OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 2014 Mentoring for Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Domestic Sex Trafficking Initiative
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Category 1: Mentoring Project Sites. Applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized Indian tribes, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Eligible applicants must initiate mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger.    Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance. Applicants are limited to 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
Description: There are two categories of funding available under this solicitation. Category 1: Mentoring Project Sites. This program supports efforts of eligible applicant organizations to develop or enhance their mentoring capacity, facilitate outreach efforts, and increase the availability of direct services for child victims (younger than age 18) of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) and domestic sex trafficking (DST), including children who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance. In addition to supporting program implementation and direct service activities, the initiative will fund a training and technical assistance provider to support the Category 1 project sites. This program is authorized by Paragraphs 2, and 6 under the Juvenile Justice heading, of the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2014, P.L. 113-76, 128 Stat. 5, 64-65.
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.