Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · Department of Justice

OJJDP FY 2026 Victims of Child Abuse Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals

Open · Opportunity O-OJJDP-2026-172755 · Assistance Listing 16.758

Deadline: Due Oct 29, 2026 · 23 days left
Award size: Up to $2.9M
Total available: $2.9M · about 1 award
Cost share / match ?: Not required
Who can apply: Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), Nonprofit without 501(c)(3), Larger business
Where: Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee

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How this fits you

Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
No cost share required

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About this grant

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Victims of Child Abuse Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals program. This opportunity will support a national training and technical assistance program for child abuse professionals to enhance coordinated, multidisciplinary investigations and responses to child abuse and increase the quality of intervention and treatment services available to child abuse victims. Multidisciplinary teams may include, but are not limited to, law enforcement, prosecutors, service providers, Child Protective Services (CPS) investigators, social workers, and adult and juvenile probation officers. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing training and technical assistance covering a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, improved child interview techniques, thorough investigative methods, interagency coordination, and effective court preparation and presentation.

About the program (16.758)

Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers — VOA

How applications are judged

Criteria for selecting proposals is determined as part of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Examples of funded projects

Not Applicable.

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