Missing Children’s Assistance

Program goal(s) name: Protect missing and exploited children.
Program goal(s) description: Support research, training, technical assistance, and demonstration programs addressing the prevention, investigation and services for missing and exploited children and families, and professionals who work to prevent, recover and assist missing and exploited children, including victims of online and/or commercial sexual exploitation; Establish and maintain a national resource center and clearinghouse dedicated to missing and exploited children issues (NCMEC); and support the AMBER Alert program.
Program objective(s) name: Support task forces, hotlines, and other mechanisms to coordinate resources and information to respond to missing and exploited children.
Program objective(s) description: (1) Support enhancements to law enforcement’s investigative responses to missing and exploited children issues (e.g., the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program); (2) support programs focused on the online and/or commercial sexual exploitation of children; (3) provide a toll-free hotline where citizens can report investigative leads and parents and other interested individuals can receive information concerning missing children; (4) promote information sharing and networking opportunities between regional nonprofit organizations, state missing children clearinghouses, and law enforcement agencies; (5) support the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Center to increase the capacity of law enforcement to respond to missing, endangered, and abducted children.

All final award decisions will be made by the Assistant Attorney General, unless a statute explicitly authorizes award decisions by another official or there is written delegation of authority to another official. For successful applicants, JustGrants will send a system-generated email to the Application Submitter, Authorized Representative, and Entity Administrator with information on accessing their official award package in JustGrants. The award package will include key information (such as funding amount and period of performance) as well as award conditions that must be followed. The Authorized Representative for the entity should accept or decline the award within 45 days of the notification.

The review procedure for applications is specified in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) and generally includes eligibility and responsiveness, merit, programmatic, budget, and risk reviews.