Deadline: 22-Jun-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications under the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Children’s Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Programto advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
The OJJDP FY 2021 Children’s Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program provides support to CACs through a variety of subgrant assistance designed to enhance effective interventions in child abuse cases. CACs provide a coordinated response to child abuse victims through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives from the statutorily mandated and other agencies involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that respond to child abuse cases. The three categories of funding available under this solicitation are as follows:
- Category 1: National Subgrants Program
- Category 2: National Subgrants Program for Victims of Child Pornography
- Category 3: National Military Partnership Program
The goal of all three categories for this solicitation is to fund new or existing local CAC programs, state chapters, and multidisciplinary teams through competitive subgrants to maximize the reach and quality of direct services and local CAC operations.
Objectives
The objectives for all three categories are to:
- Develop and promulgate eligibility criteria for each RFP.
- Develop and publish RFPs to support CACs, state chapters, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Disseminate information among current and potential award recipients.
- Administer and oversee awards pursuant to the DOJ Grants Financial Guide.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $21,317,413.00
- National Subgrants Program: $18,317,413.00
- National Subgrants Program for Victims of Child Pornography: $2,000,000.00
- National Military Partnership Program: $1,000,000.00
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 18
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments, Other
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- Nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax are not eligible to apply.
- To advance Executive Order Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333386
