OJJDP FY24 Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals | O OJJDP 2024 172154

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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is offering a FY24 discretionary grant opportunity called "OJJDP FY24 Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals" (Funding Opportunity Number: O-OJJDP-2024-172154). The purpose of this solicitation is to strengthen the child protection workforce by developing and promoting post-secondary education and professional continuing education opportunities for practitioners who routinely encounter child abuse, neglect, exploitation, and related child safety concerns. The focus is on practical, career-relevant education that improves how different professions recognize, respond to, investigate, document, and prosecute child victimization while supporting victims appropriately.

This opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means OJJDP expects to have substantial involvement during the project period rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The program sits in the "Law, Justice and Legal Services" activity category and is associated with CFDA number 16.758. OJJDP anticipates making about two awards under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $400,000 per award, indicating a competitive national program with a limited number of funded projects.

The target audience is broad across the child protection ecosystem. OJJDP specifically highlights child protection professionals including law enforcement officers, social workers, mental health and medical health professionals, and prosecutors. The intent is to support education and training that can serve people in these roles, which may include interdisciplinary or cross-training approaches that help agencies coordinate better and apply consistent, evidence-informed practices when child safety is at stake.

Eligible applicants include a wide range of entities that are positioned to build or deliver higher education and continuing education content. Eligible organizations include state governments and city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other Native American tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education under those nonprofit categories); and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. This eligibility structure suggests OJJDP is open to partnerships among universities, training providers, justice agencies, and community or tribal organizations, as long as the applicant can credibly deliver education and continuing professional development for the child protection workforce.

Key administrative details are straightforward. The solicitation was created on May 29, 2024, and the original application closing date was July 1, 2024. Overall, the grant can be summarized as a federal investment in building stronger, more consistent training pipelines and continuing education options for professionals responsible for protecting children, with funding intended to help create, expand, or promote post-secondary and professional education that improves real-world child protection practice across disciplines.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals" 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 2024-05-29.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-01. (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 $400,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, City or township 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), 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.

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