Child (under 12)

OJJDP invites fifth graders to participate in the 38th Annual National Missing Children's Day poster contest. This nationwide contest creates an opportunity for schools, law enforcement, and other child advocates to discuss the issue of missing and/or exploited children with youth, parents, and guardians and to promote child safety. Poster contest winners will be recognized at the Department of Justice’s National Missing Children's Day commemoration...

Each year, the U.S. Department of Justice, through OJJDP, recognizes the extraordinary efforts of individuals, organizations, and agencies that have made a significant contribution to protecting children between November 15, 2019 and November 20, 2020. The Department recognizes the awardees each May at the annual National Missing Children's Day ceremony in Washington, DC. The ceremony is planned for May 19, 2021 (tentative).  OJJDP will make the...

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has announced $261 million in awards to support mentoring services for youth and protect children from abuse, exploitation, and sex trafficking. OJJDP awarded nearly $85 million to national, state, and local organizations to provide mentoring to youth who are at risk of juvenile delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement. This includes support of OJJDP's National...

Under this project, the Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center provides training and technical assistance to develop and strengthen children's advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams in the Northeast Region.

Through this program, National Children's Alliance will increase the number of children's advocacy center programs serving child/youth victims of sex trafficking and child pornography.

The National Native Children's Trauma Center provides training and technical assistance for the expansion of child advocacy centers to improve access and services to American Indian and Alaska Native children, families, and communities.

OJJDP’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center serves as the principal coordinator, broker, and facilitator for all of OJJDP’s training and technical assistance resources and services.

This project provides assistance to prosecutors, state and local law enforcement, and other child-serving professionals to strengthen multidisciplinary team responses to missing and exploited children's issues.

This program enhances the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution of child abuse by providing TTA to prosecutors and other child abuse multidisciplinary team members on trial advocacy, crime scene investigation, and advanced forensic interviewing.

The Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center will provide training and technical assistance and web-based resources to develop and strengthen children’s advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams in the 13 states of the region.

The Institute for Intergovernmental Research provides technical assistance to Opioid Affected Youth Initiative grantees as they develop and implement effective, data-driven, and coordinated responses that address the abuse of opioids and other substances.

The project seeks to increase awareness and knowledge confronting families served by juvenile and family court systems and the impact prior adverse experiences can have on families.

The National AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program provides training and technical assistance support to enhance the national AMBER Alert network.

This program provides funding for membership and accreditation services for children’s advocacy centers, multidisciplinary teams, and related professionals who provide a coordinated and comprehensive response to victims of child abuse and their families.

Through this new initiative, the National Children’s Alliance will continue efforts to increase the number of children served in all jurisdictions across the U.S.

Through the Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian ad Litem program, OJJDP seeks to ensure that abused and neglected children receive high-quality best interest advocacy in dependency court hearings.

Through this program, the National Children's Alliance will increase the number of children advocacy center programs serving child victims of abuse, with an emphasis on reaching underserved areas (rural, remote, and Tribal) and populations (American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hispanic communities, and military families).

The Family Drug Court TTA Program assists new and operational family drug courts with developing and implementing improved practices to increase program effectiveness and long-term participant success.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children® is enhancing existing programs of work with additional staff and creating new programs of work to address gaps in the fight against child sex trafficking in the United States.

Through this program, NCA will increase the number of children's advocacy center programs serving child/youth victims of sex trafficking and child pornography, with an emphasis on those involved in federal cases through our memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the FBI.

Date	Title	Registration
October 20, 2020	Assessing and Improving Trauma-Informed Care in a Children’s Advocacy Center	Register
October 22, 2020	Running an Effective Case Review in a Virtual World	Register
October 28, 2020	Explaining ICAC Investigations for Child Advocacy Centers	Register
October 29, 2020	Effective Leadership Series 3: Wellness Strategies for Effective Leaders	Register