OJJDP FY 2023 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program Support | O OJJDP 2023 171603

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The OJJDP FY 2023 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program Support opportunity is a discretionary Department of Justice grant, administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), aimed at strengthening the national response to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation. The program is designed to fund one organization to deliver coordinated support that helps law enforcement, prosecutors, and other professionals more effectively investigate, prosecute, and combat online and technology-enabled crimes against children. The funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal government expects to have an active partnership role in guiding the work, rather than simply issuing funds with minimal involvement.

A central theme of the solicitation is that public safety efforts should be carried out in ways that also advance civil rights and racial equity, increase access to justice, support victims and people impacted by the justice system, strengthen community safety, and build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. OJJDP frames this grant within its broader juvenile justice vision: transforming systems so they "treat children as children," prioritize serving youth at home with their families and in their communities, and expand opportunity for youth who are system-involved. Even though the ICAC work focuses on investigating and prosecuting exploitation offenses, applicants are encouraged to explain how their approach aligns with OJJDP's youth-centered priorities, especially where proposed activities intersect with youth services, prevention, victim support, or system responses involving minors.

The solicitation also places strong emphasis on meaningful youth and family partnerships. Applicants must explain how they will integrate and sustain these partnerships in both the project plan and the budget, treating young people and family members with lived experience as essential contributors to understanding problems and shaping solutions. The grant recognizes that partnership can occur at multiple levels depending on the nature of the work: individual-level engagement (for example, incorporating youth and family perspectives into case planning or service delivery before, during, and after system contact), agency-level engagement (such as involving youth and families in program design, policy development, implementation, evaluation, staffing advisory groups, or budget development), and system-level engagement (including participation in strategic planning, system improvement initiatives, advocacy, or reform efforts). In other words, OJJDP is expecting applicants not only to do technical assistance or operational support, but to show how affected youth and families will have a real voice and a sustained role in the way the work is designed and carried out.

In practical terms, the funded organization is expected to provide a variety of services that support OJJDP and the broader ICAC task force program in fighting child sexual exploitation. While the solicitation text provided does not list every specific deliverable, it makes clear the purpose is capacity-building and operational support for the professionals responsible for these cases, which commonly involves training, technical assistance, coordination support, tools and resources, and other forms of programmatic assistance that improve investigative and prosecutorial effectiveness while maintaining victim-centered and rights-respecting practices.

Key administrative details from the opportunity include: it is a discretionary award under CFDA 16.543, with an award ceiling of $2,000,000 and an expectation of one award. The opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2023-171603. Eligible applicants are broad and include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. The solicitation was created February 17, 2023, with an original closing date of April 10, 2023. Overall, the grant is structured to select a single national-level partner that can strengthen the ICAC task force program while reflecting DOJ and OJJDP priorities around equity, justice, community trust, and authentic youth and family partnership.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2023 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program Support" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.543.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 17, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 10, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.

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