# OJJDP FY25 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children – IAA USSS Invited to Apply

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-ojjdp-2025-172442-ojjdp-fy25-national-center-for-missing-exploited-children/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/360410

> Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention offered grants of up to $6.0 million (at least $3.0 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $6.0 million in total. Applications closed on September 3, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-OJJDP-2025-172442 |
| Agency | Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | September 3, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $6.0 million |
| Award floor | $3.0 million |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $6.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 16.543 |

## Who can apply

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

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

## What the grant funds

The purpose of this funding is to support the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which will continue to operate the National Resource Center and Information 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.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-OJJDP-2025-172442 still open?

No. It closed on September 3, 2025. A newer notice is open: O-OJJDP-2026-172740, closes November 16, 2026 (9 days left).

### Who can apply for OJJDP FY25 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children – IAA USSS Invited to Apply?

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for OJJDP FY25 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children – IAA USSS Invited to Apply?

Closed September 3, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $6.0 million each. About $6.0 million in total for one award.

### Who has won Missing Children's Assistance grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Fox Valley Technical College, West Virginia State Police. The program made 217 awards worth $398 million in that time.