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ClosedOpportunity OJJDP-2018-13504

OJJDP FY 18 VOCA Support for Children's Advocacy Centers

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · Department of Justice

At a glance

OJJDP FY 18 VOCA Support for Children's Advocacy Centers is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (Department of Justice). The application deadline was May 14, 2018. Individual awards are listed as $1M – $10M, with about 5 awards expected and $12.6M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, public colleges & universities, federally recognized tribal governments and 6 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.758 (Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

  1. Mar 28, 2018Posted
  2. May 14, 2018Application deadline
Posted
Mar 28, 2018
Close date
May 14, 2018
Award floor
$1,000,000
Award ceiling
$10,000,000
Est. total funding
$12,600,000
Expected awards
5
Cost sharing
Not required
Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category
Discretionary

Who can apply

  • State governments
  • County governments
  • City or township governments
  • Public colleges & universities
  • Federally recognized tribal governments
  • 501(c)(3) nonprofits
  • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
  • Private colleges & universities
  • For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
  • Small businesses
  • Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Category 1: CAC Membership and Accreditation Program. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. Nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts for the purposes of avoiding paying the tax described in 26 U.S.C. 511(a) are not eligible to apply. Categories 2, 3, and 4: CAC National Subgrant Program, CAC National Subgrant Program for Victims of Child Pornography, and CAC Military Partnership Pilot Project. Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. Nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts for the purposes of avoiding paying the tax described in 26 U.S.C. 511(a) are not eligible to apply. Note: A prospective recipient of grant funds that is found to have an “unresolved audit finding” from a DOJ Office of the Inspector General audit, as described at 34 U.S.C. § 20307, will be ineligible to receive grant funds during the period specified in that statute. See 34 U.S.C. § 20307(1)(A). OJJDP welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one eligible entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire program. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

Cat 1: This program will fund a national membership and accreditation organization for children’s advocacy center programs. The funding will enable the successful applicant to provide services to membership organizations and to implement standards for program accreditation.
Cat 2: This program will provide funding to manage a national grant awards program for local children’s advocacy center programs.
Cat 3: This program funds CACs to provide services for child pornography victims.

Cat 4: This program will fund a national organization to implement a pilot program targeted to communities with substantial military installations for the purpose of establishing CAC models inclusive of the following military partners; military investigative agencies, medical and Command personnel, and Family Advocacy Program representatives.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

Reported obligations under ALN 16.758

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$35.9M
FY25—
FY26— est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.758. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 16.758

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 29 grant awards had funding actions under Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers, with 618 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

  1. NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC.$57.3M
  2. PHILADELPHIA CHILDRENS ALLIANCE$3.43M
  3. RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO$3.38M
  4. CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE$3.38M
  5. NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, INC.$3.35M
Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
grants@ncjrs.gov
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Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “OJJDP FY 18 VOCA Support for Children's Advocacy Centers”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, Private colleges & universities, For-profit organizations (not small businesses), Small businesses and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “OJJDP FY 18 VOCA Support for Children's Advocacy Centers”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1m – $10m, total estimated program funding is $12,600,000 and the agency expects to make about 5 awards.

How do I apply for “OJJDP FY 18 VOCA Support for Children's Advocacy Centers”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity OJJDP-2018-13504), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 16.812

OJJDP FY 2026 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Award range
Up to $750K
Closes
Nov 2, 2026
Who can apply
State governments, County governments, City or township governments and 4 more
Source: Grants.govVerified today