Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers

 

Improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases and support the development of CACs and/or multi-disciplinary child abuse teams in local communities. (1) To train criminal justice system professionals on innovative techniques for investigating, and prosecuting child abuse cases, including victims of child pornography; (2) to promote a multidisciplinary approach to coordinating the investigations and prosecution of child abuse cases and, thereby limiting the number of necessary pre-trial interviews for child victims, as well as to better assure the accuracy of each interview; (3) to increase the number of communities utilizing a Childrens Advocacy Center approach to the investigation, prosecution and treatment of child abuse cases; (4) to assist communities in developing child-focused programs designed to improve the resources available to children and families; (5) to provide support to non-offending family members; (6) to enhance coordination among community agencies, professionals, and provide medical support to health care and mental health care professionals involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that respond to child abuse cases; and (7) to improve the quality of child abuse prosecution by providing specialized training and technical assistance to prosecutors. Child Advocacy Training: A competitive grant program to support child advocacy training in undergraduate programming and continuing education on multiple evidence-based methods for identifying and screening children for exposure to violence. The grants should support the training of future mandated reporters and child protection professionals and support efforts across the country to train child protection professionals in the field, including law enforcement officers, social workers, mental and medical health professionals, and prosecutors. The performance measures associated with these objectives are: PM 1: Percentage of new policies adhered to promising practices PM 2: Percentage of organizations who employed Enhanced Resource Guidelines PM 3: Percentage of new policies adhered to evidence-based practices

Active 16.758 Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice B - Project Grants Not applicable. 34 U.S.C. Sections 20303, 20304, and 20305
To provide training and technical assistance to professionals involved in investigating, prosecuting and treating child abuse as well as to support the development of Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) and multidisciplinary teams to investigate, prosecution and treat child abuse Please see program announcement for specific eligibility. May be limited to national organizations with broad membership among attorneys who prosecute criminal cases in state courts and have demonstrated experience in providing training and technical assistance to prosecutors. Or may be limited to nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. contact program office for additional information Generally applicant documentation includes the Standard Form 424 (SF-424 - Application for Federal Assistance), a program narrative, budget detail worksheet, and budget narrative. There also are a number of certifications that may be required, and other elements, as specified in the program announcement. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Effective FY 2021, applications are submitted to DOJ in a two-step process. Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html. To register in Grants.gov, applicants will need to obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and System for Award Management (SAM) registration or renewal. Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants at https://justicegrants.usdoj.gov/. To be considered timely, an application must be submitted by the application deadline using Grants.gov, and the applicant must have received a validation message from Grants.gov that indicates successful and timely submission. OJP urges applicants to submit applications at least 72 hours prior to the application due date to allow time for the applicant to receive validation messages or rejection notifications from Grants.gov and to correct in a timely fashion any problems that may have caused a rejection notification. Upon approval by the Assistant Attorney General, successful applicants are notified via DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants). The grant award must be accepted electronically by the receiving organizations authorized official in JustGrants. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Varies by project. Not applicable. See applicable program announcement. Varies by program. Applications are judged according to their consistency with the policies and program priorities established by OJJDP and applicable laws. Funds are also available to provide specialized training as well as technical assistance to improve child abuse prosecution, to develop and implement multidisciplinary child abuse investigation and prosecution programs, or to develop as well as implement specialized programs to identify and provide services to victims of child pornography. Performance Reports: To assist in fulfilling the Departments responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), Public Law 103-62, and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, Public Law 111–352, recipients must provide data that measures the results of their work. See Uniform Administrative Requirements, 2 C.F.R. Part 200 at Subpart F - Audit Requirements (Sec. 200.500 - 200.507) as adopted by D.O.J. in 2 C.F.R. Part 2800. All financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to the award must be generally retained for a period of three (3) years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report (Federal Financial Report/SF-425). For more information and exceptions, see Uniform Administrative Requirements 2 C.F.R. ? 200.333 as adopted by D.O.J. in 2 C.F.R. Part 2800. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Length and time phasing of assistance vary by project--see applicable program announcement. see applicable program announcement. None/Not specified. Office of Justice Programs
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531 US
jacqueline.o'reily@usdoj.gov
Phone: 202-307-5911 http://www.ojjdp.gov 15-0405-0-1-754 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$54,952,358.00; FY 23 est $41,000,000.00; FY 24 est $9,000,000.00; FY 21$22,320,522.00; FY 20$24,565,604.00; FY 19$21,068,266.00; FY 18$18,392,206.00; - Range and average of financial assistance varies by project and are posted at http://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/FundingList.asp as solicitations are released. Office of Justice Programs' Financial Guide (www.ojp.gov/financial guide/DOJ/index.htm.) and Post award Instructions (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/pdfs/post_award_instructions.pdf), applicable OMB Circulars, and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees, which can be found in title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations (28 C.F.R.). See program announcement and Uniform Administrative Requirements in 2 C.F.R. Part 200 as adopted and supplemented by D.O.J. in 2 C.F.R. Part 2800. Not applicable.