OJJDP FY 17 National Incidence Studies of Missing Children Reported to Law Enforcement | OJJDP 2017 10987

Opportunity Information: Apply for OJJDP 2017 10987

The OJJDP FY 17 National Incidence Studies of Missing Children Reported to Law Enforcement grant is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, designed to support a national research effort that measures how many children are reported missing to law enforcement and what happens in those cases. The work is tied directly to a Congressional mandate in the Missing Children Assistance Act (Public Law 98-473, Section 404(b)(3)), which requires OJJDP to conduct national incidence studies every three years. The core purpose is to develop credible national estimates for a given year, including the number of children abducted by strangers, the number of children who are victims of parental kidnappings, and the number of missing children who are recovered each year. In practice, the funded project is expected to test strategies and carry out the data collection and analysis needed to produce these national estimates, helping policymakers and practitioners understand the scope and characteristics of missing-children cases that come to the attention of law enforcement.

Eligibility is broad across public, private, and academic sectors, but it is still limited to specific entity types. Eligible applicants include state governments (including U.S. territories), units of local government (such as counties, cities, or townships), federally recognized tribal governments, nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profits), and institutions of higher education (including tribal colleges and universities). A key condition is that for-profit applicants, like all recipients, must waive any profit or management fee, meaning the award must be used strictly to support allowable project costs rather than generate profit.

The solicitation allows collaboration, including projects where two or more entities work together, but only one organization can serve as the official applicant and primary award recipient. That lead applicant is responsible for overall project execution and compliance, including administering the funds, managing the full scope of work, and overseeing any partners. Other participating organizations must be structured as subrecipients (subgrantees) under the lead applicant, and the lead applicant must monitor those subawards and ensure they are managed appropriately. The rules also make it possible for the same organization to submit more than one distinct application if each proposal is meaningfully different, and an entity may participate as a subrecipient on multiple applications submitted by different lead applicants.

From the funding and administrative details provided, this opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number OJJDP 2017 10987 and CFDA 16.543, with the activity category of Law, Justice, and Legal Services. OJJDP anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $1,000,000. The opportunity was created on March 17, 2017, and the original application closing date was May 3, 2017. Overall, the grant is aimed at supporting a single, high-capacity project team capable of producing nationally representative estimates and findings that satisfy the triennial reporting requirement and strengthen the evidence base around missing children cases reported to law enforcement.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 17 National Incidence Studies of Missing Children Reported to Law Enforcement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.543.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-03-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-05-03. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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