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Funding to Expand Tribal Children’s Advocacy Centers

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is offering funding to strengthen Children’s Advocacy Centers serving Tribal communities. - Funding opportunity: Cooperative agreement for the FY 2026 Expanding Tribal Children’s Advocacy Centers program. - Purpose: Help American Indian and Alaska Native communities establish facility-based multidisciplinary programs and enhance existing centers serving Tribal governments and Native communities. - Supported activities: Coordinated information, resource development, training, and technical assistance to improve investigative responses and treatment services for child abuse victims and their families. - Funding: Estimated total funding and maximum award are $525,000; one award is expected. No cost sharing or matching is required. - Eligibility information: The notice lists applicant eligibility as “Other (Miscellaneous)” and names the University of Montana in additional eligibility information. - OEMs and commercial vendors: None identified.

Description

This notice of funding opportunity supports the expansion and enhancement of children’s advocacy centers serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The program aims to improve investigative responses and treatment services for child abuse victims and their families. It will provide coordinated information, resource development, training, and technical assistance to help Tribal communities establish facility-based multidisciplinary programs and support existing centers serving Tribal governments and Native communities. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, with estimated program funding and a maximum award of $525,000; one award is expected.

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