SMART FY 2024 Keep Young Athletes Safe
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-SMART-2024-172099
- Agency
-
Office of Justice Programs
Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $2,123,869
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
-
- 16.840 Keep Young Athletes Safe
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
-
- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
-
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs is seeking applicants for the SMART FY 2024 Keep Young Athletes Safe grant opportunity. The grant aims to design and implement measures to safeguard amateur athletes from sexual, physical, and emotional abuse in sports programs overseen by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and national governing bodies (NGBs). Key requirements include developing educational materials, training programs, abuse prevention policies, background screening for staff and volunteers, and auditing systems to ensure compliance. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits or other eligible entities. The deadline to apply is August 9, 2024.
This grant opportunity has a typical duration of 4 years and award amounts around $6.8 million. The program has previously awarded two major grants to the U.S. Center for SafeSport in 2018 and 2021, each worth $6.8 million over 4 years. The place of performance is not specified, but the grant is intended to have a nationwide impact on amateur sports programs.
Synopsis
With this solicitation, the SMART Office seeks applicants to design and implement a program that aims to safeguard amateur athletes through the prevention of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the athletic programs of the USOPC and each NGB. Under the KYAS program, the grantee will design and implement measures to protect young athletes through the development of educational materials, training programs and policies, and necessary tools to help prevent and address identified abuse. Additionally, the grantee will develop background screening policies for new and existing USOPC organizational staff, including coaches, instructors and volunteers, and oversee regular and random audits to ensure that, once implemented, the policies and procedures to prevent and identify amateur athlete abuse are followed correctly. The KYAS program requires reporting of any allegations of sexual and physical abuse, following applicable state and federal reporting requirements.
On GovTribe
Work this opportunity
- Track it in your pipeline
- Find teaming partners
- Similar grant opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity