The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding 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.
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/02/2021
Size of the Fund: USD $50,000 to $500,000
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding 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.
The goal of this program is to increase the knowledge base of mandated reporters and child protection professionals by creating, enhancing, or expanding and distributing training on evidence-based methods for identifying and screening children for exposure to violence.
Objectives
• Increase child advocacy training opportunities in undergraduate, graduate, or continuing education programs.
• Support integration of these trainings into degree or certificate-based tracks for child protection professionals.
Deliverables
Specific deliverables for this program include but are not limited to the following:
• Conduct an analysis of curricula needs in the area of child advocacy and children exposed to violence for child protection professionals, with recommendations to OJJDP.
• Develop a plan for integrating new or enhanced training curricula into post-secondary (undergraduate, graduate, or continuing education) educational programs to ensure maximum training opportunities for child protection professionals.
• Create new and/or enhance existing child protection training and disseminate/deliver training resources in response to the aforementioned plan.
Funding Information
• Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $900,000.00
• Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $450,000.00
• Anticipated Number of Awards: 2
• Period of Performance Duration (Months): 12
Eligible Applicants
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• City or township governments
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• County governments
• State governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Private institutions of higher education
More information at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333623
Eligible Countries:
United States
