OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 2012 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program: Houston Metropolitan Area
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants are limited to local or state law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies within the following Texas counties: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller. OJJDP will not accept applications from applicants whose jurisdiction is not within the boundaries of one of these counties.    OJJDP welcomes joint applications from two or more eligible applicants; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.
Description: Pursuant to the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401, hereafter, thePROTECT Act), the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program seeks to maintain and expand state and regional ICAC task forces to address technology-facilitated child exploitation. These task forces work collaboratively as a national network of law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies that prevent, interdict in, and investigate Internet crimes against children. The program requires existing task forces to develop multijurisdictional, multiagency responses to such offenses by providing funding and other support to state and local law enforcement agencies as a means to help them acquire the necessary knowledge, personnel, and equipment.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: E-mail
GrantorContactText: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Justice Information Center (JIC) at 1&#150;877&#150;927&#150;5657, via e-mail to JIC@telesishq.com, or by live Web chat. JIC hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.
CloseDateExplanation: On March 16, 2012, the deadline was extended to May 1, 2012, because of a Grants.gov outage scheduled for April 28-29, 2012. The original deadline was April 30, 2012.