Grants / Department of Justice / Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

O-OJJDP-2023-171866: OJJDP FY 2023 Invited to Apply - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Closed Closed September 14, 2023 Opportunity O-OJJDP-2023-171866 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children On-Line Child Protection System (ICACCOPS) (O-OJJDP-2026-172740). Status: Closes November 16, 2026 (9 days left). It is in our archive of Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$41.4 million
• Total funding$41.4 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Missing Children's Assistance awards averaged $1.8 million; this notice allows up to $41.4 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (51% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to provide funding to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which will continue to operate the National Resource Center and Clearinghouse whose goal is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; find missing children; and provide technical assistance/training to victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them. Statutory Authority: Pub. L. No. 117-328, 136 Stat. 4459, 4539.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-OJJDP-2026-172740, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.