Keep Young Athletes Safe

Program goal(s) name: Safeguard athletes against abuse.
Program goal(s) description: Support oversight of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and each national governing body to safeguard amateur athletes against sexual, physical, and emotional abuse in sports.
Program objective(s) name: Implement training and protocols and conduct audits to oversee and ensure compliance with procedures to protect young athletes.
Program objective(s) description: Establish effective oversight of sports organizations by providing comprehensive training programs, policies, and standards to prevent abuse; develop background screening policies for new and existing USOPC and NGB organizational staff, including coaches, instructors and volunteers; oversee audits to ensure policies and procedures are followed correctly; ensure mechanisms are in place to report to investigative and prosecutorial authorities all forms of abuse; and establish best practices to address and support victims of abuse.

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.