OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 09 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program Expansion: New York and Texas
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Only state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies within the Eastern or Southern Federal Judicial Districts of New York or the Eastern or Southern Federal Judicial District of Texas are eligible to apply. OJJDP will not accept applications from applicants whose jurisdiction is not within the boundaries of one of these Federal Judicial Districts.
Description: Pursuant to the Protect Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401, hereafter, &#147;the Act&#148;), 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, and investigate Internet crimes against children as authorized under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, 42 U.S.C. &#167;&#167; 5775-5777.The OJJDP FY 09 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program Expansion: New York and Texas furthers the Department&#146;s mission by helping state and local law enforcement agencies develop effective responses to online enticement of children by sexual predators and child pornography cases.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Email
GrantorContactText: Christopher Holloway, Program Manager, at (202) 305-9838 or Christopher.holloway@usdoj.gov or Jeffrey Gersh, Program Manager, at (202) 514-5535 or Jeffrey.Gersh@usdoj.gov
CloseDateExplanation: This application must be submitted through OJP&#146;s Grants Management System (GMS) at https://grants.ojp.usdoj.gov/. The Grants Management System Support Hotline at 1-888-549-9901, option 3. Note: The GMS Support Hotline hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time.