Elementary school age (5-10)

This program will develop and support comprehensive community-based strategic planning to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence in their homes, schools, and communities.

The fellowship will provide an opportunity for professionals, practitioners, researchers, or trainers with expertise in children’s exposure to violence to help implement collaborative crossagency strategies, policies, and evidence-based practices across the services continuum and the developmental age spectrum for children and their families.

Through this program, OJJDP seeks to identify a provider to serve the Missing and Exploited Children Program through a variety of services and program support. Authorized by the Missing Children=s Assistance Act of 1984, the Missing and Exploited Children (MEC) Program is the primary vehicle for building an infrastructure to support the national effort to prevent the abduction and exploitation of children.