OJJDP FY 18 VOCA Support for Children's Advocacy Centers | OJJDP 2018 13504

Opportunity Information: Apply for OJJDP 2018 13504

The OJJDP FY 18 VOCA Support for Children's Advocacy Centers (OJJDP 2018 13504) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, offered through cooperative agreements to strengthen and expand the Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) model nationwide. Created on March 28, 2018, with an original closing date of May 14, 2018, the program anticipated making about five awards, with a maximum award amount (ceiling) of up to $10,000,000. The overall focus is on improving coordinated, victim-centered responses to child abuse and exploitation by supporting CAC infrastructure, local CAC capacity, specialized services for certain victims, and targeted pilot efforts in specific community contexts.

The opportunity is structured around four categories. Category 1 supports a national membership and accreditation organization for CAC programs. Funding in this category is meant to help that national entity provide direct services to CAC member organizations and maintain or implement standards used for CAC program accreditation. In practical terms, this category emphasizes nationwide consistency and quality improvement by ensuring CACs can align with established best practices, receive technical assistance and support as members, and participate in an accreditation process that promotes strong multidisciplinary coordination and effective child-focused services.

Category 2 funds the management of a national grant awards program for local CACs. Rather than directly funding only individual local centers through separate competitions, this category is designed to resource an entity capable of administering a structured national subaward program. The intent is to distribute support efficiently to local CAC programs, strengthen on-the-ground services, and create a centralized mechanism for oversight, monitoring, and capacity-building tied to grant-funded activities. This approach can help standardize expectations for local grantees while still allowing funds to reach communities where direct services are delivered.

Category 3 directly funds CACs to provide services for child pornography victims. This category recognizes that victims depicted in child sexual abuse materials often have long-term, complex needs, including trauma-informed advocacy, therapy, and support navigating investigative and legal processes. Funding here is geared toward enabling CACs to deliver or coordinate specialized services appropriate for these victims, who may be identified through investigations and may require sustained assistance and careful handling of privacy, safety, and re-traumatization risks.

Category 4 funds a national organization to implement a pilot program in communities with substantial military installations, with the goal of establishing CAC models that intentionally include key military partners. The pilot is meant to build CAC approaches that incorporate military investigative agencies, medical and command personnel, and Family Advocacy Program representatives. This reflects the reality that cases involving military-connected children can involve different reporting pathways, jurisdictional issues, and stakeholder systems than purely civilian cases, so the program aims to develop workable CAC partnerships and procedures that integrate military and community resources in a coordinated, child-centered way.

Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and city or township governments; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and other applicants as clarified in the solicitation's eligibility details. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the CFDA number listed for this opportunity is 16.758. Overall, the grant is designed to reinforce national standards and systems for CACs, expand and organize funding support for local CAC work, address the distinct needs of child pornography victims, and test scalable CAC partnership models in military-influenced communities.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 18 VOCA Support for Children's Advocacy Centers" 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 Mar 28, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 14, 2018. (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 $10,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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