Building Community Capacity to Reduce the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth

The summary for the Building Community Capacity to Reduce the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Building Community Capacity to Reduce the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is requesting proposals to expand community capacity to address the commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth (CSEC)1 in the United States through training and technical assistance for professionals who work with children and youth at risk of commercial sexual exploitation. The successful applicant will plan and deliver training and technical assistance to five-to-seven sites that the applicant will identify (and OJJDP will ratify) as high-need areas. The sites may be cities, metropolitan areas, single states, or multi-state regions. The training and technical assistance will focus on improving community capacity to: . Recognize exploited youth and youth at risk for exploitation; . Intervene appropriately with and compassionately serve victims; and . Effectively investigate and prosecute cases against adults who exploit children and youth. The successful applicant will develop and deliver five to seven train-the-trainer institutes that address the above three goals. In addition, the successful applicant will provide technical assistance to the sites that participate in the training institutes to help them (1) develop, refine, and implement a community CSEC response plan; and (2) deliver training at the local level based on the instruction at the train-the-trainer institutes. The successful applicant will measure the effect of the training institutes and technical assistance on the participating sites and their ability to implement their community CSEC response plans. The awardee will report output and outcome data to OJJDP according to the measures described in Appendix B on page 14 of this solicitation.