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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Child Abuse Library Online (CALiO), supported by OJJDP, provides a collection of publications and resources for professionals working in fields associated with child abuse prevention. CALiO is a service of the National Children's Advocacy Center.
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By Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner, Children's Bureau and Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Nearly five children die daily from abuse and neglect. In 2017, an estimated 1,720 children died from abuse, and 72% of them were younger than three years old.
In order to promote safety for children, focus on abuse prevention, and raise awareness, President Donald Trump...
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time for communities nationwide to encourage action to improve the safety and well-being of youth. According to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report, 3.5 million children were subject to at least one maltreatment report in fiscal year 2017. OJJDP is partnering with the HHS Administration for Children and Families' Children's Bureau...
OJJDP has announced the following fiscal year 2019 funding opportunities:
OJJDP has announced the following fiscal year 2019 funding opportunities:
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The OJJDP FY 2019 Victims of Child Abuse (VOCA) Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Prosecutors program will fund a national training and technical assistance program for attorneys and others who are involved in the criminal prosecution of child abuse to enhance the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution of such crimes. The successful applicant will be required to provide training and technical...
On February 19, 2019, the Office of Justice Programs announced an award of $750,000 to the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Inc., to support attorneys and related criminal justice professionals who investigate and prosecute child abuse cases. The award, provided through OJJDP's Victims of Child Abuse Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Prosecutors program, will help increase public safety through aggressive prosecution of those...
The FY 2019 Victims of Child Abuse (VOCA) Regional Children's Advocacy Centers (RCAC) Program will support four regional children's advocacy centers, one situated within each of the four U.S. census regions, to: (1) develop multidisciplinary teams, local programs, and state chapter organizations that respond to child abuse and neglect investigation, treatment, intervention, and prosecution; and (2) deliver training and technical assistance that strengthen existing multidisciplinary...
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On October 15, 2018, OJJDP announced awards of more than $104 million to support efforts to enhance state, local, and tribal jurisdictions' capabilities to protect children and respond to juvenile victimization. OJJDP awarded grants to more than 90 sites, jurisdictions, and task forces nationwide to help communities find missing children, support law enforcement, and increase public safety through prosecution of those seeking to abuse or... |
