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O-SMART-2024-172099: SMART FY 2024 Keep Young Athletes Safe

Closed Closed August 9, 2024 Opportunity O-SMART-2024-172099 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$2.1 million
• Total funding$2.1 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits.

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants are nonprofits, nongovernmental entities with nationally recognized expertise in the identification and prevention of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the athletic programs of the USOPC and each NGB. Applicants must have a recognized background investigating allegations of abuse and reporting to law enforcement, and such practices must inform the applicants’ training and prevention activities. Applicants must also have the capacity to develop and implement trainings nationally, statewide and at local levels, as well as oversee regular and random audits to ensure the policies and procedures used to identify and prevent abuse are followed correctly.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Keep Young Athletes Safe awards averaged $4.5 million; this notice allows up to $2.1 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (100% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

With this solicitation, the SMART Office seeks applicants to design and implement a program that aims to safeguard amateur athletes through the prevention of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the athletic programs of the USOPC and each NGB. Under the KYAS program, the grantee will design and implement measures to protect young athletes through the development of educational materials, training programs and policies, and necessary tools to help prevent and address identified abuse. Additionally, the grantee will develop background screening policies for new and existing USOPC organizational staff, including coaches, instructors and volunteers, and oversee regular and random audits to ensure that, once implemented, the policies and procedures to prevent and identify amateur athlete abuse are followed correctly. The KYAS program requires reporting of any allegations of sexual and physical abuse, following applicable state and federal reporting requirements.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

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