OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 2014 Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.     OJJDP welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for conducting and leading the project.    OJJDP may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations in future years.
Description: In Fiscal Year 2014, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is launching the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation (FIRE) Program to invite researchers to investigate innovative approaches to increase what is understood about how to effectively address CSEC victimization. Furthermore, this solicitation calls for advancing evidence-based programs and practices that provide CSEC victims with timely and comprehensive intervention services. This program is authorized pursuant to the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2014.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: E-mail
GrantorContactText: 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.