The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is accepting applications for its Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/21/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This NOFO will support child advocacy training in undergraduate programming and continuing education (i.e., graduate level and professional licensing courses). Funds will support the training of future mandated reporters and child protection professionals and support efforts to train child protection professionals, including law enforcement officers, social workers, medical professionals, behavioral health professionals, and prosecutors.
This purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or enhance curricula in an effort to ensure that every mandated reporter and child protection professional receives training in multiple evidence-based methods for identifying and screening children for exposure to violence. The curricula should be integrated into undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs for these professionals to have maximum access to training opportunities.
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $835,375
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $417,687
- Period of Performance Duration: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- Educational Organizations
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For-Profit Organizations
- Organizations other than small businesses
- Other
- Other units of local government
For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
