Deadline: 3-May-22
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for its Victims of Child Abuse Act Program.
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
The OJJDP FY 2022 Victims of Child Abuse (VOCA) Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Prosecutors program will fund a national training and technical assistance program for attorneys who are involved in the criminal prosecution of child abuse to enhance the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution of such crimes.
Goal: The program’s goal is to improve the quality of criminal prosecution of child abuse cases
Objectives
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To achieve its goal, OJJDP has established the following objectives:
- Develop and provide training opportunities for local and state prosecutors involved in child abuse cases for the purpose of improving the quality of criminal prosecution of such cases.
- Deliver technical assistance efforts for local and state prosecutors involved in child abuse cases for the purpose of improving the quality of criminal prosecution of such cases.
- Develop and promote publications and resources for local and state prosecutors involved in child abuse cases for the purpose of improving the quality of criminal prosecution of such cases.
- Coordinate proposed training and technical assistance with other OJJDP-funded VOCA programs to maximize efficient use of resources and avoid duplication of efforts.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $2,700,000.00
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/22 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $2,700,000.00
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility is limited to national organizations that have a broad representation of attorneys who prosecute criminal cases in state courts and have demonstrated experience in providing training and technical assistance for prosecutors.
- For purposes of this solicitation, whether an organization has a broad representation of attorneys will be determined based on those attorneys who are currently employees of the applicant organization, paid consultants, and/or attorneys from the applicant’s partner/subrecipient agencies.
- 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 13929 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 eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding.
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To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions:
- the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and
- the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law.
- The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338735
