Deadline: 18-Jun-2024
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 for the Children’s Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program.
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to provide 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 agencies involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that respond to child abuse.
Goals
- 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 subaward recipients.
- Administer and oversee subawards pursuant to the DOJ Grants Financial Guide
Priority Areas
- In order to further OJP’s mission, OJP will provide priority consideration when making award decisions to the following:
- Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
- To receive this consideration, the applicant must describe how the proposed project(s) will address identified inequities and contribute to greater access to services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
- Applicants that demonstrate that their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they (or at least one proposed subrecipient that will receive at least 40 percent of the requested award funding, as demonstrated in the Budget web-based form) are a population-specific organization that serves communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
- For purposes of this solicitation, population-specific organizations are nonprofit, nongovernmental, or Tribal organizations that primarily serve members of a specific underserved population and have demonstrated experience and expertise providing targeted services to members of that specific underserved population.
- Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
Categories
- Category 1: National Subgrants Program
- The successful applicant will operate a national subgrant program to support local CACs, state chapters, and multidisciplinary teams that provide a coordinated investigation and comprehensive response to child abuse. Specifically, the successful applicant will release requests for proposals (RFPs) to award subgrants (subject to OJJDP approval) based on identified national needs and a clearly defined funding strategy. The successful applicant will offer training and technical assistance specific to the RFP as well as limited targeted training aligned with the subgrant categories, and provide oversight and monitoring of subaward activities in conformance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide.
- Category 2: National Subgrants Program for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Material
- The successful applicant will operate a national subgrant program to support local CACs, state chapters, and multidisciplinary teams to improve the response to and provide services to children who are victims of child sexual abuse material, including those victims of child sexual abuse material who are also victims of commercial sex trafficking. The successful applicant will release RFPs to award subgrants (subject to OJJDP approval) based on identified national needs and a clearly defined funding strategy. The successful applicant will offer training and technical assistance specific to the RFP as well as limited topical training for local CACs, state chapters, and multidisciplinary teams. Finally, the successful applicant will provide oversight and monitoring of subaward activities in conformance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide.
- Category 3: National Military Partnership Program
- The successful applicant will collaborate with military installations to explore ways in which the CAC model can be leveraged to help military installations address cases of child abuse and will provide subgrants to local CACs to identify, develop, and operationalize best practices. The successful applicant will release RFPs to award subgrants (subject to OJJDP approval) based on the identified needs regarding CAC and military collaboration as related to the response to child abuse. In addition, the successful applicant will provide training and technical assistance specific to the RFP as well as targeted support for the overall project and selected subgrantees and provide oversight and monitoring of subaward activities in conformance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide.
Funding Information
- Anticipated total amount to be awarded under this solicitation: $29,000,000
- Anticipated maximum dollar amount per award: Awards will be up to
- Category 1 anticipated maximum amount $26,000,000;
- Category 2 anticipated maximum amount $2,000,000,
- Category 3 anticipated maximum amount $1,000,000
- Period of performance start date: October 1, 2024
- Period of performance duration (months): 18
- Anticipated number of awards: 3
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- Public- and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- 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
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
