Deadline: 22 January 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding under the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Victims of Child Abuse (VOCA) Regional Children’s Advocacy Centers program.
The goal of this solicitation is to fund four regional children’s advocacy centers that will provide a full complement of training, technical assistance, and information to develop and strengthen multidisciplinary team investigations and responses to child abuse, local centers, and state chapter organizations of children’s advocacy centers.
The OJJDP FY 2019 Victims of Child Abuse (VOCA) Regional Children’s Advocacy Centers (RCAC) program supports four regional centers—one situated within each of the four U.S. Census regions—that (1) help to build and establish multidisciplinary teams, local programs, and state chapter organizations that respond to child abuse and neglect and (2) deliver training and technical assistance that strengthen existing multidisciplinary teams, programs, and state chapter organizations.
Funding Information
- OJJDP expects to make up to four awards of up to $1.25 million, with an estimated total amount awarded of up to $5 million.
- OJJDP expects to make awards for a 12-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2019.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Eligible applicants are limited to local public and private nonprofit children’s advocacy center agencies and organizations that can demonstrate a minimum of 5 years of experience providing regional or national training and technical assistance to a wide range of multidisciplinary professionals and others (including children’s advocacy center staff) with respect to the judicial handling and investigative response to child abuse and neglect cases.
- All recipients and sub-recipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- Nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts for the purposes of avoiding paying the tax described in 26 U.S.C. 511(a) are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=310510