Program, Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and Team Adam Deployment. Under Category 3, OJJDP seeks to provide support for the Children's Justice Project, by providing resources to address the Unidentified Human Remains of Children.
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