OJJDP FY25 Children’s Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program - Invited to Apply | O OJJDP 2025 172502

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OJJDP 2025 172502

The OJJDP FY25 Children's Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program - Invited to Apply is a continuation funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It is designed to strengthen the national Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) movement by providing support that ultimately reaches local CACs through subgrants. The core purpose is to improve how child abuse cases are handled by backing coordinated, evidence-informed interventions that reduce trauma for children, increase the effectiveness of investigations and prosecutions, and improve access to treatment and victim services.

CACs are built around a multidisciplinary team model, meaning they bring together the key agencies that respond to child abuse in a structured, coordinated way rather than operating in silos. These teams typically include child protective services, law enforcement, prosecutors, medical and mental health professionals, and victim advocates. By coordinating the response, CACs aim to minimize repeated interviews, improve information-sharing within legal and ethical boundaries, and ensure that children and families receive timely, appropriate support. This opportunity emphasizes that CACs are not simply service providers; they function as hubs that align intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems into a more child-focused and effective response.

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which usually indicates substantial involvement from the federal agency during the life of the project, such as collaboration on implementation, reporting, or strategic direction. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the program is listed under CFDA 16.758. The opportunity is labeled "Invited to Apply," and the eligible applicant category is "Others," with the named organization being National Children's Alliance, Inc., which signals this is not a broadly competed solicitation but a targeted continuation action intended for a specific entity to administer or expand subgrant assistance to CACs.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number O-OJJDP-2025-172502, an original closing date of December 8, 2025, and an award ceiling of $26,138,828. OJJDP anticipates making up to 3 awards. In practice, this suggests a sizable investment intended to support national-level management of subgrant programs, capacity-building, and system improvements that can be deployed across many CACs rather than funding a single local center directly.

Overall, the opportunity focuses on sustaining and enhancing the infrastructure that helps CACs deliver coordinated, trauma-informed responses to child abuse. By supporting subgrant assistance, the program aims to strengthen the quality and consistency of CAC practices, reinforce multidisciplinary collaboration, and improve outcomes for child victims and their families across communities.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY25 Children’s Advocacy Centers National Subgrants 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): 16.758.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-12-02.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-12-08. (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 $26,138,828.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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