OJJDP FY 2011 Defending Childhood Technical Assistance

The summary for the OJJDP FY 2011 Defending Childhood Technical Assistance 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 Technical Assistance
	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-2011-3059
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	May 26, 2011
	Creation Date:	May 26, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 11, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 11, 2011
	Archive Date:	Aug 10, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	100,000
	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
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: Applicants are limited to nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. OJJDP welcomes joint applications from two or more eligible applicants; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.
Grant Description: The Defending Childhood Technical Assistance project will support an organization and/or a consortium of organizations to provide technical assistance to grantees and others during Phase II of the Attorney Generals Defending Childhood Initiative. The project will offer education and training, expert consultations, peer-to-peer networking opportunities, resources, and other tailored assistance to effectively respond to diverse communities addressing childrens exposure to violence. 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), and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The project will assist communities to develop and implement collaborative cross-agency policy, practice, and procedures and will assist communities in identifying evidence-based practices that address childrens exposure to violence throughout the developmental age spectrum of 0 through 17. Note: Exposure to violence includes being a victim of violence or a witness to violence and encompasses abuse, neglect or child maltreatment, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, school violence, and community violence. This program is authorized by Pub. L. No. 112-10, div. B, secs. 1101-1104; Pub. L. No. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3136; the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 42 USC 42 USC 14043d-2; and the Victims of Crime Act, 42 U.S.C. 10603(c )(1)(A).
Link to Full Grant Announcement: childhood technical assistance.pdf
http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/fy2011/defending
Grant Announcement Contact: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, call Catherine Pierce, Associate Administrator, Child Protection Division, at 202-307-6785 or e-mail her at Catherine.Pierce@usdoj.gov.

Email [Catherine.Pierce@usdoj.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • OJJDP FY 2011 Defending Childhood Task Force Technical Assistance Project; • OJJDP FY 2011 TA Program To Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation/Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking; • 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