OJJDP FY25 Expanding Tribal Children’s Advocacy Centers | O OJJDP 2025 172463

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OJJDP 2025 172463

The OJJDP FY25 Expanding Tribal Children's Advocacy Centers funding opportunity is a discretionary cooperative agreement from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) focused on strengthening how child abuse cases are handled in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The core purpose is to expand and enhance children's advocacy centers (CACs) that serve Native communities so that investigations, services, and healing supports are more coordinated, timely, culturally responsive, and effective for child victims and their families.

The grant is designed to improve both the investigative response and the treatment and support services available after abuse is reported. In practical terms, the program emphasizes multidisciplinary, facility-based approaches where key partners (such as law enforcement, child protection, prosecutors, medical and behavioral health providers, and victim advocates) can work together through a coordinated model. The opportunity also recognizes that some communities may be building CAC capacity from the ground up, while others already have CACs in place and need targeted improvements or stronger partnerships with Tribal governments and Native communities.

A major component of the work funded under this NOFO is the delivery of coordinated information, resource development, and training and technical assistance (TTA). The intent is not only to provide direct support, but to build sustained capability across Tribal communities by sharing tools, developing practical resources, and offering training that helps communities establish or improve CAC operations. This includes helping Tribal communities create or strengthen facility-based multidisciplinary programs that respond to child abuse, and supporting existing CACs that already serve Native children or collaborate with Tribal governments and Native community partners.

This opportunity is offered under Funding Opportunity Number O-OJJDP-2025-172463 and falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services activity category, with CFDA number 16.758. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally means OJJDP expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond standard grant monitoring, often through collaboration on project direction, deliverables, or implementation support.

Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status), and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. OJJDP expects to make one award under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $700,000. The opportunity was created on September 17, 2025, and the original application closing date is October 27, 2025.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY25 Expanding Tribal Children’s Advocacy Centers" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.758.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-09-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-10-27. (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 $700,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: 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.

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