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

O-OJJDP-2025-172474: OJJDP FY25 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children – Invited to Apply

Closed Closed October 1, 2025 Opportunity O-OJJDP-2025-172474 ☆ 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 2025.

• Award ceiling$43.0 million
• Total funding$43.0 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 (NCMEC)

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Missing Children's Assistance awards averaged $1.8 million; this notice allows up to $43.0 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

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.

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.