This funding opportunity seeks applications for funding for the fiscal year 2025 Regional Children's Advocacy Centers program. This program furthers DOJ's mission by supporting and strengthening four regional children's advocacy centers (CACs) that will deliver coordinated training and technical assistance within and across the regions to CACs, members of multidisciplinary teams, programs, and organizations to improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse and neglect and the provision of children's advocacy center services to child victims and their families.
Goal 1: Build and improve the capacity of communities to develop, maintain, and enhance their comprehensive, multidisciplinary response to the investigation and prosecution of child abuse and neglect.
Goal 2: Assist CACs and/or multidisciplinary teams to more effectively meet the needs of child victims.
Eligibility
- Other
"Other" Entities Definition: Eligible applicants are limited to local public and private nonprofit children's advocacy center agencies and organizations that can demonstrate a minimum of 5 years of experience providing regional or national training and technical assistance to a wide range of multidisciplinary professionals and others (including children's advocacy center staff) with respect to the judicial handling and investigative response to child abuse and neglect cases.