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

O-OJJDP-2024-172229: OJJDP FY24 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children – Invited to Apply

Closed Closed August 29, 2024 Opportunity O-OJJDP-2024-172229 ☆ 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 2024.

• Award ceiling$39.0 million
• Award floor$1.8 million
• Total funding$42.8 million
• Expected awards3
• 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 (NCMEC)

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Missing Children's Assistance awards averaged $1.8 million; this notice allows up to $39.0 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

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support the activities of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Program. Under Category 1, the purpose of the National Resource Center and Clearinghouse, operated by NCMEC, a nonprofit organization founded in 1984, 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. Under Category 2, OJJDP seeks to provide operational support for the National AMBER Alert Program through its AMBER Alert Secondary Distribution (AASD) Program, Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and Team Adam Deployment. Under Category 3, OJJDP seeks to provide support for the Children’s Justice Project, by providing resources to address the Unidentified Human Remains of Children.

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.

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