OJJDP FY 2011 Defending Childhood Task Force Technical Assistance Project

The summary for the OJJDP FY 2011 Defending Childhood Task Force Technical Assistance Project Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	OJJDP FY 2011 Defending Childhood Task Force Technical Assistance Project
	CFDA Number:	16.730
	CFDA Description:	Reduction and Prevention of Children's Exposure to Violence
	Federal Agency Name:	Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
	Category of Funding Activity:	Law Justice and Legal Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	OJJDP-2011-3071
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jun 08, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jun 10, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 07, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 07, 2011
	Archive Date:	Aug 06, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	1,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
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
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businesses
Additional Information on Eligibility: OJJDP invites nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) to submit applications in response to this solicitation. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. (See Eligibility, page 3.)
Grant Description: The Defending Childhood Task Force Technical Assistance Project will support an organization and/or a consortium of organizations that will (1) conduct four public Defending Childhood hearings nationwide to raise awareness of the issues surrounding childrens exposure to violence and assist the Attorney Generals National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence (hereafter, the Task Force) in recommending promising practices to prevent and reduce the effects of childrens exposure to violence, (2) prepare a final report, including information gathered at the hearings and other relevant information, from which the Task Force may draw specific policy recommendations, and (3) provide all necessary support for the Task Force and Defending Childhood hearings, which will drive the work of the Task Force. The project will be administered through a cooperative agreement with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in partnership with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), the National Institute of Justice, the Community Orientated Policing Services Office, and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). As a cooperative agreement, this project will require close coordination between the award recipient and the OJJDP program manager to ensure that all deadlines are met.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/fy2011/defendingchildhoodtaskforceta.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Will Bronson, Program Manager, Child Protection Division, at 202-305-2427 or via email at willie.bronson@usdoj.gov or Catherine Pierce, Associate Administrator, Child Protection Division, at 202-307-6785 or via e-mail at Catherine.Pierce@usdoj.gov.

E-mail [willie.bronson@usdoj.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • OJJDP FY 2011 TA Program To Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation/Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking; • OJJDP FY 2011 Defending Childhood Technical Assistance; • OJJDP FY 2010 National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches; • OJJDP FY 2010 Safe Start Promising Approaches Project; • OJJDP FY 2010 Child Protection Division Fellowship Program on Children's Exposure to Violence; • FY 2005 OJJDP Evaluation of Safe Start: Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence; • OJJDP Safe Start: Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence; • Attorney Generals Children Exposed to Violence Demonstration Program: Phase I