Safer Internet Day
Join OJJDP's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program in observing Safer Internet Day on February 6, 2024.
Child abuse
Building the Capacity of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs to Train Child Protection Personnel
Zero Abuse will survey frontline professionals, child advocacy center (CAC) leadership, and academic faculty to update its current Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) program plan and course content. Zero Abuse also will develop six CAST toolkits tailored for undergraduate and graduate CAST courses to allow schools to provide education that leads to more qualified graduates being hired into child-serving, child protection-centered professions. Zero Abuse also will...
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...
Support for Prosecutors Who Work With Youth
Overview
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) works to assist child victims by providing quality training and technical assistance to prosecutors involved in child abuse and welfare cases.
Cases involving the physical or sexual abuse of children are among the most difficult to prosecute. In addition to not wanting to retraumatize the...
Child Advocacy Centers Military Partnership Pilot Project
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.
Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals: National Children's Advocacy Center's Child Abuse Response Enhancement (CARE) Program
Under this project, the National Children's Advocacy Center provides training opportunities, technical assistance, publications, and resources for child abuse response professionals.
NW3C Digital Evidence Forensics–Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force National Training Program
The National White Collar Crime Center providing training opportunities in computer forensics, cyber/financial crime, and intelligence analysis.
Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program (MECTTA)
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.
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Program Support
The goal of this project is to facilitate program support to benefit the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program.
Building Community Collaboration for School Safety
This program provides training and technical assistance using evidence-based practices used to address youth violence and victimization, violence reduction, delinquency prevention, and accountability.
Western Regional Children's Advocacy Center
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.
OJJDP’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center
OJJDP’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center serves as the principal coordinator and facilitator for all of OJJDP’s training and technical assistance resources and services.
National AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program
The National AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program provides training and technical assistance support to enhance the national AMBER Alert network.
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force National Training Program, Category 1: Entry Level and Core Training
This project provides training to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force program and affiliated federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies in the investigative training focused on combatting technology-facilitated crimes against children.
Training and Technical Assistance Project To Expand Childrens Advocacy Centers Serving American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
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.
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative Technical Assistance
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.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children – Responding to Instances of Child Sex Trafficking Victimization
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.
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force National Training Program, Category 3: Specialized Training on Tools and Technology
This project provides training to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force program and affiliated agencies in specialized training using tools and technology focused on combating technology-facilitated crimes against children.
Trauma-informed Prosecutor Project (TiPP)
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.
SHIFT (Supporting Heroes in Mental Health Foundational Training)
Supporting Heroes in Mental Health Foundational Training addresses the serious negative effects that chronic exposure to child sexual exploitation and abuse material can have on professionals engaged in rescuing victims and arresting perpetrators.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children® provides virtual learning, in-person training, case support, publications, community engagement, and prevention education programs.
Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center
The Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy Center's mission is to improve the community response to child abuse through strategic leadership, collaboration, and capacity building.
Victims of Child Abuse Act Children’s Advocacy Centers Sub-Grant Program—Domestic Victims of Trafficking Funds
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.
Child Abuse Training for Judicial Court Personnel
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.