OJJDP FY24 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Training, Technical Assistance, and Subgrants Program

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to select organization(s) to carry out key activities designed to ensure abused and neglected children involved in dependency court proceedings have access to a court appointed special advocate (CASA):

• National training and technical assistance to state and local CASA programs or organizations.
• Subgrants to state and local CASA programs or organizations that support volunteer advocates who represent abused and neglected children in dependency court proceedings.

This solicitation includes two categories of funding:
1. Training and technical assistance for existing and new CASA programs.
2. Implementation and oversight of the subgrants program for state and local CASA programs.

Eligibility 

• 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