Assistance Listing 16.543
Department of Justice · Office of Justice Programs
Assistance Listing 16.543, “Missing Children's Assistance,” is a federal program administered by Department of Justice. It provides cooperative agreement and grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 4 open, 0 forecasted and 74 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $41.6M in obligations for fiscal year 2025.
Program goal(s) name: Protect missing and exploited children. Program goal(s) description: Support research, training, technical assistance, and demonstration programs addressing the prevention, investigation and services for missing and exploited children and families, and professionals who work to prevent, recover and assist missing and exploited children, including victims of online and/or commercial sexual exploitation; Establish and maintain a national resource center and clearinghouse dedicated to missing and exploited children issues (NCMEC); and support the AMBER Alert program. Program objective(s) name: Support task forces, hotlines, and other mechanisms to coordinate resources and information to respond to missing and exploited children. Program objective(s) description: (1) Support enhancements to law enforcement’s investigative responses to missing and exploited children issues (e.g., the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program); (2) support programs focused on the online and/or commercial sexual exploitation of children; (3) provide a toll-free hotline where citizens can report investigative leads and parents and other interested individuals can receive information concerning missing children; (4) promote information sharing and networking opportunities between regional nonprofit organizations, state missing children clearinghouses, and law enforcement agencies; (5) support the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Center to increase the capacity of law enforcement to respond to missing, endangered, and abducted children.
As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
16.543 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Missing Children's Assistance.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Other. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.
The agency reported $41,565,824 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.