Elementary school age (5-10)

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 will provide support to Internet Crimes Against Children task forces to hire wounded, injured, or ill veterans to: 1) enhance digital forensic examination capacity through supporting digital forensic analyst positions in select ICAC task forces; 2) improve ICAC task force effectiveness to prevent, interdict, investigate, and prosecute Internet crimes against children and technology-facilitated child exploitation, and 3) reduce forensic examination backlogs, and/or increase the...

The congressionally mandated tasks of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children include, but are not limited to:

• serving as the national resource center and information clearinghouse for missing and exploited children;
• operating a national 24-hour toll-free telephone line by which individuals may report information regarding the location of any missing child;
• operating a CyberTipline to provide online users and electronic...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications to pilot programs that will strengthen the relationships between children, their caregivers, and their incarcerated parent(s) who is confined in a federal correctional facility. This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting efforts to reduce recidivism and expanding services and education programs that...

Pursuant to the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401, hereafter, the PROTECT Act), the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program seeks to maintain and expand state and regional task forces to address technology-facilitated child exploitation. These task forces work collaboratively as a national network of law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies that prevent, interdict in, and investigate Internet crimes against children...

This solicitation is designed to promote the well being of children, youth and families, reduce youth violence, and improve community capacity to address all forms of violence in the homes and communities.

Experience shows that communities can intervene effectively in the lives of young people to reduce or prevent their experiences with and involvement in violence and promote their wellbeing. To do this, must be...

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...

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...