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OJJDP FY 2021 Children’s Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program

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The fiscal year (FY) 2021 Children's Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program, which will provide funding under three categories of assistance to children's advocacy centers (CACs). The three categories of assistance are (1) National Subgrants Program, (2) National Subgrants Program for Victims of Child Pornography, and (3) National Military Partnership Program.

OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2021

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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a GlanceMarch/April 2021. This issue's Message From the Administrator highlights National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The top story focuses on the shift children's advocacy centers made to continue responding to cases of child abuse after the emergence of COVID-19. The Youth Voices column recounts how an OJJDP-funded...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Child Abuse Prevention Month

President Biden proclaimed April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, dedicated to addressing child abuse and neglect nationwide. Join OJJDP in honoring those who work to support children and strengthen families, and help spread awareness on the many ways we can address and prevent child abuse.

"During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and throughout the entire year, it is imperative that we join together as...

OJJDP Observes Child Abuse Prevention Month

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention joins communities nationwide in observing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

"During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, our country stands as one to condemn and combat child abuse in all of its forms — including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse...