Open Call: Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals (United States)

Deadline: 17-May-23

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding to develop and promote post-secondary and professional continuing education for child protection professionals in the field, including law enforcement officers, social workers, mental and medical health professionals, and prosecutors.

This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by reducing crime and victimization and promoting public safety through enhancing the capacity of child abuse professionals.

Goals

Objectives

• The goal of this program is to increase the knowledge base and skills of mandated reporters and child protection professionals to recognize and appropriately address the impact of violence and psychological trauma on children.

• An applicant should address all of the objectives.Specific objectives include:
  • Increase the availability of training in university undergraduate and graduate programs (as well as continuing education programs) on multiple evidence-based methods for identifying and screening children for exposure to violence.
  • Improve the preparedness and awareness of child- and family-serving professionals about the scope and seriousness of children exposed to violence and psychological trauma.
  • Improve mandated reporters’ understanding of their nondiscrimination federal civil rights obligations when considering making reports to officials.

Priority Areas

• The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community
• In support of this Executive Order, OJP will provide priority consideration when making award decisions to the following:
  • Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to promote racial equity and the removal of barriers to access and opportunity for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality.
    • To receive this consideration, the applicant must describe how the proposed project(s) will address potential racial inequities and contribute to greater access to services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality, and identify how the project design and implementation will specifically incorporate the input or participation of those communities and populations disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and the criminal justice system overall.
  • Applicants that demonstrate that their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they (or at least one proposed subrecipient that will receive at least 40% of the requested award funding, as demonstrated in the Budget Web-Based Form) identify as a culturally specific organization.
    • To receive this additional priority consideration, applicants must describe how being a culturally specific organization (or funding the culturally specific subrecipient organization (s)) will enhance their ability to implement the proposed project(s) and should also specify which populations are intended or expected to be served or to have their needs addressed under the proposed project(s).

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,800,000
• Award Ceiling: $900,000
• Award Floor: $0
• Period of Performance Duration (Months) Up to 36

Eligibility Criteria

• City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American Tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American Tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized Tribal governments), 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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, State governments

For more information, visit DOJ.