OJJDP FY24 Child Victimization and Juvenile Justice Prosecution Training and Technical Assistance Program | O OJJDP 2024 172173

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The OJJDP FY24 Child Victimization and Juvenile Justice Prosecution Training and Technical Assistance Program is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), focused on improving how prosecutors handle child victimization cases involving youth in out-of-home placements and other custodial settings. The central goal is to fund an organization to deliver targeted training and hands-on technical assistance that strengthens prosecution capacity and outcomes in a specific area that is widely recognized as difficult to investigate and bring to court: situations where children or youth report being victimized while they are in custodial care. The solicitation highlights that these cases, compared to victimization that occurs when a child is not in out-of-home placement, are much less likely to result in prosecution, which points to systemic barriers like complex custodial authority structures, reporting challenges, credibility issues, institutional resistance, fragmented records, and the heightened vulnerability of the victims.

The program is intended to build practical, field-ready expertise for prosecution of child victimization in settings such as foster care placements, group homes, shelter care, and other custodial environments. In plain terms, the funded effort is expected to help prosecutors and allied professionals better recognize these cases, develop them effectively, and pursue them appropriately through the justice process. While the notice does not list a full set of activities in the excerpt provided, the phrase "training and technical assistance" typically signals a combination of structured learning (such as curricula, toolkits, webinars, in-person trainings, and model policies) plus individualized support to jurisdictions (such as case consultation frameworks, problem-solving assistance, implementation coaching, and peer learning opportunities). The emphasis is not just awareness, but improved prosecution efforts, meaning the work should translate into stronger case screening, improved investigation-prosecution coordination, better victim-centered approaches, and more consistent ability to move cases forward when appropriate.

Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, which generally means OJJDP expects substantial involvement in shaping or overseeing project deliverables, milestones, or collaboration throughout the project period rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. The opportunity has an award ceiling of $2,000,000 and OJJDP anticipates making a single award, so applicants are effectively competing to serve as the national or primary provider for this specialized training and technical assistance function. The posted closing date for applications was July 18, 2024, and the opportunity was created on June 6, 2024. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the CFDA (assistance listing) number is 16.757.

Eligibility is broad and includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the non-IHE nonprofit categories listed), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. That eligibility range suggests OJJDP is primarily looking for demonstrated expertise, capacity, and national reach rather than restricting the competition to a single sector. The opportunity number associated with this solicitation is O-OJJDP-2024-172173, and the funding opportunity title is exactly as listed: "OJJDP FY24 Child Victimization and Juvenile Justice Prosecution Training and Technical Assistance Program."

At its core, this solicitation is about closing a gap in accountability and access to justice for a highly vulnerable population: children and youth who are harmed while under the care or supervision of systems that are supposed to protect them. By funding a specialized training and technical assistance provider, OJJDP is aiming to increase the ability of prosecutors and partner agencies to pursue these cases effectively, reduce the likelihood that allegations are dismissed or never charged due to preventable barriers, and improve system responses where victimization occurs in foster care, congregate care, shelter environments, or other custodial settings.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Child Victimization and Juvenile Justice Prosecution Training and Technical Assistance Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.757.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-18. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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, Small businesses.

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