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Child (under 12)

Parents' Guide to Gangs

Date Published
July 2015
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Issue Overview, Instructional Material
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

OJJDP FY 15 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Invited

Closing Date
The goals and objectives of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force are to: maintaining and expanding state and regional ICAC task forces to prevent, interdict, investigate, and prosecute Internet crimes against children and technology-facilitated child exploitation; and improving task force effectiveness to prevent, interdict, investigate, and prosecute Internet crimes against children technology-facilitated child exploitation. As stipulated in Section 104 of the PROTECT Act, applicants...

OJJDP FY 15 Child Abuse Training for Judicial and Court Personnel

Closing Date

Courts and child welfare agencies face significant challenges in managing complex child abuse, neglect, and related cases and heavy caseloads. In addition, they are required to comply with federal child welfare reform laws and initiatives to achieve safe, permanent placements for abused and neglected children. Through this program, OJJDP seeks to provide judicial, legal, and social service professionals with training and technical assistance to enhance...

OJJDP FY 15 Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Membership and Accreditation Program and Training and Technical Assistance

Closing Date
The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended (Public Law 101-647), contemplates that all abused and neglected children involved in dependency proceedings receive timely, sensitive, and effective advocacy. The Act directs that a court-appointed special advocate shall be available to every victim of child abuse or neglect in the United States that needs such an advocate. The Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program ensures...