# OJJDP FY25 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children – Invited to Apply

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-ojjdp-2025-172474-ojjdp-fy25-national-center-for-missing-and-exploited/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/360656

> Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention offered grants of up to $43.0 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $43.0 million in total. Applications closed on October 1, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-OJJDP-2025-172474 |
| Agency | Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | October 1, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $43.0 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $43.0 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

This NOFO seeks to support the activities of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) program. 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.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-OJJDP-2025-172474 still open?

No. It closed on October 1, 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 and Exploited Children – 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 and Exploited Children – Invited to Apply?

Closed October 1, 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 $43.0 million each. About $43.0 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.