OJJDP FY24 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program - Invited to Apply | O OJJDP 2024 172211

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The OJJDP FY24 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program - Invited to Apply is a federal grant opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) focused on strengthening how jurisdictions handle cases involving missing and exploited children. The core purpose is to build practical capacity within state, Tribal, and local agencies by expanding training and delivering hands-on technical assistance that supports more effective investigations and prosecutions. In plain terms, the program is meant to help agencies do this work better and more consistently by promoting proven approaches, encouraging the adoption of best practices, and improving day-to-day coordination and case outcomes for some of the most sensitive and high-risk crimes affecting children.

This opportunity is offered as a continuation and is labeled "Invited to Apply," which signals it is not a broadly competitive open call in the usual sense. The source information points specifically to Fox Valley Technical College, indicating that the invited applicant is expected to be that organization and that the funding is likely intended to continue or sustain an existing national or multi-jurisdictional training and technical assistance effort already underway. The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning OJJDP typically expects to have substantial involvement in the project during the performance period. Compared to a standard grant, this usually implies closer collaboration with the federal program office, more defined deliverables, ongoing coordination, and federal input into major project decisions, products, or national strategy alignment.

The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) number is 16.543. The opportunity anticipates a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1) with an award ceiling of $1,500,000. That ceiling represents the maximum amount expected for the award under this solicitation. The posting was created on 2024-07-18, and the original closing date for submission was 2024-07-25, which is a short turnaround typical of continuation or invited solicitations where the applicant is already positioned with a mature project plan and established infrastructure.

Programmatically, the work supported under this solicitation is oriented toward improving the full justice-system response to missing and exploited children cases, particularly the investigation and prosecution components. Capacity-building can include developing and delivering specialized training curricula, providing on-call or embedded technical assistance to agencies, helping jurisdictions implement evidence-based or field-tested investigative protocols, strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration, and improving case management practices. While the notice does not list specific deliverables, this kind of OJJDP training and technical assistance program commonly emphasizes consistent adoption of best practices, improved investigative quality, better interagency coordination, and stronger prosecutorial readiness, with the ultimate goal of increasing child safety and case resolution effectiveness while reducing preventable gaps in practice across jurisdictions.

Eligibility is listed as "Others," which is often used in federal listings when the eligible applicant pool is limited, specialized, or otherwise not captured by standard categories like state governments or nonprofits. In this case, the "Invited to Apply" framing and the explicit reference to Fox Valley Technical College strongly suggest eligibility is functionally tied to that entity for this continuation award. Overall, the opportunity represents targeted federal support to maintain and advance a training and technical assistance capability that helps frontline agencies and prosecutors respond more effectively to missing and exploited children cases, using standardized best practices and practical implementation support rather than purely research or direct service funding.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program - Invited to Apply" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.543.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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