OJJDP FY 18 Internet Crimes Against Children: Strengthening Investigative Tools and Technology for Combating Child Exploitation | OJJDP 2018 14460

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The OJJDP FY 18 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) grant opportunity, titled "Strengthening Investigative Tools and Technology for Combating Child Exploitation" (Funding Opportunity Number OJJDP 2018 14460), is a discretionary Department of Justice program administered through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. It is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning awardees should expect substantial involvement and coordination with the federal program office as the work is carried out. The opportunity sits in the Law, Justice, and Legal Services funding category and is listed under CFDA 16.543.

The core purpose of the program is to expand and strengthen the technological capacity of ICAC task forces and their partner agencies, including affiliated federal, state, and local law enforcement entities as well as prosecutorial agencies. The emphasis is not simply on purchasing equipment, but on improving the real-world ability to investigate technology-facilitated crimes against children by supporting the development, refinement, and advancement of investigative tools, techniques, and technologies that are already widely used in the field. In practical terms, the program is designed to help the ICAC network and its partners keep pace with evolving offender tactics and rapidly changing digital environments by improving the tools and methods used to detect, investigate, and build cases involving child pornography, child exploitation, and child sex trafficking.

The solicitation highlights two linked priorities: (1) strengthening investigative technology and (2) providing associated training so those tools can be used effectively and consistently across jurisdictions. By focusing on tools and methods that are widely used, the program signals an interest in improvements that can be adopted broadly across the ICAC community, rather than highly niche solutions that would only benefit a single location. The overall intent is to increase investigative effectiveness and operational readiness across multiple agencies that work these cases, which often require specialized digital forensics capabilities, online investigative techniques, and cross-jurisdictional coordination.

Eligible applicants are broad and include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments, as well as special district governments. The opportunity is also open to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. In addition, nonprofit organizations with IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education) are eligible, along with other entities as described in the solicitation's additional eligibility language. This wide eligibility range reflects the reality that tool development, testing, training, and technical assistance can be led by different kinds of organizations, including government agencies, research institutions, and specialized nonprofits.

For funding details, the solicitation was created on June 1, 2018, with an original application deadline of July 2, 2018. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $750,000, and OJJDP anticipated making approximately six awards. These awards are intended to support efforts that produce tangible improvements in investigative tools and technological methods, along with training that enables ICAC task forces and their partners to apply those capabilities in active investigations related to child sexual exploitation, child pornography offenses, and sex trafficking of children.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 18 Internet Crimes Against Children: Strengthening Investigative Tools and Technology for Combating Child Exploitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.543.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 02, 2018. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, 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, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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