With this solicitation, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks to develop and promote post-secondary and professional continuing education for child protection professionals in the field, including law enforcement
officers, social workers, mental and medical health professionals, and prosecutors.
Donor Name: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The goal of this program is to increase the knowledge base and skills of mandated reporters and child protection professionals to recognize and appropriately address the impact of violence and psychological trauma on children.
Objectives
OJJDP has identified the following specific program objectives:
- Increase the availability of training in university undergraduate and graduate programs (as well as continuing education programs) on multiple evidence-based methods for identifying and screening children for exposure to violence.
- Improve the preparedness and awareness of child- and family-serving professionals about the scope and seriousness of children exposed to violence and psychological trauma.
- Improve mandated reporters’ understanding of their nondiscrimination federal civil rights obligations when considering making reports to officials.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $800,000.
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount per Award: Awards will be up to $400,000.
Period of Performance
36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- State 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
- Nonprofits that do not have 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 the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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