OJJDP FY24 Strengthening ICAC Technological Investigative Capacity | O OJJDP 2024 172021

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The OJJDP FY24 Strengthening ICAC Technological Investigative Capacity opportunity is a discretionary federal grant, awarded as a cooperative agreement, aimed at improving how Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force personnel across the country investigate technology-facilitated crimes against children. The core purpose is to build and expand practical investigative capacity by developing, refining, and advancing the tools, methods, and technologies that ICAC investigators commonly rely on when working cases involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), online exploitation, and child sex trafficking. In plain terms, this funding is meant to help push forward the investigative technology ecosystem that supports ICAC work nationwide, while also strengthening the training that ensures task force personnel can use these capabilities effectively and consistently.

This program sits within the Law, Justice and Legal Services category and is administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The funding is tied to CFDA number 16.543. Because it is a cooperative agreement rather than a traditional grant, applicants should expect substantial federal involvement during the project period, such as coordination on project direction, deliverables, or alignment with national ICAC priorities. The solicitation emphasizes nationwide impact, signaling that proposals are expected to produce broadly usable outcomes (for example, improvements to widely used investigative tools or scalable training approaches), rather than solutions meant for only one jurisdiction.

A wide range of applicants are eligible, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of ICAC-related work and the need for partnerships between law enforcement, academia, nonprofits, and industry. Eligible entities include state, county, and city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. This broad eligibility suggests OJJDP is open to proposals that combine technical development capacity (often found in universities and private sector organizations) with operational and training expertise (often housed in public agencies and specialized nonprofits).

The solicitation was created on March 27, 2024, with an original application closing date of May 14, 2024. OJJDP listed an anticipated total of five awards under this opportunity. The award ceiling is $625,000 per award, indicating mid-sized projects that are focused and deliverable-oriented, such as creating or enhancing a specific investigative tool, improving a method for handling digital evidence at scale, strengthening approaches to detection and analysis, or building training curricula and materials that help ICAC personnel adopt new or improved capabilities in the field.

Overall, this opportunity is designed to strengthen the national ICAC network by investing in technology and training that directly support investigations of CSAM, child exploitation, and sex trafficking. The main theme is operational usefulness: solutions should be widely applicable, advance investigative practice, and meaningfully increase the ability of ICAC task forces to respond to evolving technologies and offender tactics while equipping personnel with the training needed to use those advances effectively.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Strengthening ICAC Technological Investigative Capacity" 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 2024-03-27.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-14. (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 $625,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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