Federal grants to Zero Abuse Project
Zero Abuse Project in Saint Paul, Minnesota received $9.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 11 awards. Its largest program was Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers, with $3.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $400,000.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$9.7 million
- Awards11
- Awarded in FY 2025$400,000
- Largest award$2.7 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1 | $999,993 |
| FY 2022 | 5 | $4.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 2 | $999,966 |
| FY 2024 | 4 | $2.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $400,000 |
Programs that fund Zero Abuse Project
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers | 3 | $3.6 million |
| Missing Children's Assistance | 4 | $3.0 million |
| Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants | 3 | $2.0 million |
| Social Services Research and Demonstration | 1 | $1.2 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Justice | 10 | $8.5 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 1 | $1.2 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosecutors pursuing child abuse and neglect cases encounter significant obstacles, including enormous caseloads and a formidable burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Unfortunately, due to a lack of adequate training and the resulting lack of confidence, most sexual assaults, including child s | Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers | September 30, 2022 | $2.7 million |
| To build the capacity of icac task forces and investigators to address technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation, zero abuse will implement the specialized forensics and technology training project (project). The project will provide experiential, skill-based training on specialized topics re | Missing Children's Assistance | September 27, 2022 | $1.4 million |
| Expanding child abuse prevention education in Minnesota project | Social Services Research and Demonstration | August 21, 2024 | $1.2 million |
| Supporting adult survivors of child sexual abuse project | Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants | September 21, 2021 | $999,993 |
| Strengthening icac investigative tools and technologies project | Missing Children's Assistance | November 10, 2021 | $750,000 |
| Zero abuse project proposes to implement the national-scope empowering underserved survivors of child sexual abuse project to expand its existing ovc-funded survivorspace website (www.survivorspace.org). The proposed project will enhance the availability of accessible, culturally-relevant informatio | Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants | September 24, 2024 | $500,000 |
| Through ovc-funding, zero abuse project will implement the enhancing access to spiritual care for child abuse victims project (project). The goal of the project is to identify the gaps in providing trauma-informed spiritual care services to child abuse victims and develop replicable resources and tr | Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants | September 27, 2023 | $499,966 |
| Building the capacity of undergraduate and graduate programs to train child protection personnel project | Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers | October 25, 2021 | $446,059 |
| Zero abuse project (zero abuse) will implement the advanced experiential child exploitation training project (project). The goal of the project is to provide advanced, experiential, skill-based training and job AIDS to investigators and prosecutors to build their technological capacity in the areas | Missing Children's Assistance | September 27, 2022 | $437,500 |
| Zero abuse will implement the expanding child advocacy studies training (CAST) project. The goal of the project is to provide ready-to-deliver toolkits on faculty-requested topics, provide virtual training and simulation resources for students, offer faculty training and networking opportunities; an | Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers | September 26, 2024 | $428,395 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Zero Abuse Project get?
$9.7 million in 11 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Zero Abuse Project the most?
The Department of Justice, with $8.5 million in 10 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Zero Abuse Project's largest federal grant?
$2.7 million under Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers, with its first action in the period on September 30, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Zero Abuse Project?
Its largest are Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and the Regional and Local Children's Advocacy Centers, Missing Children's Assistance and Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants.
Other grant recipients in Saint Paul
- Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Department of Commerce Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Health
- The State of Minnesota of Employment & Economic Development
- Minnesota Department of Public Safety
- Judiciary Courts of State of Minnesota
- Minnesota Public Facilities Authority
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